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City of Americus.
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Georgia.
Americus, Ga., April 3, 1918.
Well, the weather yesterday was fine
for ducks.
( An embargo on gasoline might help
the situation, but it won’t buy us a
car.
A tie that binds with a rough collar
is another thing which gives life a
variety.
Funston’s getting paid for a contrib
uted article now. The sole judge of
fame is this.
The Macon Telegraph wrote an edi
torial on “Billa, The Man.” Didn’t
know there was any such thing.
An editorial page is space in a news
papeer which may or may not contain
anything worth while. Just like folks,
and the most human of all.
It is getting curious about the way
Harris and Hardman meet up, without
pre-arrangements. Their paths lead
to a common purpose, even physically.
Schley county lost a valuable citizen
and an able legislator in the death of
Mr. Robert J. Perry. The state is bet •
ter by his having lived, and the county
is poorer by his death.
It is to be hoped that Franc Mangum,
the late artist who performed on the
editorial page of the Macon News will
find occasion for occasional contribu
tions to his former love.
Newspaper men in all parts of the
state are flinging their togas in the
ring for various political offices. They
all have our best wishes, but we doubt
the wisdom of their ventures.
A writer on the seasons speculates
that the latter part of March and the
first part of April is the typical love
making season. No reflection on folks
who love in other seasons, though.
The detective who figured out that a
man was married because the clotn
around his right-hand pocket had
grown thread-bare, should be sent af
ter Villa. He has a scent for finding
the fathomless.
A poet is one thing which it appears
we will have with us always. There
are many kinds of poets, which write
compositions which fall under various
sub-heads, divisions and squads. A’l
good poets are dead.
When the European war is settled;
submarines are run according to
rules; Mexico is a peaceful land; the
tariff is pleasant for all, and real
men become representatives, then
congress will be a body of which we
aught be proud.
As the chief advertiser for one chew
ing gum, the following verses from the
pen of Johnnie Spencer set fairly
well:
“Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
But I prefer
Tass toulou.”
VILLA’S LAST STAND.
As in all news concerning war and
trouble, there are conflicting reports.
I The American people really do not
I know what has happened in Mexico. It
is to be doubted if the official United
States knows much more.
One thing is certain the American
troops are in the territory of Villa,
have somewhere encountered
forces under his command, although
lie might have been miles away.
The capture and death of Villa will
not end the strife in that turbulent
land. The real trouble has fairly be
gun. Many of the followers of Vi’Ja
fight because of a faith which they
have in their cause. Much opposition
can be found in Mexico, especially in
the northern part, to the government
of Carranza. Villa’s death will not
end this, but allow the rise of some
other soldier, be he bandit, brigand,
general or fighter.
The situation in Mexico deserves
more than the attention of the ' war
branch of our government. Some defi
nite plan must be worked out by our
government before Mexico can cease
to be a thorn in our side. As lang as
American capital is invested in the re
public to our south, just so long wiil
there be a continual dissension in our
politics and in the government of
Mexico.
Villa’s death will not end all —and
his end is certain. As surely as he
■lves, he will be captured, starved out,
killed. He may continue for a season,
but a few months will mark his fall, it
not at the hands of American troops,
it will be at the hands of some internal
force.
SHOULD NAME THE PAPERS.
President Wilson recently referred
to a pernicious propaganda on the part
of some Americans attempting to
throw the United Statese into war with
Mexico. The president referred to a
newspaper, or set of newspapers,
which were mainly catering to this
Irazen piece of work. The president
did not mention a names, but facts can
be taken by the American people to
substantiate a belief that he is refer
r’rg to no less undesirable than Wil
liam Randolph Hearst, and a string
cf his newspapers which know noth
ing except a box-car headline, with
“blood and thunder literature.”
The Atlanta Constitution had the
following editorial on this matter,
which is very interesting:
As a matter of justice to the many
patriotic newspapers which have de
voted their utmost effort toward the
prevention of that sort of intervention
in Mexico which would bring about
useless and disastrous war, President
Wilson should not hesitate to carry
out his recently expressed threat to
put his finger upon and name those
newspapers of the “yellow” journal
class which are doing their utmost to
embroil us in a bushwhacking fight.
Thhe president has charged that
there are certain newspapers in the
United States of the so-called “yellow”
class, which are making every eeffort
to bring about such intervention oa
the part of this government in the
Mexican situation as would result in
prolonged warfare of the ambuscade
type.
While there would be no question ?.s
to the outcome of a contest between
this country and Mexico, it would be
more than foolhardy for us to embark
iii an unnecessary warfare, the resu't
of which would be disastrous to the
United States, regardless of the re
suit.
We do not want Mexico. We have
no earthly use for it, and we have made
that very clear to the Mexican people.
In fact, President Wilson has made
it so clear that thus far no material
objection has been-offered to the ene
trance of United States troops into
that country, in pursuit of an assas
sin who crossed the border and slaugh
tered innocent women and children.
' Our only purpose there is to get this
| man and administer to him and his
i following such punishment as is mer
ited. This purpose has been under
' taken and can be carried out with the
cnsent of the Mexican authorities,
'and without involving the two govern
ments in a struggle which at best
would involve in the aggregate an ex
penditure of hundreds of millions, and
•perhaps billions, of dollars before the
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work was completed.
It is as incomprehensible as it is un
fortunate that there should be any one
in this country, newspaper or other
wise, who, for personal or any other
reason, should seek to bring about a
struggle which might result in the
loss of some thousands of American
lives, not to speak of its tremendous
cost.
If there are newspapers, as Presi
dent Wilson has charged, which are
seeking to bring this sort of bloodshed
and destruction upon their own coun
try, it is the president’s duty to ex
pose them, and let the country know
just what are the influences back of
this apparently treasonable conspiracy.
If publicity will prevent this catastro
phe, by all means, let us have it.
Some folks are crying “thief” and
“robber,” because other folks believe
in the sale of the W. & A. They are
certainly trained in the arts of the
highway stuff.
TO AUGUSTA, THE HEROIC
LOSER.
Facing her ruins she stands,
With calm courage, free from de
spair;
Aand with backward glance, willing
hands
Bravely turn to the work that is
there.
j Few words of repining are heard,
As they face desolation so great,
And surely must come the reward
This effort deserves to create.
The forest of chimneys which stretch
Through the blocks that were once
happy homes,
Stand mute with the pow-er to touch
Thee heart of each person who
comes.
;In this district so stricken and stark,
With a ruin which words cannot
paint,
It has come to the people who work
And alike to the homes of the great.
And now to Augusta the brave,
We hope that the merciful God,
Will grant that your future be saved,
And so bring your well-earned re
ward. —R. C. HOOD.
This touching tribute to the strength
and (bravery of Augusta’s sorely smit
ten victims in the recent terrible visi
tation by fire, was written by Mrs.
John Hood, wife of the commander of
the battleship Texas. This sympa
thetic lady has been a resident of The
Hill, as guest in Miss Stokes’ charming
home this winter.
Legal Advertisements |
Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
Will be sold before the Court House
door, in the City of Americus, said
state and county, on the first Tuesday
ir. April, 1916, within the legal hours
of sale, to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described proper
ty, to-wit:
One house and lot, down at Leslie,
Georgia, Sumter County, containing
two (2) acres, more or less, bounded
on the west by Bailey Avenue, north
by Allen street, East by lot formerly
ow-ned by J. W. Bailey, and south by
lot formerly owned by J. W. Bailey,
said lot beginning at the southwest
corner of Bailey and Allen streets,
running south two hundred and forty
feeet (240), thence east two hundred
and ten (210) feet; thence north two
hundred and forty (240) feet thence
west two hundred and ten (210) feet
to starting point.
Said property levied on and will
be sold as the property of J. E.
Ranew, to satisfy a certain City Court
fi fa issued from the City Court of
Americus, in favor of the Read Phos
phate Company, against Ranew, Ama
sen and Patton, a partnership firm
composed of J. E. Ranew, J. L. Ama
scn. and W. T. Patten, and J. E. Ra
new, J. L. Amason and W. T. Patten
individually. Tenant in possession,
and defendant in fi fa notified in the
terms of the law.
This, the 6th day of March, 1916.
W-94t R. E. PRICE,
Deputy Sheriff, Sumter County, Ga.
Citation.
GEORGIA —Sumter County.
To All Whom It May Concern:
E. W. Wilder having, in proper form,
applied to me for permanent Letters
of Administration on the estate of J.
Uses and Abuses of Fertilizers
By Prof. R. J. H. De Loach, Director of Georgia Experiment Station,
5. FERTILIZERS AND HORTICULTURE.
The Fifth of a Series of Six Artioles.
The fruit and vegetable growers are always leaders in the use of plant
foods for their crops. This is especially true of the vegetable growers. What
they wish is rapid growth in their produce, so that they will get the vege
tables on the market in the shortest possible time from the time of planting.
This is the secret of success with vegetables, and the only way to meet such
conditions is to apply fertilizers in large quantities. In the next paper we
shall tell about the ‘ home garden” and how to fertilize it. In the present
paper we are to tell more particularly about fruit trees and other horticultural
plants.
The relation of apple growing to fertilizers has never been very carefully
worked out. We know that the use of fertilizers with fruit trees, and
especially apples, pays, but we have not yet worked out the best formulae
for the various kinds of trees, nor the amounts which pay best. Brisbin says,
in his book' on "Trees and Tree Planting," that in planting young trees large
quantities of manure should be used in preparing the place for planting.
These manures should be rich in plant food elements if the trees are ex
pected to make rapid growth. The best way to increase the plant food in
manures is to add to the manures the mineral elements in various forms,
and mix with leaf mold and manures. Brisbin also recommends that weeds
should not be allowed to grow around the apple trees, as they will take up
the plant food which is put down for young trees.
The best method of producing fruit is to keep the field or orchard clean by
growing other crops which require constant attention and cultivation. Most
farmers and horticulturists fertilize the crops that grow in the orchard, and
in this way save the expense of fertilizing the fruit trees again. In many
instances legumes are grown as a cover crop, and, incidentally, to furnish
nitrogen. The orchard cannot be cultivated too deeply, or injury will result.
It needs to be cultivated shallow, and manures or fertilizers applied in
reasonable quantities. While it is necessary to put fertilizers near the trunk
of the tree, yet the roots scatter pretty well over an orchard, and the plant
food that happens to fall further away from the trunk is not lost.
A large crop of apples or peaches takes from the soil much plant food,
such as nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid, and unless this is supplied from
time to time, the trees will prove less fruitful and finally bear very little
fruit, and what they do bear will be of poor quality. The argument that old
trees in pastures bear good fruit is not sound, because conditions prevail in
many isolated places this way that cannot be duplicated in the orchard.
Many times it is the natural leaf mold, woods earth, droppings from animals,
and other materials carrying available plant food that make the fruit on
such trees. Besides, such fruit is rarely ever as excellent and delicious as
that grown in a well-kept orchard. Fruit, like all other kinds of field and
garden crops, must be forced more or less to measure up to a high standard.
To force the fruit, and at the same time keep the land fertile, we must apply
to the soil as much fertilizer as the crop takes from it.
Fruit trees demand in their growth a fertilizer rather rich in potash and
phosphoric acid, but not very rich in nitrogen. It was found that the citrus
trees in California at the Riverside Experiment Station grew better fruit and
did better every way with a complete fertilizer than with any single plant
food element, or any incomplete combination. It w-as also found that the
acid requirements of these trees were more -completely supplied with sul
phate of ammonia than from any other nitrogen source.
Many of the experiment stations have secured good results from fertilizing
orchards, but none quite so good as the Ohio station. F. H. Ballou, in charge
of work with apples, says:
“To sum up the results in increased fruit production from the use of
chemical fertilizers on the very thin orchard land in southeastern Ohio, tak
ing into consideration ail our different plots at the various places covering
60 miles of country,-we have the following;
Average per acre, per year fertilized, 100 barrels.
Average per acre, per year unfertilized, 44 barrels.
Gain per acre, per year, from fertilization, 56 barrels.
Cost of gain per barrel, per year, 17.8 cents.
This is the strongest endorsement for the use of commercial fertilizers tn
orchards that w» have yet seen, and shows how it is possible to increase the
incomes from an orchard by the wise use of the proper kinds of fertilizers.
Prof. Maurice A. Blake of the New Jersey Experiment Station recommends
an application of 450 pounds of fertilizer per acre with peaches. Prof. Starnes
of the Georgia Experiment Station tried many formulas at the Georgia Station
several years ago on peaches, and found that in every case the fertilizers
paid.
A J. Wilder, late of said County, this
is tc cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of J. A. J. Wilder to be
and appear at my office within the
time allowed by law, and show cause,
if any they can why permanent admin
istration should not be granted to E.
W. Wilder on J. A. J. Wilder estate.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture, this 6th day of March, 1916.
W9-4t JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
Will be sold before the Court House
door in the City of Americus, county
of Sumter, s«>id State, on the first
Tuesday in April, 1916, which is the
fourth day, between the legal hours of
sale, to-wit, 10 o’clock A. M. and 4
(. clock P. M., to the highest bidder
for cash the following described real
estate, to-wit:
A certain house and lot located in
the town of Andersonville, fronting
north on the Ellaville road 75 yards
and running back south from said
Ellaville road 100 yards more or less,
being enclosed by a fence and located
in the northeast corner of a certain
ten (10) acres tract sold Mrs. Gussie
E. Joiner by Henry R. Johnson on the
15th day of November, 1904, as shown
by deed recorded in book H. H., page
217; bounded North by Ellaville road,
East by land of P. C. Easterlin and
Smith land and South and West by
land of Mrs. Gussie E. English.
Said lanji being sold to satisfy a cer
tain Fi Fa in favor of Mrs. Gussie E.
English against Jas. G. Feagin which
issued from the City Court of Ameri
cus on the 28th day of January, 1916.
Tenant in possession and defendant
in Fi Fa notified in terms of the law
This 4th day of March, 1916.
W-9-4t. LUCIUS HARVEY,
Sheriff Sumter County, Georgia.
Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Sumter Cdunty.
Will be sold before the Court House
door in Americus, Ga., on the first
Tuesday in April, 1916, between the
legal hours of sale, to the highest
bidder for cash, lot of land No. 239 in
the 26th District of Sumter County,
Georgia, known as the Kirven planta
tion, containing 202 1-2 acres. Said
land levied upon as the property of
Win. M. Andrews to satisfy an execu
tion issued from the City Court of
Americus in favor of J. E. D. Shipp,
Guardian of Mrs. Kate Shelldon vs.
Wm. M. Andrews. Sale had at the
risk of L. Smith. This March Bth,
1916.
W9-4t LUCIUS HARVEY,
Sheriff Sumter County, Ga.
SAVES DAUGHTER
Advice of Mother no Doubt Pre*
vents Daughter’s Untimely End.
Ready, Ky.—" I was not able to do
anything for nearly six months,” writes
Mrs. Laura Bratcher, of this place, ‘‘and
was down in bed for three months.
1 cannot tell you how I suffered with
my nead, and with nervousness and
womanly troubles.
Our family doctor told my husband he
could not do me any good, and he had
to give it up. We tried another doctor,
but he did nut help me.
At last, my mother advised me to take
Cardui, the woman’s tonic, i thought
it was no use for I was nearly dead and
nothing seemed to do me any good. But
1 took eleven bottles, and now I am able
to do all of my work and my own
washing.
1 think Cardui is the best medicina in
the world. My weight has increased,
and 1 look the picture of health. ”
If you suffer from any of the ailments
peculiar to women, get a bottle of Cardui
today. Delay is dangerous. We know
it will help you, for it has helped so
many thousands of other weak women
in the past 50 years.
At all druggists.
ft: Chattanoog Medicine Co.. Ladies’
Advisory Dept.. Chattan oga, Tenn., for Sjtctal
Imtructiont on you r case and 84-page book, “Home
T raaiment for Women.” in >lam wrapper, S. 2U3
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File Progressive Railway of me South
Leave Americus lor Cordele, Ro
cbelle, Abbeville, Helena, Lyons, Col
lins, Savannah, Columbia, Richmond
Portsmouth and points East and South
12:31 p in
2:30 ant
Leave Americus for Cordele. Abbe
ills, Helena and intermediate points
5:15 p m
Leave Americus for Richland, At
anta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
Tomcry and points West and Northwest
3:19 p m
Leave Americus for Richland, Col
smbus, Dawson, Albany and interme
Hate points
10:05 c. m
Seaboard Buffet Parlor-Sleeping Cai
m Trains 13 and 14, arriving Americu*
from Savannah 11:25 p. m., and leav
ing Americus for Savannah 2:30 a. m
Bleeping car leaving for Savannah at
2:30 a. m., will be open for passen
gers at 11:25 p .j.
For further information apply to H.
P. Everett, Local Agent, Americus.
Ga. C. W. Small, Div. Pass. Agent,
Savannah, Ga.; C. B. Ryan, G. P. A.
Norfolk, Va.
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