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PAGE SIX XIMES-RE CC RDE3 PCaUSHifi U7» - £ - n, q ' Published by The Times-Re cord er Co., tincj’ Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Zntered g« second elaw matter at the poetofftet at Americus, Georgia, according te the Act c< Ceofreee. The Aaaociated Preea la excludcely entitled te the nee for the republicatio3'of all newt die* patebet credited to it or not otherwise credited to thia paper and alto the local sewt published hero* In. All right of republication of apodal dispatcher are aiao reserved. r- ■ ■ *•" National Advertising Representatives, FROST LANDIS A KOHN. Brunswick Bldg.. M Tortl /eopleo* Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT A merry heart doeth good like medicine: gut a broken, spirit drieth the bones. —Prov. 17:22. He who sings frightens away his ills.—Cervantes. _ , Conquering The 801 l Weevil The Rome Tribune-Herald warns South Georgia not to cele brate “over the conquest of the weevil,” observing that— Down in South Georgia coun ties the farmers are holding cele brations over the conquest of the boll weevil. Better not get too enthusiastic about that. The boll weevil hasn’t been conquer ed. The pest is merely suffering a reverse. Weather conditions throughout the state have been against the weevil and there has been more intelligent war against the pest this year, but that is no indication that it won’t be back in destructive numbers again next year if constant vigilance is not observed. Better than cele brating 'the conquest of the boll weevil was the action of the farmers of an Alabama county several years ago who erected a monument in tribute to the pest because it had taught them how to farm. The Tribune-Herald is right and it is wrong. South Georgia is celebrating the conquest of 1924, having in many counties almost completely routed the weevil this year. But South Georgia knows that the same methods must be used again next year. The weevil is not routed for good and all, any more than the potato bug or various other destructive forces which attack vegetation. The boll weevil must be met every year, from now until “the end of time,” so far as we now know. It may be eliminated some day, but there is nothing now to ind cate such a pleasing prospect. But the Herald-Tribune, along with many other papers, is wrong when it takes the weather too much into consideration. 1 The farmer must learn that the weather is no longer a controll ing factor in the weevil fight. Whether the season be dry or wet, the same poisoning meth ods must be followed. There are those who think that hot, dry weather eliminates the weevil. Such is not true. Then there are others who believe that cotton can not be produced profitably under weevil conditions during a wet season. They are wrong. Cotton can be produced under any weather conditions provided the correct poisoning methods are followed, and many counties in South Georgia have learned this to be true. In 1923 Carroll county led the state in cotton production, marketing something like 23,- 000 bales. Sumter county fail ed, ginning only about one-half that number, and 1923 was a wet season, in both Carroll and Sumter. The answer to the riddle is in the method of poisoning used in the two counties. Sumter wait ed for 10 or 15 per cent infesta tion; Carroll began poisoning be fore infestation. This year Sumter will proba bly double her 1923 production. That the weather has helped to some extent, there’s no doubt, but the real reason for the in crease is in the fact that Sumter did not wait for the weevil to get into the press. Recently poison. To conquer the weevil it is necessary to poison its food be fore it begins feeding— not af terward. The weevil multiplies so rapidly that once it gets a start, it is almost impossible to again secure control. The cotton farmer must for get the weather. Poison before infestation begins and keep it up at regular intervals. Never give the weevil an opportunity to find unpoisoned food. In this way, and this way only, will the pest be conquered. There is much misinformation regarding the weevil. Many queer and unreliable statements gets into the press. Recently the Atlanta Constitution quoted the following from the Ohio State Journal, which shows how thoroughly misunderstood is the weevil situation, “not only in the spates far removed from the cotton belt,says the Constitu- tion, “but unfortunately by news papers within the belt : ‘‘An inscription on a monument in Alabama reads a& follows: “ Tn profound appreciation of the boll weevil and what it has done as the herald of prosperity this monument is erected by the citizens of Enterprise, Coffee county, Alabama.’ When the boll weevil, whose services to the Southern planter are thus commemorated in en during stone, first arrived on our shores and went to work in the southern cotton fields, he was regarded a s a wholly bad charac ter, a thorough-going scoundrel. He played terrible havoc with the crops and reduced the cotton far mers to a state of desperation. No means of combating him, and many were tried, proved effect ive. At last some one thouaht of the rotation of crops and it was found that the boll weevil had to have his cotton or perish. He did not like anything else to eat, could not digest it and in the year when something else was grown in the field there was nothing for him to do but turn up his toes and die, which he did. The farmers, discovered, to their surprise, that the rotation of crops was not only very bad for the boll weevil and very good for their soil and their pocket books. It caused” their land to produce more value to themselves and from hating the boll weevil they went to appreciating him and feeling grateful to him for his invaluable, if not wholly un selfish services, as is proved by what it says on the monument.” Crop rotation is necessary for the highest productivity, agricul turists have taught for a genera tion, in that it builds up the soil instead of continually reducing its crop-producing ability, but the rotation of crops has no ef fect on the weevil. The weevil is whipped through adhering to correct cul tural and poisoning methods— rapid cultivation, limited acre age to the plow and adequate use of calcium arsenate. Sumter county has won an outstanding victory in 1924 by following these rules, and the county bids fair to be one of the two or three leading cotton-pro ducing counties in the state this years, thanks to the courage, en ergy and faith of the Sumter farmer. Civilization’s Compensations On a hot summer day the luckiest individual in the world is the salmon trout. He always lives in water at a temperature of 40 degrees—only 8 above freezing. The salmon trout—called Na maycush by the Indians—is found in deep lakes all the way from New England to norther most Alaska. Usually he in habits lakes that are the craters of extinct volcanoes, from 150 to 1 000 or more feet deep. In the spmig, after the ice goes out, the surface water is cold and the salmon trout is found riding the top near shore. As the days and water get warmer, he gradually goes deeper. In August the Indians troll for him at a depth of 200 feet, using as much as six pounds of lead for sinkers. Namaycush, progrssively go ing deeper, follows the "40-de grees line.” His body is so con structed that he can live 1000 feet deep without being crush ed by the pressure. A city man, toiling in a hot factory, store or office, has rea son to sigh with envy as he pon ders the lot of the salmon trout.. Physical comfort is not the only important thing in life. But it’s a tremendous item. People couldn’t stand civilization if it weren t for artificial “conven iencs.” Envy, too, the freedom of the salmon trout. Nothing to do but swim lazily in the cool wa trs, picking up minnows sot food as needed. No working hours. No alarm clocks. No tax collec tors. No propaganda. No bore some political campaigns. No tight shoes. No dirt and dust. No heat! While we re on the subject, how about the lucky lot of the Indian who trolls for the sal mon trout? Up yonder in the north, nothing to worry about, except how to spend his pension. Game laws do not apply to him. The water is cool, the sighing breeze pure and fresh and with the scent of growing things on shore. The nights are cold even after the warmest day. A campfire, his meal sizzling in the frying pan, northern lights, the bark of a fox, the call of wild birds. Freedom—that’s what the sal mon trout and the Indian have. And it’s what we have lost—the supreme penalty of civilization, and yet it has its compensations —books, pictures, friends, music, travel and a reciprocal love never known by the savage. Just to eat, sleep and be comfortable is not enough. R.E D.-® A little old mailbox stands out in the road and it plainly is marked “R. F. D.’ k A heap of real sentiment in it is sewed though it means naught to you or to me. A little old lady and little old man care not if the thing looks for lorn. It’s served its purpose as any box can and a pathway out to it they’ve worn. Each day when the mailman is making his run he stops; then he’s soon on his way. The rural old people rush out, and it’s fun just to see what he’s left them each day. A mail order house sends a catalogue fine. It’s bulky as bulky can be. But nevertheless they will read every line and all of the pictures they’ll see. The other odd things that are carelessly hurled and that lighten the mail master’s load, just keep rural people in touch with th e world through the mailbox that stands in the road. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) : CORN HAS BEEN MADE i —EDITORIAL FROM THE ALBANY HERALD NOW LET’S PROTECT IT This year the farmers of South Georgia have made the finest cron of corn in many seasons. It is a bumper crop. It will soon be time to gather it into barns, and on many farms there will be embarrassment to find room for corn storage. Like the rich man of the parable, many a farmer will be moved to say, “I will tear down my barns and build greater barns.” But it will avail nothing if after the corn crop is gathered no steps are taken to protect it. For it is a well-known fact that, par ticularly in the South, corn which is not protected from weevils rap idly deteriorates, and will be ren dered practically worthless if the neglect continues for any length of time. Care in harvesting corn and in protecting it from the shuck worm is effective precaution, but in most cases it is necessary to fumigate the corn after putting it under cover. This can be done either in properly constructed buildings, or by treatment in boxes. The United States Department of Agriculture has issued a bulle tin (No. 1029) on the subject of “Conserving Corn from Weevils in the Gulf States.” It was first printed in 1919, but copies are still available, and can be obtained from Washington. Many county agents have them on hand. The method of fumigating corn corn is thus described in the bul letin, and the extracts may supply all the information required by many farmers. Certain it is that the large crop of corn made this year and probability that it will bring a good price, whether sold as grain or “on the hoof” makes it highly important that it be fully protected. The bulletin says; “Many farmers will find at the time of this coming harvest that they do not have storage facilities large enough to hold their entire crop and at the same time tight enough for efficient fumigation of the corn. While the possession of such cribs is economical in the extreme South, there is little doubt that many farmers father north, where insect damage is less can get along without them pro vided they build gas-tight rooms or large boxes in which they can fumigate thoroughly portions of * their crops as these are harvested and brought to the barns. Such boxes or rooms can be made to suit the individual requirements, do not have to be expensive, can be constructed quickly, and will supply a great need. "When the farmer finds it de sirable to fall back upon such an equipment, he should fumigate batches of corn as they come from the field and then place the fumi gated portions of the crop in his regular storage quarters. In other words, these boxes or bins or rooms (whichever they happen to be) serve as disinfect ing stations through which the crop passes on its way from the field to the winter storage. “Althouh it is preferable to put corn from the field directly into a gas-tight crib, room, or bin where it can be fumigated and left indefinitely, the method just mentioned not only is.being used by certain farmers but nas given success in protecting corn from weevils. The farmer who adopts it, howeVer, must understand the weevil problem thoroughly. He must appreciate that no matter how well he may fumigate corn in a gas-tight room or bin, it is subject to reinfestation the mo ment it is taken out and placed in a loosely constructed or open bin or crib. It is seldom that one fumigation ki’’s all weevils, so the makeshift arrangement just de scribed can not be’depended upon for as satisfactory results as stor age in a tight container. Thus is true for the reason that weevils can fly and will enter, from with out, loosely constructed storage places, and corn must be handled over and over again as often as it is necesary to fumigate it. “Corn needs fumigation when ever weevils or moths begin to appear in the crib or bin. If corn is only slightly infested when it is stored in a tight crib, one fumi gation will keep it free from in jury throughout the fall and win ter, as it has done in Florida. If weevils are numerous and the first fumigation doles not kill them all, a secund fumigation should be ap- * THE SMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER w plied about two or three weeks af ter the first. These two fumiga tions, properly applied, will pro tect the corn throughout the win ter. During the following spring the corn should be examined and if weevils begin to appear with the warm weather, the corn should be fumigated again. In southern Louisiana and in Florida, where weevils are very abundant and destruettive, certain growers have kept corn in good condition in tight cribs for a year with two or three fumigations. “Carbon disulphid,” or “high life” as it is called by many, is a heavy liquid that can be poured like water. It must be kept tight ly stopped up in the can, bottle, or drum, because, like gasoline, as soon as it is exposed to the air it evaporates. If the stopper is not absolutely tight, cover the surface of the liquid with a thin layer of water. This seals the carbon di sulphid so long as the water re mains unevaporated. When car bon disulphid evaporates it forms a foul-smelling gas that is heavier than air. Because it is heavier than air, if sinks to the botttorn of the crib or bin that is -being treated, the gas replacing the air and smothering the weevils. Like gasoline, carbon disulphid will ex plode if fire of any sort, ns a light ed match, cigar, or lantern or an electric spark, is brought near it when it is exposed to the air. For this reason carbon disulphid should never be used in a build ing where there is a fire. Corn should be stored in a crib detach ed from other farm buildings so as to lessen fire risk. If carbon disulphid is being used with the same caution as handling gaso line, no trouble will result. Car bon disulphid is being used by many tg protect corn in large cribs. “Carbon disulphid does not in jure seeds for planting or for food While the odor of carbon disul phid is very disagreeable, it pass es off after the seeds have been well aired. If seeds are dry when fumigated they are not injured either for planting or for food. “If the corn is placed in a gas tight, or nearly gas-tight, crib or other container, 4 to 6 pounds of carbon disulphid per 1,000 cu bic feet of space is enough for through fumigation. In loosely constructed containers even 20 pounds per 1,000 cubic feet of space is not effective. County agents in Florida, where weevils are very injurious, keep'’corn un injured by using 4 pounds of car bon disulphid per 1,000 cubic feet of space in a tight container.” SKILL The skill of man seems to be un limited when he once sets his mind to a goal. Dr. Robert Chambers ci Corneil University uses a microsco pic knife so small that he can stab a single disease germ. Compared with the smallest steel needle, it’s like a penknife alongside a plow. The point has to be magnified 100 times before it can be seen. Mechanically man is a wizard. When it comes to the simplest pro blems of economics, he’s as skill ful as an elephant. ♦ » ♦ OWNERS . Four times as many Americans own autos as pay income tax in 14 leading states. Not surprising, con sidering the number of cars bought “on time.” One dealer tells us 9o out of 100 cars are purchased on the installment plan. Lack of fear of debt is a peculiar characteristic of our generation. Ln grandpa’s time a mortgage of Sioo kept the head of the family awake nights. » » » SPENDERS _ Times have not been as dull as many imagined. In July, Americans spent $375 for every $321 paid out in July, 1923, when times were booming. This is revealed by bank clearings, which include 95 per cent of many transactions. More than half of the money, in bank check form passed through clearing houses in the New York Federal Reserve' District. That ought to get a rise out of the west, 1 OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahem * PEAR MIGG OteV* OL ' | Heap mao-op repost Hag \ SLrU? 6 ' A I I VAAME Ag t TUlDge “ToctTUACHE BOtT n A c>TPE c "rCAP - ' l ’ u 'L i W IT 19 kloT GOklE GRO99LW ERROkjEOUG !- fr- _ BM EX/EkhkJG, I ILL NEARS AGO iIJTtAE 0 GET A CIAAPKA VROtA BELGIAN COkiGO, I vJAG OkJE OF Th' t' i fel' IAR9. vJEkHVIOR'W; c,TIUJG AG IkJVECTIoUS BABE 9 lllTtV :pg H Vol! PRESS rT Oti \kjG,ECT aIID TVVE PAIG yjQODS, tIE'D \ _ EEMcu a TIAE ChlEEk FOR Ati REAPPEARS CLAIM VIoUR, AkJD <2>vAE j I NEAP'S AKID LAST'S FOR WAStAT ? I TELLS ME TidE / teaJ DAMG » T ALL LOST U-) ,-5 \ PAIKi LEAVES AS fC i ASPECTS OF ATOCTII aA '' < I W 8V ] ' I® ll e ' ® 3 MA It ■r to *Con vr ight. 1921, b> XEA Serwie. Tn< i | - CIAUPCU SOGGESTS a renaeW—. Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. August 28, 1914.) While Americus retailers have not advanced the price of flour, and will not while present stocks hold out, it is true that the whole sale price has advanced sl-35 per barrel within a week, according to the statement of Americus jobbers yesterday. To recent advances in the prices, 50 cents per barrel was ordered yesterday and if wheat is to be shipped to Europe there is no telling to what heights flour will rise. Americus dealers are selling fine flour at $7, but job bers declare the price will eventual ly go very much higher. W. T. Cahlhoun, who operates an extensive farm near Americus re ported yesterday the appearance of caterpillars in one of- hrs field’s where the cotton was of rank grow th. It is said that the worms are the dreaded species that wreak havoc in the cotton fields, when they appear earlier in the season. The Georgia Agricultural So ciety, which has just closed at zM bany the 68th annual convention of that body, honored itself as it also honored one of Georgia’s best men in electing to the presidency Judge John A. Cobb, who for near ly forty years consecutively has been one it’s most zealous and use ful members and contributing to the agricultural interests of the state his best efforts and endeavor, both as a successful farmer, and man of affairs. Mrs. W. D. Ivey and Miss Ivey are at home again after a pleasant visit to relatives in South Carolina. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. August 28, 1904.) The “war is over” so far as Am ericus is concerned, it would seem, for at least one lion and 1 lamb are lying down together. Yesterday a soldier of the gray and one of the blue entered into business together, one having a Confederate veterans license and the other a Federal per mit. And thus equipped they can work in north and south together f desired. The congregat on of Bethesda Baptist church, colored, will wor ship tonight by gas light for the first time. Quite recently this ad dition was made, the walls kalso- Notnnng agrees with a grouch, not even what he eats. The ice man can’t claim this cli mate doesn’t agree with him. Being rich consist- . f having more than someone else. Lots of these blooming straw hats have gone to seed. Strange things happen. I n Chica go a woman arrested as a pick .pocket claims- she has never b«cri married. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directors And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 88 . Pay Phonci 88 and 211 . THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 28, 1914 mined and new carpets laid and a few days since Rev. Darden and his members raised sll7 and paid the entire bill. The oldest inhabitant does not re member when 800 bales of covto i were marketed here on any one day in August as was done yesterday. Mrs. Z. A. Littlejohn and chil dren have returned home frorp their pleasant sojourn of a month in the north Georgia mountains. Mr. W. W. Dykes, great sachem of the I. O. B. of Georgia, with Mi. Ed L. Kiker, of the Americus lodge, returned to Americus yesterday from Savannah where the yhave i’e <®ently inaugurated a new lodge of Red Men. THIRIY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. August 28, 1894.) In the armories of each company composing the Second Georgia Reg intent, an election was held last night for major of two of the three battallions connected there with. There were but two candi-, dates for these vacancies, Messrs, i Price Gilbert, of Columbus, and John L. Hardeman, of Macon, both of who are very popular in milit tary circles of the state. Miss Louise Dent, one of Ala bamas most beautiful women, pass ed through the city yesterday en route to Eufaula from a delight ful visit to Washington. Miss. Dent will visit Americus shortly as the guest so Mrs Thomas Harrold. A traveling salesman for an At lanta wholesale house said yester day that Americus was the liveli est city he had visited in his rounds: that there was decidely more more thrift and business here than in many towns of twice its size hi his territory. Capt. W. F. Simpson and family, of Bronwood are among the sev- 1 eral newcomers here this summer. Captain Simpson has secured a de lightful residence in Leeton, and will make this his future home, engaging in life and fire insurance A cordial welcome is extended him self and family. UOAfMN on improved farm lands at cheap est rates for terms of 5,7 or 10 jears with pre-payment option given Money secured promptly. We have now outstanding over $1,100,000 on farms in Sumter coimtv alone, with plenty more to lend. MIDDLETON McDONALD Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co m Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley’ Macon, Steward Randolph and ■febeter counties. 21 Planters Bank Building, Americua, Ga. Phone 89 241. L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cash! C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier, J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cash The Planters Bank of Americi (Incorporated) at your SERVICE | Oldest « nd larg ? It Ofeww state Bank in SoU A lh ' west Georgia- Any Hbusiness entrusted ° us receive our «best attention. If you are not al ready one of our valued customers, *■ we would apprecia an opportunity 0 serving you. The Bank With a Surplus RESOURCES OVER $1,700,0fi0 PROMPT. CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODJffIN No Account Too Large; None Too THE STANDI SHOES AT LOW PRICES,] NOT ‘CHEAPENED’; So’J HALF PRICE. SOME An SHOES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT SI.OO PAIRJ Lot No. I. 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