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COMMISSIONED
MET AND FIXED
TAX HATE TODfII
FOBJIB ISIS
SPECIAL SCHOOL TAXES VOTED
BY VARIOUS DISTRICTS ALSO
IMPOSED, AND LEVY MADE.—TO
TAL TAXABLE VALL ES 15 COUN
TY ARE MORE THAN NINE MIL
LION DOLLARS.
The Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues met in regular
session today. Present, A. Ry lander,
Chm., S. E. Statham, R. S. Oliver, T.
B. Hooks, N. A. Ray.
Minutes last regular meeting were
read and confirmed.
The Board porceeded to assess the
Tax rate for 1918-19. Having ascer
tained from the tax digest that they
taxable value of all property of the
county for 1918 amounts to nine mil
lion two hundred and fifty-two thous
and four hundred eighty-seven dollars
($9,252,487) the board ordered, for the
purpose of raising revenues to defray
the various expenses of the county
for 1918-19 the following assessment
be made, atd the sum is hereby
levied:
First.
Second. Court House, Jail and
ridge .00050 fifty cents for each
$1,000.00.
Third. Sheriff, Jail, etc., .00065, six
ty-five cents for each $1,000.00.
Fourth. Coroner’s fees, .00002, two
cents for each $1,000.00.
Fifth. Court Expenses, .00023 twen
ty-three cents for each SI,OOO 00.
Sixth. Jury fees .00110, one dollar
and ten cents for each $1,000.00.
Seventh. Support «f the poor,
.00050, fifty cents for each $1,000.00.
Eighth. Educational, 000, nothing |
for each $1,000.00.
N'ineth. Roads, .004, four dollars l
for each $1,000.00.
Tenth. Special Bridge tax, .005, five 1
dollars for each SI,OOO 00.
•It is further ordered by said Board
of Commissions that! the following
rates be levied in the several school
districts for school purposes as fol-
Iws:
Andersonville .004, or four dollars
on each $1,000.00.
Benevolence .002, or two dollars on
each $1,000.00.
Plains .00350, or three dollars and
fifty cents on each $1,000.00.
Thompson .005, or five dollars on
each SI,OOO 00.
Friendship .003, or three dollars on
each $1,000.00.
Huntington .003, or three dollars on
each $1,000.00.
Huguenin .003, or three dollars on
each $1,000.00.
DeSoto .003, or three dollars on
each $1,000.00.
Anthony .00350. or three dollars and
fifty cents on each $1,000.00.
New Era .00350, or three dollars and
fifty cents on each $1,000.00.
Howell .002, or two dollars on each.
$1,000.00.
Sumter .003, or three dollars on
LOOK OUT FOR THE KRMY WORM!
Atlanta, Ga., August.—(Special.)—
The army worm is now occurring in
different sections of the state on
young corn and other crops, says the
Georgia State Board of Entomology.
Hence, it is important that a close
lookout be kept for it, and that treat
ment for control be applied at the
first occurrence before It has a chance
to destroy the crop.
These worms can be easily con
trolled if the work is begun in time
When they are advancing, efforts
should be made to check their prog
ress and prevent the infestation of
other fields. The remedy is simple
and inexpensive. The most satisfac
tory remedy is arsenate of lead.
The powdered form of arsenate of
lead should be employed in fighting
the army worm. It can be used at
the rate of one pound of arsenate of
lead to four pounds of air-slaked lime.
It should be applied by dusting it over
the crop attacked. A simple method
of applying it is by putting it in a
each $1,000.00.
Leslie .005, or five dollars on each
$1,000.00.
New Hope .003, o r three dollars on
each $1,000.00.
Gammage .003, or three dollars on
each $1,000.00,
Pennington .00350, or three dollars
and fifty cents on each $1,000.00.
Johnson .002, or tw o dollars on each
$1,000.00.
Mossy Dell .00250, or two doyyars
and fifty cents on each $1,000.00.
It is further, ordered that this levy
and assessment be advertised as re
quired by law.
Mr. W. W. Dykes, attorney for the
Banfite Company at Andersonville,
requests readjustment of the assess
ment of said property. The matter
referred back to the Tax Equalizers,
with the county attorney added.
J. A. PINKSTON, Secty.
WE OF SEED
STRESSED UPON
ALE FARMERS Bl
THESJATEBOABD
GROWERS A«E URGED TO BEGIN
EARLY THE WORK OF SEED SE
LECTION, AND METHODS FOR
IMPROVING COTTON ARE EX
PI. AIN ED.—SHOULD USE SEED
BEST ADAPTED TO CLIMATE
AND SOIL.
The value and importance of plant
ing only improved seed is now begin
ning to be realized more than ever
before. Under boll weevil and wilt
conditions in Georgia it is half the
fight to plant improved seed of a va
riety of cotton that is adapted to
year climate and soil. There is just
as much difference between improved
I seed ar i that not improved as there
I is between improved live stock over
| scrubs. Right now when everything
I is so valuable is when it will pay to
grow the most you can on every
you j 'ant.
There are three general methods of (
improving cotton, as follows: Ist.
cressing or hybridizing; 2nd. indivi
dual selection or the progeny row
method; mass selection. The Geor
gia State Board of Entomology in
its work on breeding up early wilt
resistant strains of cotton, uses the
first two methods. Any one desiring
to take up the breeding of cotton in
this way should write to the depart
ment for full details. The third
method of improving cotton, that is,
mass selection, should be practiced
by all cotton growers in order to in
crease their yield of cotton, and main
tain its purity.
If you are growing two or three
varieties of cotton on your place, go
czer the different varieties and de
cide which one you wish to plant next
year. Ha.’rp determined on the va
riety to select seed from, go over the .
field very carefully and not the dis-
■ ferent types of cotton stalks found
in it. You will find a few stalks
very well frtfited, many poorly fruit-
washed out flour sack and shaking it
over the crop so that the dust will fall
upon the leaves.
The best time to dust is in the
early morning or late afternoon, but
satisfactory results can be obtained,
if application is made at any time
during the day.
Write for Bulletins
The Georgia State Board of Ento
mology is anxious to assist everybody
in the state who desires it, in the
control of serious insect pests and
plant diseases. Those needing such
inform? tion on any insects or diseases
which they do not know how to con
trol, should write us for it.
The board has ready for distribution
a circular on the Hessian Fly and its
control, and also a bulletin on the
control of the army worm.
Parties desiring these circulars or
bulletins, or information «n any sub
ject along these lines, should write for
it to A. C. Lewis, State Entomologist,
Atlanta, Ga.
..oERKTUS TIMES-RECORDEI
THE PASSING OF A COMRADE
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When a soldier goes to that other “Over There” his fighting comrades
mark his last resting place with a manly tenderness that would touch the
mother's heart. Only a few stones to outline the spot, a rude cross with his
name rudely carved thereon, and hie hat, but they express a tender care that
stirs.
ed, and some with scarcely any fruit |
at all. Not the type of stalk that
produces the most fruit. You will
vorobably find that this type of stalk
produces the most cotton in all parts
of the field, whether the stalk is large
or small. Having determined the
type of stalk, now proceed to select
the best individual stalks of this type.
In determining the individual stalks
to select you should carefully con
sider ’ the folloiwng points: type of
stalk, fruitfulness, earliness, and dis
ease resistance. Select and tag enough
of these good individual stalks to se
cure a hundred pounds dr more of
seed cotton. Pick out the cotton from
these individual stalks, ahead of the
cotion pickers, or instruct them not.
to pick the tagged stalks. Take this
cotton to the gin and feed it to the
gin l y hand and let the seed run out
cn a sheet spread on the floor. In
this way you can gin a small amount
of seed cotton and keep the seed from ,
becoming mixed with the seed in the
seed auger.
If you do not select enough good
sftalks to make more than twenty
pounds of seed cotton send this to the ;
Georgia State Board of Entomology, I
COST TO THE (QNSUMER OF A POUND LOAF OF BREAD
JOCEHTS
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VOLNEY WILLIAMS !
FOR 1
Railroad Commissioner
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for , Railroad Commis
sioner, to succeed Hon. George Hill
yer, who is not a candidate for re
election, subject to the State Dem
ocratic Primary to be held in Sep
tember. The consideration of the
voters of the state is most respect
fully requested.
VObNEY WILLIAMS,
Waycross, Ga.
The Tifton Gazette says: “Volney
Williams is a candidate for Rail
road Commissioner. If elected he
•will make a splendid official. For
16 years he has edited the Way
cross Journal-Herald, and has ever
been active in movements for the
best interest of the state. He comes
from one of the greatest railroad
centers of the state, and from a sec
tion that has no representation on
the Commission He was a member of the State Democratic tesee-
utive Committee in 1910-11. and at present is a member of the Ownrrt, I
Legislature. No better material could be found.”
I Atlanta. Ga., nad they will gin it for
you and determine the percentage of
lint its turns out. There will be no
charge for the ginning, and the ex
press charges will be paid by the de
partment, but the lint will be kept
to partially pay for the expenses of
the operation. The cotton seed thus
secured should be planted next year
in a patch to itself as much as pos
sible, and if the seed from this patch
is carefully saved it will plant a
large field the following year. The
department has issued a circular on
rhe value and importance of main
taining the purity of cotton seed.
State of Ohio. City cf Toledo,
Lucas County, S 3.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
'is senior partner of the flrm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business tn the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALL’S CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of December.
A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON.
(Seal) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces cf the System. Send
for testimonials, free
F. J. CHENEY A- CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by all druggist®. 75c.
Hall’s Family Pilis ;or constipation.
WHO’S WHO
j IN SUMTER COUNTY?
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CONTROL HESSIAN FLY, SAYS
STATE BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY
Atlanta, Ga., August.—(Special.)
"Plant wheat, but do not let the Hes
sian Fly eat it up,” says the Geor
gia State Board of Entomology.
Food crops »re more important than
ever, and every effort should be made
to get each acre to produce as much
as possible, and not let 10 to 20 per
cent be destroyed by insects and plant
diseases.
The Hessian Fly, says the State
Board of Entomology, is one of the
most destructive insects Georgia wheat
growers have to contend with. This
insect has been known to destroy from
10 to 76 per cent of a wheat field. This
damage may be avoided without H’eat
expense; hence the board urges upon
all who are going to plant wheat this
fall, that they follow the suggestions
given herewith:
The State Board of Entomology has
worked out the life history of the Hes
sian Fly, and made sowing sxperi
ments covering three years. There
are two broods of the Hessian Fly
each year. The spring brood emerges
between February 21 and March 23.
The fall brood emerges between Sep
tember 28 and October 30. Hessian
Flies were found flying in a field at
Ringgold, Ga., on October 23.
Data of Sowing.
The following valuable information
in avoiding the Hessian Fly was de
rived from sowing tests made as stat
ed: Wheat sown September 28 at Ring
gold showed 94.4 per cent of plants
Infested on December 9. Wheat sown
at Ringgold October 21 showed less
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than 1 per cent infested on Decern
her 9.
Wheat sown at Adairsville the same
year on October 2 showed 89.8 per
cent infested on December 12; while
wheat sown at the same place Octo
ber 19 showed less than 1 per cent
of infestation on December 12.
Wheat sown at Pomona, Ga., on Oc
tober 5, showed 25 per cent of the
stalks infested on December 11. Wheat
sown October 24 at Pomona showed
no infestation at all on December 12
From these tests and others cov
ering different years, it may be con
cluded that, as a rule, wheat sown
in North Georgia from October 20 tc
October 30 will escape damage from
the Hessian Fly. In the southern part
of the state, the date for sowing
should be probably about seven to
ten days later. The proper time for
sowing will vary with the season.
As a general rule wheat sown just
after the first killing frost will es
cape serious damage from the Hessian.
Fly, provided that all of the volunteer
wheat is destroyed in the fall before
the flies emerge, or not latsr than
September 1.
Summary
To summarize, in order to avoid,
damage from the Hessian Fly, we
would recommend:
Ist. Plant late, October 20th to Oc
tober 30th.
2nd. Burn the stubble of infested
fields, soon after the wheat is cut.
3rd. Plow under all volunteer
wheat not later than September L
4th. Practice rotation of crops.
sth. Plant good seed on land well
prepared and properly fertilized.