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THEY ARE HERE
Our goods recently purchased by our buyer while in
New York, have arrived. They were better bought and
better selected and that means lower prices and bet
ter yalues for less money. We are going to give you
the greatest values for your money that you have
ever gotten before. This is not a ‘‘Trashy Sale ,,, ‘ to
influence your steps to this store, but a cordial invita
tion to you I o come here see for yourself what you
can do. All goods are new and this season’s choisest
offerings. We quote this week a few prices just for a
starter and ask you watch this space for others.
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Atlanta’s Fourth Annual Automobile
Show to Bo Sot to Muslo by
Sousa’s Band.
Ten Important Suggestions Given the
Farmer by tho State Board
of Entomology.
Will you have mciney enough
to meet your demands this fall?
If not you should see us at once.
We are better than ever pre-
iegvV
Pants! Pants! Pants!
We have a large assortment of Odd Pants.
At these prices, the biggest values ever
offered you.
Pants worth $1.00 for._ 85c
Pants worth 1.60 for_. $1.00
Pants worth 2.25 for..... [1.50
Pants worth 3.25 for 2.25
Pants worth 4.00 for 3.50
Pants worth 5.00 for 4.00
Shoes! Shoes! Shoes!
A big line of the be3t makes lower than
have ever been sold in Cairo.
Groceries
Good Rice 251bs. for ' $1.00
Good Coffee 7 1-2 lbs. for 1.00
Better Coffee 5 1-2 lbs. for 1.00
Granulated Sugar 18 lbs. for 1.00
Good Self-rising Flour per sack. 75c
Best straight Flour per sack 70c
Here arejust a few samples to show
you what we can and will do.
We will save you money on every arti-
cle you buy at this store.
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can. The cylinder should extend about
| two inches above the ground. All hot
I beds in an infested area should have
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THE MOLE CRICKET
But Department of Entomology Says
It Can Be Suppressed by
Careful Effort.
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Atlanta, Ga.—The mole crlclcot,
which is causing much trouble to
fanners, particularly in southeastern
'Georgi, is believed to liavo heon
brought into Georgia from the
West Injlie, and for the past flf-
' teen yenrs it has been gradually mak
ing its way to tho Interior wherever
it can find sandy loam or peaty soils,
which constitute Its favorite and al
most exclusive abode. - •‘ (
TV • ' cricket la a brownlsh-col-
uud a quarter
, solid or gauae wire floors, preferably
1 the latter, and with fine mesh, and
they should be screened over during
j the night, as that Is the time when
the cricket does most of Its feeding.
How to Kill Them.
| For destroying the crickets poison
baits have been used with good re
sults. Arsenate of lead may be used
in proportion of three pounds to fifty
gallons of water, or paris green in
proportion of one-half ounce to a
bucket of water. Mash made of bran,
corn meal and cotton Beed meal with
this poison incorporated, and placed
in' the fields where the crickets feed
will attract them, and the eating of
It kills them. Care must ho taken
to see that no animals run at large
that would ho tompted by tho bait for
a few weeks after It is put out, as
otherwise they would bo sure to be
poisoned. ’O
It Is only In the spring that the
crickets fly to any great extent. Dur
ing April, especially on warm,
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inches long with six strong and well
developed legs, its fore-front legsaro
highly specialised and these, together
with its head, constitute Its burrowing
apparatus witli which it tunnels
through tlie ground very much" like
tho molo, whence its name.
The mole cricket mates in the early
spring, and tho eggs are deposited
from April la.to'’Juno' 16; an important
fact in connection with the work of
their extermination. Only one brood
occurs during the year. Eacli female
will deposit from twenty to sixty eggs
in an egg chamber or coll loading off
from tlie main tunnel and within about
live Inches of tlie top of the ground.
The eggB hatch-within twenty-four to
twenty-six days. The young cricket
reaches tlie adult stage within eight
to twelve months.
Eats Many Kind of Plants.
The mole cricket’s food consists
both of plant and animal life. The
cricket will eat the eggs of its young
or feed upon another of the same
species, hut it i principal food is com
posed of the young and tender roots
of growing plants. '1 he cricket does,
npt <.•;:• She its feeding to o».e particu-
lV plant. It will feed on practically
rt 1 truck crops, such as lettuce, pep
per, tomatoes, iu.u:-ri and potatoes,
and upon pastures and lawns which
suffer severely. . -Jj&. ■■
Young sugar cane is also a much-de
sired article of diet. Both the potato
vine and potatoes themselves arc eat
en. The cricket severs the vines of
tomatoes,' potatoes end poppers just
below the surface of the ground. As
much as fifty per cent, of a field of
potatoes has been destroyed by the
crickets eating into the tubers.
Probably the most effective method
yet presented in controlling the mole
cricket is to plow the breeding areas
two or three times between April 16
and June 15. This exposes the eggu
In large numbers to the sun which
kills them, or they may be -eaten by
inseetiverou!) animals.
In tlie case of young and tender
plahts, preventive measures have of
ten been employed with good effect,
such as placing around them tin, wire
gauze or paper cylinders. A very
- All "Tills" loss Could ho "avoided at
a very little expense, says State Ento-‘
mologist E. Lee Worsham, by the
simple-process of fumigation with car
bon disulphide, a volatile liquid ob
tainable at any drug store.
Weevil Multiplies Rapidly.
The corn or rice weevil, it is point
ed out, has a number of generations
during the year, and under favorable
conditions multiplies very rapidly.
Tlie weevils feed on tlie grain all win
ter and during tho spring; and just
before the corn matures in the fields
tlie adult weevils leave the nearby
corn cribs and fly to the corn fields
where their eggs are deposited on the
ripening corn. Thus, frequently when
the corn is gathered, a large number
of larvae’—tlie weevil in its early
stage—are already in.it. It has been
observed that where tlie shuck cov
ers the tip of the ear, tlie corn is
not so badly infested as where the
.tip is exposed.
It is a common practice in Georgia
to leave the corn in the field until
after frost and then "snap it.” leav-
swarms. A brilliant light placed over
a tub partly filled witli-water covered
over with oil, will servo as a doath
trap to all attracted. Bonfires are
equally effective and will attract them
from a greater area. Sulphur plnced
in the-drills along with the seed will
act as a repellant, as the crickets do
not like it.
The subterranean habits and insid
ious activities of the mole cricket
makes it a serious foe, says the de
partment of Entomology. However,
by intelligent and persistent applica
tion of the remedies suggested, it is
possible almost to eradicate the pest.
The department ivfil be glad to sup
ply complete bulletins on this and
other subjects to those interested.
THE CORN WEI.
Bug Does Great Damage to Georgia
Corn Crop, Says State Board
of Entomology.
Atlanta, Ga.—There's a little black
bug commonly known as the corn or
rice wcovil that does as much and
perhaps a good deal more damage to
.the Georgia corn crop than any other
pest or disease from which it suf
fers. These weevils, says tho Geor
gia State Board of Entomology, in a
current bu- ctin, often eat v i the corn
in the crib before the mules uud tho
hogs and the chickens get u goo l
'Chance at it.
The presence of the corn weevil,
the board says, in' one of tho groat
drawbacks to growing corn in Geor
gia. Some years they are so numer
ous in certain localities that beforo
Christmas tlie com is severely dam-
aged, and frequently by spring thero
is nothing it-ff of the grain but a thin
hull. Such corn as this is hardly
good tin cylinder 1b made by melting suitable to feed to any kind of uni-
jUie top and bottom oft a tin tomato^ m a!s except perhaps to chickens.
ling the shuck on tho ear. It js sup
posed by many that the shuck pro
jects tho ear from the weevils. The
Ihoard says, however, that it has been
Ipretty well proven from observations
made that this does not afford much,
lit any, protection from the attacks
lof the weevil. Investigation has dis
closed corn with shucks on it just as
Badly damaged ap corn without the
ishuck. Them too, the shuck-takes
-up so much space in the crib that it
is considered bad practice to leave it
on tho ear. Soft corn is more sub
ject to attacks by the weevil than
hard corn, but there is no corn so
hard that it is immune.
Only Practical- Remedy. *
Tho best and only practical way to
avoid damage from the corn weevil
is to fumigate the corn as soon as it
is gathered with liquid carbon disul
phide. For successful- fumigation it
is be3t to have a corn crib with bot
tom. and sides airtight or nearly so.
In the process of fumigation the
liquid carbon disulphide should . be
placed in large shallow pans, . and
from fifteen to twenty pounds of the XJ- K. Gewinner,;
liquid should he used for each 1,000
cubic feet of space in the corn crib.
The pans containing the liquid should
be placed on top of the corn. Tlie
liquid evaporates very rapidly, and the
gas, which is heavy and penetrating,
sinks and spreads throughout the corn
crib. It is a good plan to cover the
top of tho corn witli old sacks or bur
lap lin'd leave it covered from 24 to
48 hours while fumigation is in prog
ress. It may be necessary to repeat
fumigation in three or four weeks, as
recent experiments made by Dr. W.
.40. Hinds of Alabama have shown that
tho weevils are not so easily killed
as many have supposed.
It Is a good practice to shuck tlie
corn as it is being pulled and sepa
rate (lie infeBted corn from that which
is free from tlie weevil. The infest
ed coin should then he stored to it
self and fumigated.
Again it is a good practice to shell
the corn and store it in sacks, as in
this manner, it is better protected and
it can be fumigated just as well and
;effectively as when left In the ear,
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Atlanta, Ga„ Oct. 14.
—(Special,)—There are
comparatively few
tilings that the South
gets first, but It is un
interesting and note
worthy fact that - tlie
new models of automo
biles and tho new principles involyed
in their construction, are exhibited in
Atlanta nearly two months before
they are shown in tlie North or East.
This is ono time at -least when At
lanta and Georgia get ahead of New
York; for tlie New York automobile
show is not held until January, while
every new type of automobile manu
factured is brought to Atlanta for ex
hibition early in November.
With one million dollars’ worth of
new automobiles under tlie root of the
Auditorium, Atlanta’s fourth annual
automobile show, November 8 to 16,
will he set to music this year by Sou
sa’s hand.
Here’s another one put over on New
York. It is the first time in tlie his
tory of automobile shows In the Unit
ed States-that a band of the magni
tude and reputation of that headed by
John Philip Sousa, lias been secured
purely for the entertainment of vis
itors; but the Atlanta committee de
cided to take a Bhot at something big,
and signed a contract to pay Mr. Sou
sa $7,000 to come here and play twice
a day, matinee and night, while tho
automobile show is in progress. Sousa
is to bring fifty-two musicians, be
sides his famous soloists, and is to
give the same concerts which have at
tracted so much attention at the big
Eastern resorts.
A Good Combination.
The combination of the automobile
show and Sousa’s famous band Is one
which will, undoubtedly, prove of wide
interest. No automobile show in tho
world lias ever yet been given with
so expensive a feature, and there is
added to tills the fact that everything
new in the automobile world will be
brought here. Every feature will be
shown that New York will have at its
later show in January; and the visit
or to Atlanta in November who may
chance to see the New York show
in January can well remark: “Oh,
we had that down in Georgia two
months ago.”
There are two particular features
that will be of special Interest in the
coming Atlanta show—the increased
number of six-cylinder oars and the
self-starting devices which have been
rapidly perfected, and which may now
be applied to almost any make of
cat
The "six,” many manufacturers
claim, is the car of the immediate fu
ture; they say it has already come and
come to stay. Some of them have
gone so far as to stop the manufacture
altogether of four-cylinder cars, and are
making only sixes. Some are making
them, too, at the same and at lower
prices than they sold their fours
-Tliere will be shown in the Atlanta
auditorium cars-of every possible price
—from $500 up to $7,600, and, perhaps
even higher than that; though when
cars get above that figure it is usually
a special model with fancy features
and extra trimmings. It is the me
dlum priced ear that the majority of
Georgia car owners are most interest
ed in, and these will he shown in by
far the largest number.
One interesting opportunity which
tha show affords to the man who al
ready owns a car, as well as the one
who expects to buy, Is the presence
here of mechanics and representatives
direct from all the factories through
whom can be learned every point and
detail any man might want to know
about his machine. Hundreds of car
owners come here just to learn new
points about the cars they are already
driving.
Many Tours Planned.
A special feature of the week this
year will be a number of automobile
tours which will be run to Atlanta
from nearby points, as far away as
one hundred miles. At this time of
tlie year, the roads are usually in fine
shape, and people are generally able
to get away for a short time from
business.
The goods roads question is one that
is inseparable from the automobile aiid
the automobile show. The commercial
bodies of the state have planned to
bring about concerted action next
year for wide-spread and effective road
improvement, and the preliminary agi
tation will be made part and parcel
of the coming Atlanta automobile
show.
The show will he given, as usual, un
der the auspices of the Atlanta Auto
mobile and Accessory Association, and
practically the same committee which
has been in charge of it for the last
two years is making the plans now,
This committee is composed of R. N.
Reed, ichairman; George W. Hanson,
John Toole, Cr H,
Johnson, George D. McCutcheon, H.
A. Price, W. B. McKinBtry and Wylie
West.
The time, which was pointed to a
few years ago, when the low and
medium priced automobile and tlie
automobile truck would become neces
sities instead of the luxuries as they
were then regarded, has already
come. It is a necessity to the busi
ness man, the merchant, the profes
sional man and the farmer; the farm
er, as well as every other , man who
uses an automobile for business pur
poses, saves time and money by it;
and under the stress of competition its
use is becoming more and more gen
eral.
The Atlanta Auditorium is going to
be made a thing of beauty for the oc
casion. The decorations this year will
be in blue and gold, and will, if any
thing, surpass any arrangement that
has yet been made of the building.
The decorations, last year cost $6,000.
The railroads will give special rates
for the occasion, and it is one of tho
nicest times of the entire year to vis
it Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga,—The time_Jias come pared to negotiate for you a five
when the farmers of Georgia must
select their cotton seed for next year's
planting; and in view of tlie many
pests mid diseases to which tlie plant
is now subject, tills is no simple or
easy lash.
The Stuto Board of Entomology lays
down ten rules or suggestions rela
tive to cotton seed selection which,
if followed carefully by the. farmers,
wilt materially assist them in elimi
nating plant pests and diseases from
their fields.
Generally Speaking, tho seed should
be selected from the strongest and
hardiosl plants, such as are free from
diseases and which have tlie greatest
percentage of fruit properly located.
More specifically, tho selection slioulu
be made, Bays State Entomologist E.
Lee Worsham, with reference to re
sistance to black root or wilt disease;
resistance to root knot and anthrac-
nose; fruitfulness and earliness; per
centage of lint; type of plant and dis
tribution of fruit on tlie plant.
In selecting for resistance to black
root or wilt disease tlie plant should
be chosen from that section of tlie
field wliere the ordinary cotton suffer
ed greatest damage. Hero, however,
tlie selection should be made of tlie
hardiest and best developed plants.
Watch Out for Root Knot.
Caro should also be taken to se
lect those plants which are resistant
to root knot or nematode worms. The
nematode worm is a parasite on tlie
roots of plants ’Which causes knots,
commohly known as nematode galls
or root knot. Tho plant is stunted
and sometimes killed. As tlie com
mon cowpea is very .susceptible to
this worm, it is dangerous to follow
such a poa crop with cotton. The wilt
resistant strains are somewhat re
sistant to root knot, and tlie depart
ment believes by continued selection
of the most resistant plants, this qual
ity may be greatly improved.
AnotheV thing to he avoided in the
selection of the seed is antiiracnose,
a fungus disease of cotton which
causes the bolls to rot and some sea
sons does a great deal of damage, oc
casionally as high as 50 per cent, of
tho bolls rotting off. . All varieties
of cotton are more or less susceptl
bio to antiiracnose. At present tlie
best wny-to control tills disease is by
rotation of crops and by the use o
resistant varieties through carefu
seed selection. A plant badly affect
ed by antiiracnose should not be se
lected, even though it is very resist
ant to wilt and is well fruited.
Fruitfulness should he carefully
considered in seed selection, with a
view to increasing tlie yield per acre.
Where possible, tlie department advis
es tlie selection of tlie most fruitful
stalks by comparison.
Get E-. ,y Varieties.
Earliness is another important point
in selection, espoclally in Southwest
Georgia, wliere it will be necessary
next year to meet the invasion of the
cotton boll weevil. Two ways are
suggested, of securing an early resist
ant strain. First by crossing tlie wilt
resistant strain with early' varieties,
and second by selecting the earliest
■plants-from the resistant strains now
at hand. It is believed that the indi
vidual selection of the earliest plants
will be the quickest and best method.
Tlie department advises that no
stalk should he selected which yields
less than 33 1-3 per cent, of lint. In
its own work it discards all stalks
that yield less than 34 per cent, of
lint. Tlie only satisfactory method of
determining the quality of lint yield
ed by a stalk is to gin each stalk sep
arately with a hand gin.
Care should be taken also as to tho
type of plant chosen. The best stalks
to select axe .those having long fruit
ing limbs close to the ground, and
with joints close together. The fewer
large stalking branches a plant lias
tlie better, provided the fruiting
branches are more numerous;
In the matter of distribution and
arrangement of fruit over the stalk,
it is best to select the plants that
have the most fruit on tlie lower part,
because these begin fruiting earlier.
Roguing is regarded as an import
ant practice in the selection of cot
ton seed. That is, where a field is to
be used particularly for tlie selec
tion of seed, the diseased and stunted
stalks should be cut out about July
1 or August 1, to prevent crossing
with the producing plants and there
by reducing their resistance.
Care In Ginning.
The next tiling is proper ginning.
The cotton selected for seed should
be ginned on a hand gin, if possible.
This does away with danger of adul
teration or mixture with diseased
seed. If the cotton is ginned on a
public gin, all of the seed should be
removed from the breast of the gin
and other parts beforo the cotton is
run through, and the seed should be
allowed to drop On the floor or on a
sheet; it should never be allowed to
run through the seed carrying auger.
The work on tlie wilt disease of
cotton, development of resistant
strains and seed selection, has been
in charge of Mr. A. C. Lewis, assist
ant state entomologist, since 1905. Un
der liis direction there have been de
veloped a number of resistant hybrids,
and this special seed has been fur
nished to farmers in mar.y sections
of the state.
Tlie State Board of Entomology will
he glad to assist any farmer in mak
ing individual seed selections. Where
this assistance is desired, he should
save a few rows on a portion of his
field without picking it, arid write the
state entomologist requesting to have
some one sent-to assist in making the
selections.
The State Board of Entomology
owns a small gin operated by elec
tricity, and will take great pleasure
in ginning, free of charge, small quan
tities of seed that has been carefully
selected. The seed cotton can he
year loan on most acceptable
terms, Our connections are the
strongest and the most liberal
in dealing with their borrower?,
You should make your calcula
tions now-and if you are to need
a loan at all this fall, your appli
cation should be filed WITHOUT
DELAY in order to procure your
loan in time for your require
ments.
Others may get you a loan as
quickly and on as good terms,
but we doubt it. Nobody can ,
serve you more quickly nor on
better terms.
We lend only on improved
farms and cannot lend more
half the value. When calling to
see us bring your deeds for ' our
examination.
If you are thinking of procur
ing a loan this season it. will be to
your interest to see us at once.
Yours very truly,
Bell & Weathers
Adv.
E WOODY
PHOTOGRAPHER
UPSTAIRS OVER THE
POSTOFFICE
Phone, No. 73
ON THE INCREASE
Disease Is Contagious, Says Georgia
Health Board—Means Do-
. scribed for Its Pre
vention.
Atlanta, Ga.—Tho increased preva
lence of infantile paralysis during tho
past few years lias caused the Georgia
State Board of Health to prepare ail
ayiicle warning parents of tho conta
gious nature of the disease, telling how
it should be guarded against, and do-
scribing some of the lerriblo results,
that are suffered by its little victims..
There is no epidemic or special prev
alence of the disease in Georgia at this;"'
timer hut it has been gradually In
creasing during the .past few years:
here and all over the country. It is:
estimated-that from 1907 to 1910 there-,
were at least 20,000 cases in the UniUi
ed States.
The medical name of infantile pa
ralysis is poliomyelitis. It occurs prin
cipally in children of from ono to five
years of age—hence the name which is;,
more commonly used.
Infantile paralysis is contagious, and
the cause of the disease is a micro
scopic . gorm. The., contagion can be
transmitted by direct contact; it can be
carried by a third person; and it can
be transmitted by common house flies.
The malady can occur either In isolat
ed cases or sometimes in extensive
epidemics.
The incubation period, or the time
which elapses between the time of ex
posure and the development of tho
symptoms, is usually from one to four
teen days.
While adults may be attacked, the
disease usually occurs only among,
very young children, and so in this ar
ticle the course and symptoms of tho
disease will be described as they o»-
cur in infants. •
Symptoms of the Attack.
The attack usually comes on sud
denly. A child which has been pre
viously. well and healthy is suddenly
taken with a high fever, complains of:
headache and pains in the limbs and;
back. It becomes dull and sleepy, or-'
restless and delirious.
. There may be vomiting and diar
rhea, with a twitching of the mus
cles, and convulsions. Occasionally
the muscles of the neck and limbs are
affected, and frequently there is pain
and tenderness in the hack and lower,
extremities. The duration and inten
sity of these symptoms are variable.
Usually they last from one to two
weeks.
After tlie above described symptoms
have subsided the parents notice that
, the child is more or less extensively
Wanted
to Buy.
I want to buy a small farm, 50
o 75 acres, good land. Adlresi
B. Harrison, Whigham', rout
sent, by parcels post and the seed *2. 4t
will be properly labeled and returned.