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GEORGIA’S TOBACCO CROP YS26 Georgia Tobacco Crop Totaled 40,C00,000 Pound* And Va* Sold For $9,500,000. Athens, Ga., September 4. The Geoifii tobacco markets closed this week and it appears that the 1920 Georgia tobacco crop has reached 40,000,000 pounds, which brought the south Georgia farmers approxi mately $9,500,000, which is an aver age of 23.75 cents per pound com pared with an average of 14.30 cents last year. All of the reports arc not in yet, and it will be several days before final report of the crop can be made. Quality of the tobacco the last few days of sale was little lower than was expected and this pti'led the average for the season down some. While this year's crop was about 9,500,000 pounds less than last year’s crop, it brought the farmers almost $2,600,000 more money. Last year’s rrop was Georgia’s largest. This year’s crop demonstrated very clear ly that quality counts for far more than quantity. Douglas sold the largest number of pounds, which was a little over 6,- 4*00,000. Blackshear came second with little more than 5,500,000 pounds. Bltckshear made an average of 25.81 cents per pound, which is the highest. Thomasville had the second highest average, which was 25.57 cents. Six Sold Heavy The “big six”—Douglas, Black shear, Nashville, Tifton, Valdosta and Vidaiia, sold more than 25,000,000 pounds of tobacco, which left less than 15,000,000 pounds to be divided mong the 14 other markets. At Nashville the average price was 24.67. Tifton and Nashville ran together this year in pounds sold. Vidaiia passed Valdosta thD year in pounds sold; although Valdosta made * little higher average. It is very encouraging to see the improvement of quality of tobacco in the southwest Georgia territory. This section got in the tobacco game last year for the first time. Most of the growers were inexperienced and as a result a great deal of low quality tobacco was produced. For example the average price on the Bainbridge market last year was 10.67. This year it was 19.20. The average at Thomasville 'ast year was 13.21, and this year it has been 25.57. The average price on most of the other southwest Georgia markets last year were low, hut this year they have been very satisfactory. When we look hack on the last five crops of Georgia tobacco we find that the lowest average for the season, with the exception of last year, was 21.82. fine year the average was 24 cents and aonther it was 25.70. In other words our farmers just about broke even last year and the other four years they have made money out of their tobacco crop. High returns from tobacco were reported by many farmers this year. The highest returns that have come to the attention of the writer were made by J. M. Purdom, of Black shear. On a six-acre field Mr. Pur dom made little over 1,700 pounds of tobacco per acre and sold it for an average of 41 cents per pound, which brought him a return of $723 per acre. Mr. Purdom is also tobacco specialist for the A. C. L. railroad, lie has demonstrated that he knows his business. A large number of farmers sold from S4OO to S6OO worth of tobacco per acre. One farmer told me he bought a 400-acre farm for $lO per acre last year and put a tenant on it. This tenant planted four acres of tobacco and sold $1,200 worth of weed. Other State* Cut We are wondering how many farmers know why tobacco prices were good this year. The reply would most likely be that tobacco this year was much better quality, and this is true. But another im portant reason which should not be overlooked is that the crop in Vir ginia and the Carolinas was cut a bout 200,000,000 pounds by unfav orable weather. This should be something for farmers to think about before putting in excessive acreage another year. We believe the suc veess the farmers have had with tobacco this year will result in in creased acrage another year, but the (general sentiment among the farmers is not to plunge, but plant small acreages per farm. If this policy is adhered to it will result in profi table tobacco production. The success of the south Georgia tobacco farmer has created a desire among a great many north Georgia farmers to grow tobacco another year. It r.hr. :IJ •• ... the tobacco grown in south Georgia is mostly of the cigarette type, which can be grown most successfully on light sandy lard with yellow or liglt color and subsoil. This type of tobac co could not be grown very success fully on north Georgia soils, most of which have red clay subsoils. The north Georgia soils would produce a heavier type more suitable for-chew ing. The demand for this type of tobacco is well supplied, therefore the north Georgia farmer would not be able to get enough money for his tobacco to justify growing it. Official Report l**ued by Rice A total of 40,227,166 pounds of tobacco has been sold this year on Georgia markets, which brought a total of $9,48 ,269, an average of 23.59 cents, according to the fifth official report issued Saturday by the Georgia co-operative crop reporting ervice, Peter V. Rice, statistician for the state department of agricul ture in charge. The statement says that about 1,- (100,000 pounds of the total was grown outside Georgia but was marketed at marts in this state. Mr. Rice also states that the 1,000,000 pounds was valued at about $236,- 000, would reduce the total amount received by Georgia growers that much. The cooperative reports say that total sales at all warehouses except one is included in its report. SEABOARD HAS BOUGHT GAINESVILLE MIDLAND ROAD, 35 MILES LONG Gainesville, Ga., Aug. 26.—The Seaboard Air Line railroad has pur chased the branch of the Gainesville Midland running from Gainesville to Athens, 35 miles in length, the actual transfer to be made when certain preliminaries are carried out. Ten of the stockholders of the Gainesville Midland, residing in Sa vannah, Baltimore and New York, have this week published in the Gainesville News application for char acter of the branch from here to Athens, this being necessary to ef fect a severance from the other branch of the Midland running from Relmont to Winder, both lines be ing covered by the old charter taken for the Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern road. When this charter shall have been granted, and certain formalities car ried out with the United States com merce commission, the Seaboard will .take over the ownership of the Mid iland. It is believed by those in a posi tion to know that in the near future i the Seaboard will combine with or :take over the Gainesville and North , western railroad, running from Gainesville to Helen, in White coun ty, and that eventually an extension j will be built through the mountains | to Louisville and Nashville road. REV. L. WILKIE COLLINS SAYS ATLANTA POLICE ARE DOING THEIR BEST Atlanta. Coincident with the agreement of all members of the Methodist Ministers’ assiciation to preach on “Law Enforcement” next Sunday, Rev. L. Wilkie Collins, pas tor of the St. Paul’s Methodist church, Monday morning told preachers at the weekly meeting of the association I that the police vice squad and police ( commissioners, were on the job in .cleaning up the city. At the request of W. B. Harts field, chairman of the police com l mission, the Rev. Mr. Collins and ( Rev. W. J. Deßardeleben, pastor of ■ the Grant Park Methodist church, I Thursday night accompanied Mr. I Hartsfield and members of his vice squad on a raiding party. “Members of that squad are doing fine work every time they make a raid,” said the Rev. Mr. Collins, “and they desrve much credit, because criminals in this city keep their tracks pretty well covered and it h hard to catch them with the goods. Too much praise can not be given this organization for the honest at tempts to ‘clean up the city,’ for they are on the job and have many difficulties to overcome.” ELECTRIC LIGHT BONDS SOLD The electric light bonds voted by the people some time since, was on last week purchased by Judge W. W. j Stark for the First National Bank at Commerce. We understand that work will begin at once by the city authorities for the erection of poles and the stringing of the wires in the city limits. We understand that Dr. Hardman last week received his generator for the plant at Hurricane Shoals, and that it will only be a matter of a short while before we will be receiv ing current. This will be gratifying j news to our people, as we are surely in need of lights.—Mavsville Enter AVAET/ GRAHA/k BONNER. (I artWU* WVMU „***• ■—i KITTEN’S NEW YEAR Oh, It was very, very cold The North Wind was blowing and was having a wild, gay old time. “I wont to show this little new up slurt of a year t.’.iat Is coming along that 1 am not old and feeble, but that I have lots of strength.” So the old North wind blew with such terrific strength and power. “Juet because he Ls young and full of life and strength and ail that be shall not get the better of It Wag Getting Colder. me. I will show him that lam clever." So tne New Year found the North Wind blowing at a great rate when he came to take the place of the Old Year. But there was a little kitten, a little, tiny, gray k’lttefs, who did not know anything about the thoughts of the North Wind or that It was the be ginning of a New Year. Only the kitten knew that he was very, very cold. Oh, dear, but he waa cold. Kto fur did not seem to help him In the least. The wind went right through It and his little body shivered with the night •lr and the coldness of it. Oh, how could he endure It. He had tried to get Into warm places but he had not been able to manage it. He had tried to get into several houses where the door had opened but they had closed again too soon to let In a little kitten. It was getting colder and colder. The alleys ull seemed so chilly and It seemed as though there would never be warmth again In the world. The kitten remembered that In time past It had been warm but It was hard to realize that now. • And then along came a motor car. Out the people got and went Into a house. But before they did this they put a big warm rug on their car and the kitten hopped up there just as soon as It was fixed und the people had gone Inside. They had a spot light which was turned just on the spot where the kit ten sat. It reminded him a lUtle of the sun's warmth In the summit- time. And It was so nice on the great old rug. The warmth from the engine came right up through the rug. Oh, this was very pleasant, very pleasant In deed. The rug had been fastened so that It stayed in place and the kitten was In two folds of it so that he was really protected. This was the warmest ho had been. Of course It wasn’t exactly hot but it was pleasant. A little cold, lonely kitten could not complain of this. Then out came the people and be gan to go for the rug. “Oh, look at the cunning little kitten sitting right on top here;” they said. Then they began to take off the rug and to lift the kitten down. But the kitten held on for all he wa* worth. His claws would not let go of the rug. Oh, he had been cold too long to let go now. “Poor little kitten,” the people said, and there was warmth In their voices, the kitten understood. “Perhaps you would like to go home with us.” So one of them took the kitten In her arms and he was held nice and snugly to her and taken home to a beautiful warm house. There he was given a bed ami a warm blanket, milk and the most pleasant sur roundings. And he had a new little mistress who fell in love with him at once and who called him New Year’s as he had come to her at the begin ning of the New Year. Oh, the wind could blow and show the New Year all Its strength. It could be as cold as cold CO v d be ' am Had a Now No more did it Llttle Mißtre *. matter to the lit tle kitten, the little waif, the forlorn, lonely kitten. Now he was happy aud he had a home. It was certainly a Happy New Year for him. No kitten could tare had a happier New Year. And to be called Kitty New Year or New Year's was so nice and so friendly. Little Kitty New Year’s was warm and petted and contented and lovfld. What Led to Filicide "Father.” “Yes, my son.” "Could type-metal be eallod prlatrf sln.-T" Delicious Warm Weather Desserts THE jaded warm weather appetite is apt to take on anew edge when the dessert is one of the many varieties of fruit or frozen fruit concoctions. To an unusual ex tent the housewife who plans and prepares the meals can make an ap peal to the eye by means of these remarkably colorful and dainty look ing dishes. When prepared with the aid of can ned food, the work attached to mak ing these fruit desserts is cut in half. The cooking in many cases is en tirely finished and only the packing and freezing remain. The housewife has no need to stand over a hot stove and immolate herself in the cause of attractive foods for the family. With the use of electric or crankless freez ers, the freezing, too, is greatly sim plified. Double use of canned food may be obtained by using the fruits them selves in one dish and saving the juice for sherbet or for delicious summer drinks, fruit lemonade, or iced tea. Besides the many varieties of fruits, the berries prepared in cans are black berries, red raspberries, strawberries, loganberries. There are also cher ries, red sour cherries, and muscat grapes. One of the very simplest of des serts can be prepared bv freezing fruits in the can. This can be done with anv kind of fruit or mixed fruits. Pack the can in a bucket of ice ar.d salt, cite part salt to three Bad Color (liver trouble) •’/OCCASIONALLY I am trou- V' bled with spells of consti pation and inactive liver,” says Mrs. John L. Pence, Broadway, Va. “I always use Thedford’s Black-Draught when I feel a spell of this kind coming on, for it saves me a bad headache. My color gets sallow at times. I get real yellow, showing that the tro uble comes from the liver. 'T have found Black-Draught to be the finest kind of a remedy for this. I take Black-Draught and make a tea out of it, and take it, along in small doses for sever al days. I have never found any thing that served me so well. "Since I have known about Black-Draught, I have not suffer ed nearly so much with head ache, caused from indigestion. If I find my tongue is coated, and I wake up with a bad taste in my mouth, I know I have been eating indiscreetly, and I imme diately resort to Black-Draught to straighten me out.” maiMß School Books, Tablets, Pencils, and all other School Supplies.—Boggs Bros. & Dadisman. drove's Tasteless ililll Tonic restores vitality and energy by nitrifying and en riching the blood. You ca* toon feel its Strength •ning. Invigorating Effect, .’•ice 60c. We handle all kinds of Fancy and Staple Groceries. Let us serve your needs.— Boggs Bros. & Dadisman, Phone 215. of ice, leave for three hours. Im merse the can in hot water for a moment. Then use an improved can opener which will take the top off the can and the firm cylinder of frozen fruit is ready for use. Here are recipes for sherbet, and for Bavarian Cream, either of them to be made with any fruit or berries. Sherbet One can fruit, one cup sugar, two cups orange juice, two tablespoons lemon juice. Press fruit through sieve, add sugar and fruit juices, freeze and serve. Bavarian Cream One can fruit, half box gelatin, one pint cold water, one pint cream. Soak gelatin and whip cream. Press canned fruit through colander. Add gelatin which has been dissolved in a little boiling water, turn into bowl. Stand on cracked ice, stir till it thick ens. add whipped cream, stirring well. Turn into a mold and serve with whipped cream. Pinerpple Cherry Freeze Boil one cup white sugar with two cups boiling water for ten minutes. Cool, add one cup crushed canned pine apple, one cup red sour cherries, juice of two lemons and an orange. Freeze ; n ice cream freezer. Grapefruit Appetizer One cup canned pineapple, one can 1 grapefruit, juice of one half lemon, Your Grocer is offering you FULL VALUE for your money whenever he recommends KC Baking Powder Same Price for over 35 years 25 ounces for 25c Why Pay , War Prices? Millions of Pounds Used by Our Government BULOVA WATCHES Look for name ‘'Bulova” on the dial. It is your assurance of a perfect time-piece. Priced frcm up. BULOVA Watches vary in design to meet varying tastes; they are alike in dependability. M.F.FICKETT JEWELRY CO. Jewelers-Optometrists 224 Clayton Street Athens, Ca. m maraschino cherries and syrup. Drain and break up grapefruit, blend with pineapple, add lemon juice and maras chino syrup and set aside for one hour. Pineapple Butteracotch Parfa.it Boil one half cup white sugar, one half cup brown sugar, two table spoons butter with one half cup water until it forms a soft hall in cold water. Beat two egg whites, pour syrup over them. Chill, fold into one half pint whipped cream with one and a half cups drained crushed pineapple and one teaspoon vanilla. Soak one and a half tea spoons gelatin in one quarter cup cold water, melt over hot water, add to mixture. Beat, put in icebox for two hotlrs. Canned strawberries, - raspberries, or any other kind of berries can be used for an exceptionally tasty sauce for cornstarch pudding, cottage pud ding, or with sponge cake and whipped cream as a short cake. Canned peaches too make an excellent short cake. Fruit Dumplings Drain canned fruit or berries from syrup. Put fruit or berries in center of six inch square of pastry, sugar, but ter, and spice to taste. Brush white of egg on edge of pastry, bring four points to top. Brush surface with white of egg. Bake, and just before taking out. sprinkle with powdered sugar to form glaze. Make a sauce of fruit , or berry syrup.