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LAND IMPROVEMENT
IN STATE NOTICED
FOLLOWING SURVEY
A survey of annual reports from
county agents all over the state has
revealed that Georgia farmers last
year terraced more land and planted
more acre* in soil conserving crops
than ever before.
From the office of Acting Exten
sion Director Walter S. Brown in
Athens comes a report that farmers
of the state in 1936 planted 169,000
acres in winter legumes to improve
the soil. Ten years ago only 41,000
acres were planted to such crops as
soybeans, cowpeas and hay.
The county agents’ reports also
ahow that in order to terrace their
land the modern way, farmers in 43
counties of Georgia have organized
County Soil Conservation and Im
provement Associations. During the
year farmer-members of these as
sociations terraced more than 60,-
000 acres of their land with co-oper
atively-owned and operated power
terracing outfits.
The number of farmers building
modern broad-base terraces during
1936 increased 15 per cent, and
about 13 per cent more acres were
properly terraced last year than in
1935.
In his report Director Brown said
farmers are realizing the damaging
effects of soil erosion, and are ter
racing the land to keep the soil at
home. In 1929, he raid, there were
only 72 counties in Georgia where
farmers were practicing improved
terracing, while in 1936 farmers in
125 counties had generally adopted
the improved methods and were
demonstrating their effectiveness to
other farmers.
During the past eleven years
Georgia farmers have established
170,000 acres of improved perman
ent pastures. They have also done
much to improve the pastures al
ready established, the reports show.
BAPTIST W. M. S. MEETS
An interesting feature of the
March meeting of the Baptist W. M.
S. was the report of the State W. M.
U. convention, which met at Rome
last week. These reports were
ably given by Mrs. Y. D. Maddox,
Mrs. M. M. Bryan, Mrs. H. E. Ader
hold and Mrs. R. M. Rigdon. Each
selected some particular portion of
the convention, and gave the high
points. The entire society is de
lighted that these members were
privileged to attend, and to bring
back inspiration and enthusiasm.
The minutes of the February
meeting were read and approved
without any corrections. The gen
eral treasurer reported the amount
of $56.31 given for the first quarter.
The church aid treasurer reported
the amount of $5.25 contributed for
the quarter. Mrs. J. C. Bennett
read the personal service work done
during the month, in the absence of
the chairman. A motion was passed
that the work of collecting coupons
for the benefit of the baby cottage
at Hapeville be continued during
1937.
The circle reports for the last
meetings were given, and the at
tendance was as follows: Number
One, 6; Massey, 7; Dickson, 5; Bry
an, 3.
The president asked for a com
plete roll of members of the four
circles and certain other information
concerning preferences of members
for various phases of work.
Mrs. J. W. Jackson reported for
the Sunbeams, Mrs. R. M. Rigdon
for the G. A.’s, and Mrs. H. E. Ad
erhold for the R. A.’s.
For the second quarter the circles
will sponsor as follows: Dickson, Y.
W. A.’s; Southworth, G. A.’s; Mas
sey, Sunbeams; Number One, R. A.’s.
For the month of April the Dick
son Circle will have charge of the
program and decoration of the
church with flowers.
The district rally is to convene
with the Jefferson Baptist church on
April Bth. Committees were named,
including the lunch committee as
follows: Mrs. H. E. Aderhold, Mrs.
Ed Martin, Mrs. Joe DeFoor, Mrs.
Stiles Dndisman. Each woman is
urged to attend the rally, and to do
everything possible to make it a
success.
The meeting was closed with a
passage of Scripture read by Miss
Mary Connally. Mrs. Maddox gave
the concluding prayer.
The following were present: Mes
dames H. E. Aderhold, M. M. Bryan,
J. C. Bennett, T. T. Benton, Joe
DeFoor, Stiles Dadisman, L. F. El
rod, J. C. Hanson, J. W. Jackson, Ed
Martin, E. B. McCollum, Y. D.
Maddox, Oscar Roberts, R. M. Rig
don, Soney Ramsey, Fanny Turner,
J. T. Stovall, Foster Wilhite, Misses
Irene Rankin, Pearl Davidson ,and
Mary Connally.
Georgia Stockholder* Get Dividends
Soon
Atlanta.—Stockholders in Geor
gia business and manufacturing re
turns will receive dividends approxi
mating $3,900,000 on April 1, Trust
Company of Georgia records show.
Heading the list is the Coca Cola
Company, scheduled to pay $1,995,-
950 on common stock at the rate of
50 cents a share.
The Georgia Power Company will
pay $062,608.50 at the rate of $1.50
a share on $6 preferred.
Cotton Seed Treatment
The College of Agriculture makes
the following recommendations for
treating cotton seed, based on the
work done by the Georgia Experi
ment Station and on the practice of
hundreds of farmers in this State
and South Carolina during the yeur
of 1936.
Cotton Seed Should Be Treated
1. If the seed has been damaged
or is low grade.
2. All seed which ure planted
early.
3. All seed planted on land in
which it is commonly difficult to ob
tain a good stand. Besides grey,
cold soils, this includes land which
has not been planted to cotton for
three or four years.
4. All seed or varieties having
heavy seed coats covered with heavy
fuzz, and which commonly give poor
stands.
It is possible that it would be
profitable for farmers to treat all of
the cotton seed planted in the State,
hut we are not making such wide
recommendations as yet. Treated
cotton seed gives a better stand and
healthier plants.
Method* And Material*
The material recommended for
treating cotton seed is 2% Ceresan,
an organic mercury compound. This
is used at the rate of 3 oz. per bu.
of seed. The seed and Ceresan dust
are placed in a barrel or oil drum
duster and turned for 5 minutes.
Fill the drum between one-half and
three-quarters full. You have plans
for constructing such a dusting
machine at low cost. Seed may be
treated any time between now and
planting if sacked after treating.
If local dealers do not handle
Ceresan, it may be obtained prompt
ly from one of the following job
bers: McKesson-Riley Cos., Macon;
McKesson-Murray Cos., Augusta;
Shuptrine & Cos., Savannah.
Retail prices of Ceresan are: 1 lb
cans, $0.75; 5 lb cans, $3.00; 25 lb
cans, $12.50; 100 lb drams, $49.00.
The seed treating material, Cere
san, is not a cure all. It will not
make bail seed good, and will not
prevent wilt, though it will kill the
wilt spores which may be seed born.
Ceresan is a poison, and should be
treated as such. Tying a dry
cloth over the nose and mouth while
dusting seed, is a good precaution.
J. W. Jackson,
County Agricultural Agent.
ASSEMBLY APPROVES STATE
RADIO SYSTEM
A bill setting up a radio commis
sion of seven members to take over
and operate radio station WGST and
any and all other radio stations the
state may acquire was passed by the
house.
The measure was sponsored by
the administration. Governor Rivers
plans to seek more power for the
station and use it to advertise the
state, adding a short-wave system
for use by the new department of
public safety and the department of
agriculture for distributing market
reports.
The station now is held by Geor
gia Tech, which has it leased.
It was presented to Georgia Tech
by the late Clark Howell and an
amendment to the original senate
bill would provide for the radio com
mission set up in the bill to pay the
school the amount of the endowment
or an annual sum to be decided up
on.
The state will use the station to
advertise Georgia and will have au
thority to rent it out commercially
except for such time as it might be
needed for state purposes.
People of Waleska are beginning
to wonder if the Canton division of
the Christian ministry has some
special ardent brand of sermons,
flamingy ardent. Rev. P, A. Turn
er, Canton Methodist pastor, was in
vited to Waleska to preach. He
tvent, and in the midst of his ser
man, fire alarm sounded. The Lan
drum home was ablaze, and despite
the efforts by the congregation, the
house burned completely. More re
cently Rev. O. M. Seigler, Canton
Baptist pastor, was invited to preach
in Waleska. The fire house itself
caught fire. We doubt if W'aleska
wants to have Canton ministers oc
cupy their pulpits again.
A native, who recently made a
trip to Miami, tells us it is the
greatest gambling city he has seen.
They gamble on horse races, dog
races, roulette, faro, and half the
visitors have cramp in their arms
from pulling slot machine levers.
But, if a few negroes sit down to a
crap game they are haled before a
judge and fined sls or more.—
Banks County Journal.
THL JACKSON HERALD. JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
R. C. NEELY J. SIMS
Neely Seed Cos.
PLANTING SEED FOR SALE
STONEVILLE No. 2 GERMINATION 91 Per Ct.
DIXIE TRIUMPH WILT RESISTANT 93 Per Ct.
Either Of These Varieties Have Staple Of Inch To Inch and One Thirty-Second.
Good Premium Paid For This Staple.
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NEELY’S BONDED WAREHOUSE
WAYNESBORO, GA.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Income Tax Yield Up To March 17th
Show* A Big Gain
Washington.—Telegraphic reports
to the Internal Revenue Bureau
Thursday estimated income tax col
lections for the first seventeen days
of March aggregated $554,948,-
541.60, exceeding by more than
$171,000,000 the income tax collec
tions for the entire first quarter of
1936.
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671 Amusement* Place*, With
$1,258,800 Pay Roll Reported
For Georgia
Washington.—The Federal Bu
reau of Census Thursday reported
37,677 places of amusement in the
United States had operating receipts
of $699,051,000 in 1936.
Amusement places employed 157,-
789 persons. Wages totaled $159,-
641,000.
Georgia had 671 amusement
places with total receipts of $5,-
248,000, 1,992 employes and a pay
rol of $1,258,000.
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Woman Starving Self Had $6,520
Hidden On Farm
Burwell, Neb. —Police reported
Friilay they had found $6,520 hidden
on the 1,041-acre farm owned by
Mrs. Emma Whitesell, 90, for whom
a guardian was appointed after a
physician reported she was endan
gering her health by starvation.
The physician said her diet consist
ed of apples, grown on the farm, and
bread. The aged woman customari
ly walked four miles to town to pur
chase bread.
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State Highway Offices Leased At
Gainesville
Gainesville, Ga.—Leasing of a
number of offices here for the divis
ion offices of the State highway De
partment was announced following
a visit to Gainesville by E. Jack
Smith, chief engineer of the depart
ment, and H. H. Watson, of Dallas,
member of the board.
The offices will be opened April
1. Approximately seventy-five peo
ple will be employed by the division
in office and field work, according to
Mr. Watson. The office will be lo
cated in a building oh the north side
of the public square.
Judge Picture* Drunk; ‘That’* It,’
Drunk Agrees
Tulsa, Okla.—Tom Bailey’s case
came before Police Judge Hatch.
Tom didn’t know whether he had
been drunk.
“Did everything sort of wave up
and down like this?” asked the
judge, waving his hand.
“And did you feel mighty happy
and grand and love everyone in the
whole world?
“And did you also feel like you
could whip the pants off any moth
er’s son alive?”
“Yeah,” said Bailey. “That’s it.”
“You were drunk,” pronounced
Hatch. “Five dollars and cost.”
JACK FOR SERVICE
A fine Spanish Jack for service,
at my home on Jefferson-Maysville
road. Fee SIO.OO.
R. T. JONES.
A PERMANENT CCC
There will be widespread approv
al of the recommendation, submitt
ed to the president by the director
of the Civilian Conservation Corps,
that this organization be removed
from the list of “emergency” bu
reaus and be made a permanent
agency of the government. CCC has
been one of the most deservedly
popular of all Mr. Roosevelt’s in
novations. There are good reasons
for this. The Conservation Corps
has done an immense amount of
good work in improving parks and
forests, in halting erosion on valu
able timber lands, and in preventing
fire losses. At the same time it has
given more than a million young
men improved health, new skills, re
newed faith, and training in self
discipline. The cost of the whole
program has been moderate, con
sidering the benefits achieved.
To put CCC on a permanent basis
would not mean, of course, that ex
penditures for its support would
have to be continued year after
year on their present scale. The
size of the corps could be made to
vary with the need for it. In times
of improving business its enrollment
could be permitted to decline, as it
is now declining, with an average of
about 12,000 boys a month leaving
the camps to accept jobs in private
industry. In times of lagging busi
ness it could be enlarged again, to
take up some of the slack of unem
ployment. In either case there
would remain, as a permanent insti
tution, a trained personnel of ad
ministrative officers, directing what
ever projects were under way and
planning new projects to be under
taken as the need arose. The di
rector of CCC makes the further
valuable suggestion that all positions
in this permanent agency be. placed
under the classified civil service.—
New York Times.
DRY POND
Last Week’s Locals.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodroe Burns of
Calhoun, and Mr. and Mrs. Toy
DeLay and Misses Mildred and Bet
ty of Lebanon, spent a while at the
home of R. R. Wilson Sunday p. m.
Mrs. J. C. Head, Miss Adel, Mr.
Ralph and Joel Head, G. R. Griffith
and Thurmon Griffith attended the
funeral of Mr. Jim Davis, at Gain
esville, Sunday.
Bud Webb and Miss Lula Bell
Webb visited in Brockton Sunday.
Mrs. Rov DeLay left for Calhoun
Sunday, where she will begin work
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Tolbert were
guests of their mother, Mrs. Addie
Garrison, Sunday.
Prof. Sutton spent the week-end
with home folks at Dahlonega.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sailors
were guests of Mrs. Addie Garrison
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beck were at
the home of Mr. Brown Mathis Sun
day.
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When planning a trip consult Local Ticket
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1937.