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must stop our lands
FROM WASHING AWAY
When a hard rain comes, does it
■ our cultivated hill fields full of
gullies Does muddy water run
,hese little channels and into
'creek or the roadside ditches? Are
Jr® a few big gullies cut through to
. 1 har d unbroken soil?
' a \ Vh .'rc these things happen, the far
w losing the best part of his
“n a nd losing it forever. He will
' ’ t 0 plow and harrow and fertilize
' manure and grow legumes to re
‘h, , the fertility which the streams
* carrying away. The writer ha 3
as have most readers, fields so
’ u’v damaged by one hard rain that
0I work would be required to re
-tore them.
‘ ~ is evident to the man who thinks,
• this process of soil destruction
" miol be allowed to continue—cer-
; ain)y not to the extent it has taken
“, ace m the past. To let our lands
continue to wash away, as some old
fvkls all over the South have already
|o ne , is to prepare for ourselves or for
mr children a time of hardship be
yond anything we have ever known.
The time will come when this land
will have to be redeemed and the man
who has to redeem such land, and to
depend upon it for a living while he
does the work, is going to do much
hard work for very little pay.
We must stop the washing of our
lands— not only the great devouring
gullies which bite away acres of cul
tivated land and leave barren wastes
in its place, but also the little often
iinnoticed channels down which the
water runs, carrying with it the best
part of the soil. It is no easy task,
as anyone who has tried it knows.
Perhaps soil-washing will never be
f ntirely stopped, but we must at least
reduce it to such a point that our
hill lands will get better, instead of
poorer.
There are many things which will
help, but no one thing which may be
railed a remedy. It is a task for all
the years the land is cultivated, not a
thing to be done once for all.
Many lands could be saved from
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washing simply by a judicious rota
tion of crops with decent and a wintei
cover. To crop any land at all rolling
year after year, until the soil is rob
bed of all vegetable matter and has
become dead and lifeless, is to invite
gullies. Terraces will solve the prob
lem in many cases—not weed-grown
banks and ugly ditches, but low broad
swells of earth, or real terraces one
amove another.
The hillside ditch may be necessary
in some cases. Tile drainage will yet
solve the problem for thousands oi
acres, the writer feels certain. Other
thousands which men are now trying
to tend will have to be put into grass
or replented to forest trees. Indeed,
when land cannot be held in place bv
deep plowing, cover crops, the Man
gum terrace and proper cultivation, or
by good under-drainage, it ought not
to be cultivated at all.
On land that is now being cultivated,
attention to a few points will do much
to prevent or to lessen the damage
from surface water. Here are four of
them:
1. Rows should be layed off with
the contour of the land, and not up and
down the hill.
2. Cultivation should be level, that
is, there should not be ridges made to
catch and hold the water until it
gathers sufficient volume to breaks
through and starts a wash.
3. When a gulley is started, no mat
ter how small, it should be stopped at
once. Just as soon as the ground
dries after a hard rain, but the culti
vators to work and fill up all the lit
tle ditches. If any are to large for
this, or if any start in places where
the cultivator will not do the work,
fill them at once with manure, straw,
leaves, any sort of litter.
4. If there is a natural depression
down which the water must run, seed
it down with redtop or plant it to Ber
muda, and leave it unbroken. If noth
ing else, scatter can seed thickly
along it.
The waste of soil must be stopped.—
The Progressive Farmer.
OPPORTUNITIES
ARE OFFERED TO
THE YOUNG MEN
THOUGH SUUTEB CDIINTY
In Free Scholarships to the
Georgia Tech
Every ambitious young man of this
county should be glad to know that
from a recent announcement made
from the Georgia School of Technolo
gy at Atlanta there will be fifteen
free scholarships open to the young
men of this county for the next school
year at that institution.
So liberal are the authorities at this
well known Georgia technical school
in granting scholarships that it would
seem that every young man in Sum
ter county who desires to secure a
technical education can do so. Such
is the purpose of the school manage
ment in apportioning this large num
berof scholarships to this county.
The announcement of the scholar
ships at the close of the exercises of
the present term gives the young men
of Sumter county an opportunity to
consider the matter carefully and to
prepare to secure a scholarship at the
opening of the next term.
llOLI) BOY BANDIT IS
JAILED FOR LIFE
Grand Rapids, Mich., June 13. —Life
imprisonment at Jackson was the sen
tence passed upon 20-year-old Millard
Johnson in circuit court for attempt
ing to hold up an automobile party
just outside the city Saturday night.
Johnson and a companion armed with
pistols attempted the robbery in real
western fashion, but one of the mem
bers of the automobile party knocked
Johnson down. His companion fled
and is still at large.
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER.
j Announcements
To the 1 _.uocratio Voters or the Thin
Congressional District:
I hereby formally announce my can
didacy for the office or congressman
from said district to the 63rd Con
gress, subject to the democratic pri
mary to be held next summer. Ow
lug to my familiarity with conditions
in Washington (being the confiden
tial clerk to the speaker of the House)
I believe if the people will honor one
with the great office that 1 can be of
service to them and I will certainly
strive to faithfully and intelligently
represent all the people or the dis
trict. Their interest and welfare shall
regulate, control and influence my
every vote and act and at all times.
I will be true to the masses of our
people. Before the primary I will an
nounce a formal platrorm of princi
ples, address the voters on the public
questions of the day, presenting my
views fully to them and enneavor *•
see as many of them in person as
possible. If you can give me you'
support and influence I shall always
be most profoundly grateful.
Very respectfully,
CHARLES R. CRISP.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
“To the voters of the Third Congres
sional District: I have the ambition to
represent the Third district in con
gress. As to my fitness and worthi
ness, I propose to submit that to the
voters of this district, along with
other gentlemen who may aspire to
tne honor, in a democratic primary.
“I am a farmer, was born and rear
ed on a farm in this district, and have
contributed all that I possibly could
to the advancement of the agricultu
ral interests of my section of the
country.
"As a member of congress I would
e controlled largely by the same de
sires and purposes that have actuated
me as a private citizens in advancing
the farming interests of the state and
country, which ultimately Is the inter
st of every person, whether merchant,
lawyer, doctor, banker, mechanic or
citizen following other callings.
“I shall be glad to meet the voters
ace to face In e/ery county of the
istrlct before the day of election.
"Sincerely,
’“JOHN R. MERCER.”
NO RAIN EVER CAME;
FARMER CUT HIS THROAT
Shepherdsville, Ky., June 13. —Ob-
serving no signs of rain, Benjamin
Ash, a farmer of this county, carried
out a threat he had made that he
would commit suicide if the drouth
continued. He cut his throat with a
butcher knife.
Last week he told friends that if the
dry weather ruined his crops he would
starve to death, and he be'ieved he
would kill himself. His threat was
not taken seriously.
CONSTIPATION AND
SLUGGISH LIVER GO
Every Woman Who Suffers Should Get
a 25-cent Box of Hot Springs Liv
er Buttons Today—Druggists
Recommend Them.
Banish Constipation, wake up your
lazy liver, clean up your disordered
stomach and drive the poisonous gas
and decomposed matter from your
bowels.
It’s easy with the wonderful Hot
Springs Liver Buttons, and best of alt,
they act gently. They are without
doubt the most perfect, blissful, satis
fying constipation remedy you ever
used.
They’re fine for men, too —for every
body; and for men who are tired of
the slam-bang purgatives that tear
the lining of the bowels and act viol
ently, we say give Hot Springs Liver
Buttons a trial—you’ll never use the
rough and tumble kind again. For free
sarnn'e write Hot Springs Chemical
Co., Hot Springs, Ark.
TormF
5-room house, ceiled throughout, on
ly SBOO.
5- house, large lot, on one vt
the main street, S9OO.
6- house, with barn and crib
on lot. desirable location, $2,000, one
fourth cash.
125-acres, 6 miles of Americus, 40
acres open; plenty wood and timber,
running water, healthy. Price $lO
per acre, worth sls per acre.
300 acres, 2 1-2 miles of railroad
station, 200 acres open, one 5-rootn
and one 4-room house, one 2-room
house; land lays well and fertile.
Price sls per acre.
460 acres 3 1-2 miles of Americus on
graded road (none better); 300 acres
open, 5-room house, barns, cribs, etc.,
healthy, running water, soil red and
gray. This is one of the choice farms
of the county; don’t miss this if you
want land; terms easy. Come to see
me if you want to buy or sell.
P. B. WILLIFORD,
526 Cotton Avenue,
1 AMERICUS, GA.
TEDDY MAY
MAKE WILD
JUSH NOW
ON A SPECIAL TO CHICAGO
Spectacular Stunt Down on
Program
New York, June 12.—The stage set
ting has been arranged by the third
term boomers for the last play in the
series of “grandstand features” which
torm the program to capture the re
publican nomination.
This became known when it was
learned that third-termers have ar
ranged to have a special train in read
iness on the New York Central rail
road prepared to start at a moment’s
notice in the wild dash across the
country bearing the third term candi
date to the convention city.
According to the financial backers
of the third-term movement, it has
been settled that their candidate shall
go to Chicago and the only question
lemaining to be settled is when he
shall go.
The program is for the representa
tives to raise a great cry of fraud con
cerning the contests for seats in the
convention. When this outcry ha 3
become loud enough, the third-term
candidate will announce suddenly that
he will go to the front to slap the
bosses, fight for the preservation or
the country and nation and do other
similar deeds of valor. Then the train
will puff away with the expectation
of the press agents of the third-term
movement is that the eyes of the entire
nation will be centered on this train
as it speeds across the country. The
expectation of those in charge of the
special train arrangements is that the
public interest in the race against time
to Chicago will overawe the delegates
to the convention and clinch the third
term nomination. If, however, it be
comes evident that special trains and
record trips will not serve to weaken
Mr. Taft’s strentgh in the convention
it is understood the financial backers
of the expedition will save their
money and not make the trip.
Every time the wrong young man
calls on a girl she always says to
some other girl the next day, “I
thought he never would go home.”
Spend Americus
Money in Americus
rj'VERY THOUSAND DOLLARS sent
away from Americus to catalogue houses
or through traveling men, who live a day or
two in your city, taking orders for suits, shirts,
shoes, or apparel of any kind, is a thousand
dollars absolutely lost to Americus, and means
when summed up that the spender is keeping
away from Americus one citizen.
Loyalty to local merchants who employ
labor, pay rent, license, light and water bills,
thereby giving employment to others, is a civic
duty. Every man and woman residing in
Americus should
Spend Americus
Money in Americus
NO SKIRTS SHORTER
THAN FOUR INCHES
BELOW KNEE ALLOWED
Memphis, Tenn., June 12 —Rules gov
erning picture theatres of a most
stringent character have been promul
gated by the city board of censors and
all theatre managers are notified that
a breach of these rules will mean the
abolition of vaudeville in their amuse
ment resorts. These regulations are
now' posted on the stages of the differ-!
ent theatres.
The rules follow:
“No actress shall wear a skirt short
er than four inches below the knee
and no vulgar or suggestive costume
10% MM
H
100% shortening.
Better than butter
for cooking
A shortening richer than butter I
Every woman thinks such a thing is im
possible!
Test Crisco in any cake recipe which re
quires much butter. The best creamery
butter that you can get is nearly one-fifth
water. Crisco is all shortening.
There is no moisture to dry out. Cake made
with Crisco may be kept longer without
loss of its original rich flavor and fine soft
texture.
Crisco is actually better
than butter for cooking
and so much cheaper.
Sold in 25c packages by all grocers
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of any kind will be permitted.
“No amateur nights and no prizi
dancing or kindred events.
“The general public must not be per
mitted on the stage or around the
dressing rooms.
I “No sugegstive situations or lan
guage and no profanity,
j “No frequenting of alleys by per
formers or visitors. ■
“No lady minstrels.
“Theatres shall have sufficient lights
to enable one to distinguish the fea
tures of those five feet distant.”