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dr. SOULE DISCUSSES
BOLL WEEVIL
The boll weevil can never be en
tirely eradicated but education with
a view to its control will insure the
growth of a large amount of cotton
in the United States, Dr. Andrew M.
Soule, president of the Georgia State
College of Agriculture, told the sev
enteenth Annual Farmers’ Week and
Market Conference.
“The depredations of the boll wee
vil can be controlled sufficiently
through the intelligent use of calcium
arsenate to enable the production of
half bale and upward of cotton per
acre,” Dr. Saule said.
“It appears at this time,” Dr.
Soule continued “that the most sat
isfactory control on the average farm
will come from the use of molasses
mixtures to control the emerging,
hibernated weevils and the use of
calcium arsenate dust to control the
latter generations.”
Progress Depends on Money
Asserting that general education
of the people is the “great funda
mental proposition before us at this
time,” Dr. Soule said that progress
in controlling the weevil “will be de
termined largely upon the amount of
money, energy and support which the
governments of the several states,
philanthropical agencies, . bankers,
manufacturers of cotton goods, au
tomobile and steel, and othet co-or
dinated enterprises are willing to put
behind a campaign of education of
sufficient scope and power to bring
and keep the boll weevil under a
reasonable degree of control.”
He gave it as his opinion that the
use cf poison is much more essen
tional in the Southeastern states than j
in other sections during the period
when the cotton is making its main
growth and development.
Discussing the various methods of
combatting the weevil, Dr. Soule said
that the “Florida method” is of ques
tionable value in Georgia, “because
of the large amount of labor it in
volves and the fact that a reinfesta
tion of the crop may take place later
on in t|g season.
“Several of the county agents in
Georgia had demonstrations this year
in boll weevil control in which var
ious methods of control and various
poisons were compared,” he contin
ued.
Cotton Not All Picked
“The cotton has not all been
picked on some of these demonstra
tions and it is not possible to give a
complete report at this time. But
from observations made during the
season, it is possible to give an opin
ion of the relative merits of some
of the control measures and pois
ons. /
“In most of these demonstrations
calcium arsenate dust, Hill’s Mix
ture, Weevilnip, Wtevo, Slazum and
8011-We-Go were used. In some of
them We Killum and in some Cox
Poison-Gas were used. The Florida
method of contol was used in most
of them. In some cases homemade
mixture of calcium arsenate, water
and molasses was used.
“There has been some variation in
the apparent effectiveness of these
control measures and poisons but in
general, the results indicate that the
calcium arsenate dust, the Florida
method, and the various calcium ar-
senate, water, and molasses mixtures
are most effective.
'A comparison of the various cal
cium arsenate water, and molasses
mixtures does not seem to indicate
that there is any decided advantage
one over another in effectiveness
°f control and none of the widely
advertised named mixtures appear to
he more effective than a properly
homemade mixture. There were ma
n-v complaints that Hill's Mixture
burned the foliage and the home
made mixture often burned the fol
laKe W'hen it was mixed and allowed
t<> stand several days before being
applied.
Ihe various molasses mixtures
kerned, in many cases, to be equally
as effective, and sometimes more ef
fective, than the dust when used on
H ‘ r y small cotton, but in nearly ev
ery demonstration the dust appeared
,f) be more effective on cotton large
Plough to bloom freely. In a few
Ca,es of dry weather with no dew
a ; night, the molasses mixture ap-
P'led as a spray gave a satisfactory
c °ntrol as the dust, even on medium
plants. The cost of satisfactory
'laying was, however, usually more
han the cost of satisfactory dust
lal?.
‘ r he Florida method gave highly,
factory results in some of these.
The .! ackson Herald
It will be the duty of this commit
tee to secure the names of all Emory
Alumni, arrange a program for a fu
ture meeting, securing an out-of
town speaker, and nominate officers
for a permanent organization.
It was a matter of regret that Dr.
E. M. McDonald, who has been en
thusiastic in working for this meet
ing, was called away to the bedside
1 of a sick relative, and could not be
present.
At an early date, another meeting
will be called. In the meantime, let
every one who knows the name a*nd
address of any one who logically be
longs to the company of Emory stu
dents, send same to G. W. Westmore
land, Jefferson, Ga. Let’s all work
to put Jackson county in the fore
front with other counties in making
a Greater Emorv. £ , V
MR. J. B. ANTHONY ANSWERS
LAST CALL
Mr. J. B. Anthony, aged 62, died
suddenly Saturday morning from
heart failure, at his home between
Arcade and Red Stone. His health
had been greatly impaired for sev
eral months.
His body was brought to Jeffer
son, Sunday afternoon, and funeral
Services were held at the Presbyter
ian church, conducted by Rev. A. J.
Johnson and Rev. J. T. Eakes. The
interment was in Woodbine ceme
tery.
He is by his widow and
the following children: Mrs. W. B.
Wilson. Mrs. Hubert Freeman, Miss
es Callie, Octie and Gertrude An
thony; by one brother, Alvin An
thony, of Athens.
Mr. Anthony was a loyal member
of the Baptist church, his membership
being at Crooked Creek. He was an
honest, law-abiding citizen, and his
family and friends are greatly griev
ed over his going away.
HUGE GAIN IN CIGARETTE
SALES LAID TO INCREASED
SMOKING BY WOMEN
Chicago, January 22.—More than
fifty billion manufactured cigarettes
were smoked in the United States
in 1923, to say nothing of the bil
lions that were rolled. This is seven
billion more than were consumed in
1922, according to the Sears-Roebuck
agricultural foundation. The in
creasing use of cigarettes by women
is held responsible for the additional
billions, according to statisticians.
Production of cigarettes, cigars
and smoking tobacco has increased
steadily in late years, according to
the statistics given, but the lowly
chewing tobacco is on the decline,
having reached its maximum produc
tion in 1897.
demonstrations and very unsatisfac
tory results in others. It will prob
ably be found advantageous to mod
ify the Florida method by using cal
cium arsenate dust later in the sea
son to keep down the boll weevil in
festation and protect the bolls. Un
der certain conditions of small acre
age and plentiful supply of cheap le
bor, the Florida method may be made
to save calcium arsenate by reducing
the number of applications.”
JACKSON COUNTY ASSOCIATION
OF EMORY ALUMNi
Responding to the call of Dr. E.
M. McDonald for a meeting of the
alumni of Emory University of Jack
son county, there met at the Harri
son Hotel on Friday night last, the
following gentlemen:
Dr. J. C. Bennett, Dr. W. M. Mc-
Donald, Dr. J. H. Campbell, Cols. A.
C. Brown, G. W. Westmoreland, Rev.
J. T. Eakes, Messrs. P. T. Pender
grass and U. G. Hardeman of Jeffer
son, Dr. M. B. Allen of Hoschton,
Drs. A. A. Rogers, A. F. Quillian,
and F. M. Hubbard of Commerce.
On motion of Dr. Bennett, Rev. J.
T. Eakes was made chairman of the
meeting, and Col. G. W. Westmore
land was elected secretary.
- After several enthusiastic speeches
by different ones, it was determined
to organize a Jackson County Asso
ciation of Emory Alumni, and an
organization committee was appoin
ted, composed of the following gen
tlemen: Dr. E. M.
man; and G. W. Westmoreland, Sec
retary; J. T. Eakes and A. C. Brown
of Jefferson, Drs. A. F. Quillian and
A. A. Rogers of Commerce, Dr. M. B.
Allen of Hoschton, Dr. H. E. Crow
of Talmo, and H. Hancock of Ma/s
--ville.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
Minutes of Democratic
Executive Committee
____________ §
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Jackson county'met in the
court house in Jefferson on this the
29th day of January, 1924, under a
call from the chairman, for the pur
pose of considering a date for the
holding of the primary election for
county ocfficers.
A majority of the committee being
present, the meeting was duly open
ed for business.
It being brought to the attention
of the committee that Committee
men C. H. Bell, Porter’s district, had
moved from the county; that F. F.
Crawford of Center distict is now
deceased; and R. J. Hartley had
moved from Cunningham district; on
motion, the following substitutions
were made by election:
To sucked C. H. Bell, in Porter
district, J. M. Davis; to succeed F. F.
Crawford, J. W. Johnson; to suc
ceed R. J. Hartley, W. T. Long.
On motion, the date for the county
primary for all county officers was
set for March 19th, 1924, and all
candidates are required to pay the
entrance fee by twelve o’clock p. m.,
March 1.
The following schedule of entrance
fees was fixed, against the office
sought, and not the candidates, all
the candidates for any one office
to prorate the fee fixed:
Ordinary, SSO; Clerk Superior
Court, SSO; Sheriff, $75; Tax Col
lector, SSO; Treasurer —; Tax Re
ceiver, $35; Chairman Road & Rev
enues, $35; Commissioners, (2) —;
Judge City Court, SSO; County
School Superintendent, $25; Coun
ty Surveyor —; Coroner —.
On motion, it was -directed that
the county registrars perfect the
voters lists as soon as possible, and
furhish the election managers in
each district a list of their respec
tive district.
There being no other business, the
committee adjourned, subject to the
call of the chairman.
Horner Hancock, Chairman.
E.' Tf. Win lam son, Secretary.
JUNIOR MUSIC CLUB NOTES
(By Reporter)
The Junior Music Club met on
January 9, at the home of little Miss
Doris Hancock. The composer stu
died at this meeting was Handel, and
it was very interesting to study of
the great composer’s difficulties, and
to witness his final great success. As
j usual, the program was overflowing
i with the real spirit’ of music. Each
musical.‘selection and each reading
had its own peculiar bit of learning
and enjoyment. The little hostess,
assisted by Mrs. Lafayette Mobley,
Mrs. Hugh Dobbs and Mrs. Summie
Kinningham, entertained the club in
a delightful manner. After the clos
ing number of the program, which
was a chorus by the entire club, de
lightful refreshments Were served—
hot chocolate, topped with whipped
cream, and sweet wafers.
Each member of the Music Club
will vouch that one of the most en
joyable meetings of the club was held
at Miss Annie Bob Johnson’s country
home on Saturday, January 25. The
meeting began at about 3 o’clock, and
closed earlier than usual, because the
members would have to reach home
before dark. The composer studied
was Bach, who seems to interest the
younger members more than any oth
er composer. Though there were not
very many selections, each one was
perfectly rendered. There was much
fun, as well as thought, over music
puzzles. Delightful gelatine salad
and cake were served, and after a so
cial half hour all departed, feeling
grateful to the hostess for such an
enjoyable afternoon.
State Holds Down
Textbook Changes
Because of Prices
Because all the bids were from 50
to 100 per cent higher than those
received five years ago, the Georgia
board of education made only thir
teen changes in its list of thirty-nine
textbooks for the common schools
of the state, according to an an
nouncement made by Dr. N. H. Bal
lard, state school superintendent.
# Dr. Ballard declared that the pub
lishers could give no reason t)iat was
satisfactory to the board for the
great increase in prices.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hancock of
Athens were in the city Tuesday.
Home Demonstration
Council Notes
Jefferson, Ga., January 28, 1924.
To the Home Demonstration Coun
cil:
Dear Members:
The next meeting of the Coun
cil will be held on Saturday, Febru
ary 2nd, at 2 p. m., in the home
demonstration agent’s office.
In addition to the consideration
for atk ption of a constitution as
draw'll up by a committee, we wish
to discuss a year’s program of work
for the women and girls clubs. I
believe it would be a good plan also
to discuss ways and means of rais
ing n oney to equip the schools
where we have clubs with a few sim
ple tL.’igs to w-ork with. In some
of the counties the club girls and
women volunteered to donate one or
two hens. These were sold and
brought enough cash to buy a three
burner oil stove. A corner of the
school room was boxed off, or a
cloak room was used for a kitchen.
The girls and women then had a
place ;to do their cooking, bread
making and canning. This could be
fixed up very attractively, and
would be of invaluable help to the
community. Some of you may have
even better ideas than this, and any
suggestions you can offer will be of
help to the other members of the
council.
Mr I. Small and Mrs. Nunn, who
went as delegates from our council,
to the 'State Home Demonstration
Council, which was organized during
Farmers Confeicnce at the Georgia
State College of Agriculture, will
give interesting reports. It is also
hoped that Miss Mary Creswell, from
the Georgia State College of Agri
culture, will be present to give us a
word of inspiration.
This will be a very important meet
ing of the council, as we will probably
not have another meeting for two
or three months. It would be well
for ypu to be thinking of other pha
ses of the Home Demonstration
Wor^, I ,that might be discussed.
f would like to say TO* those who
could not get to the last meeting,
that it was a big success. There
were about thirty women present,
representing many sections of the
county. Those women went away
feeling that they could be of more
service to their communities.
Do not forget the date and hour
of the meeting.
Sincerely,
Lucy Wood,
Home Demonstration Agent.
Geogia’s Baseball Stars
Georgia has several big league
baseball stars, and they all come
back home to spend their winter va
cation season.
Head of all is Tyrus Raymond
Cobb, of Augusta. Ty Cobb always
returns to Georgia , during the off
season and spends the cold months
hunting up and down the state. His
<■
reputation among hunters rs almost
equal to his baseball name. He has
won many trophies for trap-shooting,
and his hunting dogs are famous.
Other inveterate hunters among
the Georgia colony are the two big ;
league brothers of Norcross, Hey;
and Red Wir.go. Ivey, who is Cin
cinnati’s veteran catcher, spends half
the winter in the field with his dog
and gun. “Red,” the younger broth
er, who has been bought by Detroit,
is planning a long trip this year to
the Okefenokee swamp.
Bob Smith, the little shortstop of
the Boston Braves has a little winter
home in Atlanta. Bob plays golf for
recreation. He literally had golf
thrust upon him. For a long time he
never could see the game; then one
day some of his pals on the Braves
took him around a course, and now
he is the biggest golfer of them all.
Almost every clear day he can be
seen on some Atlanta course.
Smyrna contributes Keller Hasty,
the pitcher of the Philadelphia Ath
letics.
Georgia’s baseball population would
not be complete without its post
graduate member, Nap Rucker, who
now operates a flour mill near his old
home at Roswell. Nap takes a keen
interest in baseball, and frequently
goes to the training camp of his old
team in Brooklyn to get the feel of
a uniform and give a bit of old
headed advice to some of the young
sters.
Mr. Melvin Ellington of Oxford
spent Sunday vyjfh relatives in Jef
ferson.
Thursday, January 31, 1924
BASKET BALL NOTES
Jefferson Defeats Braselton
On last Friday evening, at the lo
cal court, the hardest fought and
most exciting game of the season
was played. For several seasons
Braselton has walked off with the
victories from M. I. Consequently,
interest was at a very high point ov
er the possible outcome. Both teams
were at their best. The game was
close and fast throughout. At the
end of the first half the home team
was leading by a few points. When
the pistol sounded the end of the
game, the score was 36-36. Time was
given for playing off the tie. The
final score resulted in a 39-41 victory
for M. I. Baselton and Baird were
the stars for the visiting team. There
was no particular star for the home J
team, but their passing was most j
creditable.
The Second Teams of Braselton
and Jefferson played just as exciting
a game, and fought as hard as did
the regulars; but the M. I. team lost
to the Braselton team by a score of
11-12.
Commerce Wins Over M. I.
On Saturday night, in Commerce,
the Jefferson team played a close
game with the Commerce team. This
game was also very fast and excit
ing. The feature of the M. I. team’s
playing was the field goals of Sher
idan. The score resulted in a 25-26
victory for Commerce. This game
was a gi-eat disappointment, but we ,
hope to win the game to be played (
on the lf>cal court soon with Com- j
merce.
The Second Team of Jefferson was
also defeated by Commerce.
j
Monroe Defeated
The speedy and skilled Jefferson
regular team defeated Monroe, in
Monroe, Tuesday, afternoon, in a
good game, with a score of 14-28.
On the local court, on Tuesday
night, the Jefferson Athletic team de
feated the Commerce Athletic team,
by score of 20 to 17. This was a
j pretty game, and showed that these
i terms have some A-t players.
L Corresmonde,nt.
Captures Large Hawk
Mr. Croff C. Wilson, a well known
farmer who lives three miles west of
town, is rejoicing over the capture
of a huge hawk. Some days ago, the
hawk tackled a full size hen and kill
ed it. Mr. Wilson came to the res
cue, but too late, for the hawk had
killed the hen and was having a
feast. Particles of the hen were se
curely fastened on a steel trap, and
Mr. Wilson waited with some impa
tience for results. Last Sunday j
morning, the hawk decided to enjoy
another feast, and returned to the
former battle ground. It thrust its
claws on the chicken, and the trap
thrust its steel bars on the hawk.
When Mr. Wilson appeared on the
scene, the hawk fought him, but was
finally subdued. In an effort to pre
serve the hawk alive for exhibition,
Mr. Wilson had one hand slashed by
the sharp fangs on the feet of the
hawk, and that same day a neighbor,
while making an inspection, had both !
hands torn considerably by the hawk.
—Commerce Ne^s.
Buy Auto Licence Tags And
Avoid Jam
Thousands of automobile owners
are going to get into a jam this year
if they do not do their license shop
ping early, it was predicted Saturday
by Charles A. Cook, head of the au
tomobile division of the secretary of
state’s office. Up to the present time I
only 9,000 automobile owners out of
a probable 175,000 have bought their
1924 license tags.
Delinquents are faced by the nec
essity of paying a 20 per cent pen-1
alty this year, as well as the $1 reg
istration fee to which the sheriff is
entitled, it was pointed out. The pen
alty is fixed ir. the new law creating |
the state revenue department, and
one auto owner already lias been
forced to pay it, because he bought
a car in December and did not regis
ter it for 1923.
The law is to be enforced strictly
this year, it was said, with the spe
cial agents of the state revenue de
partment on the trail of all violators.
The 20 per cent penalty goes to the
revenue department, to pay salaries
and expenses of the office, so extra
ordinary vigilance is expected of the
field agents.
Miss Sybil Johnson of Winterville
was the week-end guest of Miss Helen
Johnson.
Vol. 43. No. 40.
Two Brothers Die on Same
Night
Messrs. J. M. ad W. T. Trace,
brothers, who lived near Hoschton,
passed away on Monday night, Jan
uary 21st.
Both had passed the four score
mile post, and both died from the.
effects of paralysis.
Mr. W. T. Cruce leaves the follow
ing children: Messrs. W. J., C. M,
and C. W., of Hoschton; Mr S. M.
Cruce of Athens, and Mrs. J. W.
Parks of Hoschton.
Mr. J. M. Cruce is survived by
the following children: Mr. J. W.
(Bose) Grace, Mrs. W. A. Dicker
son and Mrs. L. C. Duck, all of
Hoschton.
A joint funeral service was con
ducted at Walnut church by Revs. J.
0. McNeal and J. R Burel.
Interments were in the Walnut
cemetery, Wednesday, January £3,
at 11 o’clock. —-
The deceased were prominent
members of a pioneer Jackson cocu*-
ty family. They had lived long, use
ful lives, and parsed away, leaving
behind them a noble heritage in their
good names and upright Christian
characters.
McAdoo, Reed And
Maybe Underwood
To Stump Georgia
William G. McAdoo and James A.
Reed, certainly, and p?ssibly Oscar
W. Underwood, all aspirants for the
Democratic presidential nomination,
will address the voters of Georgia
probably during the latter part of
February or early in March.
Asa native Georgian. Mr. McAdoo
hopes to attend the home-coming ceL
ebration in Cobb county, to which
he has been invited. It is his desire,
also, to visit Milledgeville, the" scene
of his boyhood, and there deliver an
address.
At the Underwood headquarters
in the Kimball house, it was stated
Tuesday morning that Senator Un
i derv/ooriV; canonai^i, is in fine shape.
His campaign committee, it was an
nounced, has perfected a state organ
ization that has met with much on
couragemant. It is possible that the
senator may visit Georgia before the
presidential primary to address the
voters in Atlanta or eisewhee.
At the office of ex-Governor Thom*
as W. Hardwick it was announced
that Senator James A. Reed’s friends
will wage for him an active campaign
in Georgia, and that the senator wilt
visit Georgia during the latter part
j of February or early in March for
six or eight speeches.
Brooks County Farmer Kills
120 Hogs At Once
Quitman, Ga., January 14.—For
several years the Mclntosh Farms,
owned joy R. C. Mclntosh of Quit
man, have held the record for ship
ping the carload of largest and fin
est hogs from the county, consign
ed to the White Provision Cos., of
Atlanta. This year, due to the
low price of hogs on the feet, Mc-
Intosh is converting his prize car
load into farm cured meat.
Last week he slaughtered 120 hogs
which would average 300 pounds
each. He has a cold storage house on
the farm with a capacity for 150
average hogs. These 120 hogs filled
it to capacity and 100 hams were
brought to the Quitman Ice Com
pany.
The 100 hams weighed 2,655
pounds, an average of 26 1-2 pounds
each. When cured these hams will
go to breakfast tables from Georgia
to New York.
The receipts of meat to be cured
at the Quitman Ice Company indi
cates that a large amount of meat
will be cured by the farmers this
year and marketed as bacon.
JACKSON COUNTY SHIPS FIRST
CAR OF PEANUTS
Dr. L. C. Allen of Hoschton re
cently shipped a car of peanuts to a
firm in Valdosta. This, we presume,
is the first car of this product to be
shipped out of the county, and should
be the beginning of an activity that
will mean much to the agricultural
prosperity of this section. Dr. Allen
received about $3,000 for the car of
peanuts.
Mrs. J. C. Turner, Mrs. J. E. Ran
| dolph, and the little twin sons of'Mr.
i and Mrs. Claud Hancock, Jack and
John 0., spent Tuesday in Atlanta.