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PUR5E
Pull
of money is a most excel¬
lent thing, but are you not
running a risk of losing
FROM THE PVRSE it out of your pocket?
IO SAVINGS BANK The best is to carry
way
sufficient in your purse for immediate wants,and place
the balance in a SAFE SAVINGS BANK, such as
the
The Bank of Ellijay
FOUR PER CENT PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
SAM TATE, Pres. I. T. COLLINS, Cashier.
R. L. MCCLAIN, Vice Pres. Miss REBIE ALLEN, Asst. Cashier.
Upland Rice
R. R. Childs, Scientific Assistant Cereal
Investigations, U. S. Dept, of Agr.,
Co-operating with Georgia
StiCol. of Agriculture.
Owing to the inevitable shortage of
food stuff caused by the war, the peo¬
ple 'of Georgia are urged to make
their farms self-sustaining by growing
food crops.
While rice Is best grown on Irri¬
gated soils some good yields have
beerf made on lands that were not Ir¬
rigated and there are many farms in
the state on which this crop can be
profitably grown under present con¬
ditions.
According to the census of 1910
Georgia grew 148,698 bushels of rice,
7,982 bushels of which were grown
without Irrigation. Thirty-two differ¬
ent counties were represented, these
counties being scattered through all
sections of the state. On most of
these areas the yields ranged from
20 to 50 bushels Per acre.
For the culture of rice without irri¬
gation, the best soils are drained
ponds or moist bottom lands. The
rlee is usually planted in rows just
wide enough to permit cultivation.
The seed are dropped in hills from
6 to 12 Inches apart, several seed being
dropped in each bill. Several cultiva¬
tions and hoeings are usually neces¬
sary to keep down weeds and grass.
In some sections of north Georgia,
the rice is sowed broadcast or with
a grain drill, the natural spring rises
of the rivers being depended on to fur¬
nish Irrigation.
Th^-rice can be harvested and
thrashed in the same manner as the
other grain crops. The rough rice
must be milled to remove the outer
husk before it is suitable for food.
There are a number of small mills
for this purpose in the state, but if
none is available the hull can be re¬
moved by placing the rice in a trough
made by hollowing out a log and
pounding it with a maul.
This rice will not be as highly pol¬
ished as that found on the market,
but the dark unpolished rice is more
nutritious than the pure white rice
found on the market as the outer lay¬
ers, of the latter, which are very rich
In protein, are removed in the polish¬
ing process.
Fall Irish Potatoes
T. H. MoHatton, Professor of Hortl
culture, State College of Agri.
The farmers of northern Georgia
should Jay their plans to put in a
-large crop of fall Irish potatoes. If
transportation is tied up this fall and
■winter, it will not be possible for us
to call on Maine and the other pota¬
to producing states for our supplies.
They will have to be produced at
home. The North Georgia farmer can
make a good fall Irish potato crop;
and if the farmers of this section will
give this matter due consideration,
we should be able to produce in our
mountain sections enough potatoes
to carry Georgia through until the
spring crop comes in from the south¬
ern portion of the state. This
the time to show to the rest of
country what the mountain soils “
North Georgia can do.
TIMES-COURIER
VOLUME 2.
Mt. Pisgah
People in this section are done
planting and have began work¬
ing over.
Mr. G. Richards has finished
his pasture where he aims to
pasture his cattle.
Robt Henderson and son are
hughing cross-ties at present.
Mr. Robert Burnett made a
trip to Whitestonc Saturday
Mr. U. S Southerland has put
the hog that rooted up his pota¬
to patch under subjection.
We are sorry to say that Miss
Lillie Southerland is very ill at
this writing. We hope for her
an early recjvery.
Charlie Young was very ill
Sunday but is somewhat better
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now
Guss Langley don't seem to be
in the mail order business here
of late.
Lester Frix was visiting his
father-in-law Sunday on Town
Creek. Wild Bili
Cherry Log
We are glad to hear that Mrs.
Bulah Harris’ child, who has been
so sick for the past few days, is
improving.
We had a nice singing at Rock
Creek Sunday evening.
Mrs. S. H. Harris, of this place,
visited Mrs Maude Cantrell at
at Cams Mill Sunday.
Mr. l>ark Rogers and family vis
ited Mr. and MVs. H. G. Whitener
Sunday
Miss Estell Holt was a visitor^ to
Mrs, T. G, Berry Sunday
Miss Ethel Whitgner paid Miss
Florence Berry a flyin • visit last
week
Three of our boys from this com¬
munity have eulisted in the army
Mrs. Pearl Stewart, who
been visiting relatives here, re
turned to her home in Etowah
Tuesday wfs, *
Miss Katie Collins,
shopping Tuesday.
Jane
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
CASTO R I A
FOLEY KIDNEY
' FOR RHEUMATISM KIDNEYS AND
“We Push For Prosperity—Give Us a Pull'
ELLIJAY, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 8th, 1917.
CLIPPINGS
Dr. W. L. Cutts and family are
this week moving to Blue Ridge,
where they will make their home.
Dr. Cutts and family will be
greatly missed in Canton as they
have made many warm friends
since coming here. — Cherokee
Advance.
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The Atlanta man who got drunk
and woke up to find himself mar¬
ried, will probably stay sober for
a while.—Walton Tribune.
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We are slowly but surely shed¬
ding some of our old time social
and political scabs. This war is
likely to rake the skin off the
body politic before it is over.-r
DeKalb New Era.
There will be camp meeting
this year at McKee’s Chapel, or
the “Old Holly Creek Camp
Ground," 5 miles north of town,
near Sarepta, lasting from Au¬
gust 10 to 19.—Dawsonville Ad¬
vertiser.
o v o o
The statement published re¬
cently in the ClarkesviUe Adver¬
tiser that only sixteen pupils are
now in attendance at the Nintir
District Agricultural College, lo¬
cated near that place,has attracted
some attention. The editor states
that only three of the.'graduating
class for this term, remain to
graduate this week, out of a class
of twenty-four pupils in the se.\
noir class. The other tw enty
students thaV would have g.
ated at fthis term have en
school elsewhere. Only two pu¬
pils from Habersham county re¬
main, it seems, at the school, and
neither of these will graduate.
A total enrollment for 1916-17 of
150 pupils has dwindled down to
16 at the commencement. There
are.too many pets like this school
at ClarkesviUe to be maintained
at the state’s expense.—Maysville
Enterprise.
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Moonshine liquor is solely to be
blamed for a shooting affray at
Mill Creek church in Lumpkin
county Sunday. In the first
place, the trouble orginated over
an illicit still, Henry McKee of
the Mill Creek district,, was the
owner, and he was considerably
peeved when the revenue officers
discovered his still and destroyed
it last week. Then on Sunday
he went to church. There he
found a further plentiful supply
of “mountain dew,” also the
man he accused of informing the;
officers of his still’s location.
Everyone at church seems to
have partaken freely of the whis¬
key and as a natural consequence
the quarrel resulted. The list of
casualties includes Calvin Perry
and John Ralston, shot, probably
fatally; Henry McKee and his
wife, also seriously wounded,
and Gordon Hyde, badly cut and
in jail. Hyde is the only one
lodged in jail as the others were
considered in too critical a condi¬
tion to be moved —Cherokee Ad¬
vance
HE ALMOST FELL DOWN
A. M. Hunsucker. Bouge Chit
ta, Miss.,writes:‘ I suffered
rheumatism’ kidney and bladder
trouble, also dizziness; would al¬
most fall down at times- Foley
Kidney Pills gave me entire
lief.” Disordered kidneys
warning by pains in side and
back, sore muscles, swollen joints
tired and languid feeling. Sold
very where.
FROM SOOTH GEORGIA
Broadhurst, Ga.
Times- Courier—
As it may interest some of our
friends, to hear something of
this part of the Sunny South, I
will write down a few dots that I
have noticed and learned during
my sojourn in Wayne county.
As is known Gilmer has quite a
colony here, about 38 Families
if I am correct in my count,
mostly from Mt. Town district.
I had the pleasure of meeting
most of them and while I am not
wishing to flatcer them or any of
their many friends, I do wish to
state just here that they without
exception are all making good.
They are of the stuff that makes
good anywhere, in South Geor¬
gia, Blue Ridge Mountains or on
the plains in the West.
Woodrow well knew that this
class of men would make good
soldiers but there is not enough
of this class to go around and
therefore he suggested that they
stay on the farm and «help pro¬
duce food to feed our people and
our friends over in Europe.
These people tell me that they
are not envious of your cold
mountain springs or rivea valley
farms but perfectly content down
among the palms, oranges;
figs and long staple cotton. The
problem now is just how to in¬
vest their money in case of an¬
other good cotton crop, whether
to by auto’s and ride it out or
buy government bonds as a pa¬
triotic move. 1 am reliably in¬
formed that a Mr. Harris meas
o,o£) altei
paying thfe picking and fertilizer
bill, who wouldn’t be proud of a
South Georgia farm?
This country will not be densly
and farmed like some
parts until a lot of money is
on a drainage system here
around Broadhurst and as far
north and south along the rail
road as I have been, it is only
about one fifth dry enough for
farming, but the grass where the
forest is not too dense, looks like
a western plain. Over west some
eight miles the land is fine mixed
with clay and pebbles and a larg
er per cent dry and more farm¬
ing done and as a result less grass
and less stock. Natuarly—one
would thenk it a boggy counfry
but I don’t hear any complaint
of this. In North Georgia when
offering land for sale, you are
ever ready to tell the amount of
bottom land you own, here the
first thing is the amount of ridge
land as this class of land is all
that is considered valuable. As
to the health of the people, I see
no difference at all and they laugh
at some inquiries as to chills and
fever. As to the water, it is not
cold but cool enough, clear as
can be and from all appearance
healthy and plenty of it,
The people down this way are
§ CARDlfi Used 40 Years J
{ The Woman’s Tonic j
^ Sold Everywhere S
NUMBER 23.
Everybody Registered.
One hundred and ninety young
men in Ellijay, and six hundred
and twenty-three in the whole
county, registered. That don’t
leave much room for slackers.
Everything passed off in per¬
fect order. At Ellijay there \^ s
a patriotic rally in the afternoon
in which the four pastors of the
town. Cols. Walker and Ray de¬
li vered.address, and J. L. Weaver
was master of ceremony. In ad¬
dition to this the singing led by
Prof. J. M., Greer, and the music
by the string band, greatly stim¬
ulated interest. The young ladies
of the town fastened khaki bands
around the sleeves of the young
men as they registered. During
the morning bells were rung and
all throngh the day there were
many manifestations of patriot¬
ism. Whiskey and disloyalty
were conspicious by their absence.
Notice To Stock Raisers
I have a nice French Black
Stallion named Fred, Kentucky
bred, and known as the Medlin
Horse. His colt won 1st prize
at Pickens County Fair in both
1914 and I915, and also2nd prize
in 1915- Terms—to insure rnare
in foal—$to.oo. Fee due when
colt it; foaled or mare traded or
removed from county. Not re¬
for accidents but every
will bp exercised in hand
t .wftt jland
icThe 'NWeseat season on my
farm one mile west of Talking
Rock. / A. O. Low,
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Talking Rock, Ga. Rt. 3
FORGET YOUR ACHES
Stiff knees, aching limbs, lame
back make life a burden. If you
suffer from rheumatism,gout., lum
bago, neuralgia, Liniment, get a bottle oi
Sloan’s the universal
remedy for pain. Easy to apply,
it penetrates without rubbing and
soothes the tender flesh. Cleanei
and more effective than inussy
ointments or poultices For strains
or sprains, sore muscles er wrench
ed ligaments lesulting from stren
ous exercise. Sloan’s Liniment
gives quick relief. Keep it on
hand for emergencies. At youi
Druggist, 25c.
alive to the preisdents suggestion
on the great importance of con¬
servation. diverssfication of crops
and the utilizing of every foot
of land that will grow food for
man or beast. Some are plant¬
ing their flower gardens and sug¬
gest planting an oat crop after
harvesting sweet potatoes, and,
by the way, they are now har¬
vesting oats. I am told potatoes
will do planted as late as August
1st, and I needn’t state that
they sure grow down here. I have
been told some almost unbelieve
able storries about them. This
is all this time.
Z. T, Crawford.
KEXAMrOSDEa
ey
T'fm^Texas Wonder cures kidney and
I M.i'lder troubles, dissolves backs, gravel, ri-euraa- cures
di itetes. weak and i.-ine 1
ti ni ■ 1 i all irregularities, of tier: '..'O'. : -O'
bladder :n both men and v .ait r. If not sold
by your diugffist. wilt be rant by o.ai. months’ en re¬
ceipt of $i. One small bottle U two
treatment and seldom fails to perfect a cure.
Send for testimonials from turn and other
States. Dr. S. W. lin'd 1 ~.n r ( lire street,
St. Louis. Mo. Sold 1 7 d.t;;r —Adv
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
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Soy Beans For Grain and.Hay
By John R. Fain, Pro ssor of Agrono¬
my, State College ; f Agriculture.
Especially in Noi't. 1 ' leorgi-i the Soy
Bean should reoalvt nore tttentioa
than has been give it 1 the past.
For a grain produc T' r good soils
this crop can scare T ,0 surpassed.
It yields more busl ? of grain per
acre than do Cowp; * and the grain
is rich in protein. or hog grazing
it stands as No t Georgia's most
promising crop.
Soy Beans wil ol produce well on
poor worn land' lot :ver and should
never be plant . there. The Cowpea
will remain t’ best legume for this
kind of land. It seems to- stand ad
verse conditions here better than the
soy bean but on good land the soy
bean is hardier.
For grain soy beans should ho
planted in 30 inch rows and culti¬
vated once or twice. By this method
a larger crop will be grown. Beans
planted in this manner during early
spring will be ready to graze from
August to October depending on the
variety. The Ito San and Hamber
landt are examples of early kinds
and the Mammoth Yellow and Black
of late kinds. An average yield
should graze from eight to fifteen
IOO pound hogs for thirty days. Graz¬
ing may be begun as soon as the pods .
turn yellow.
For hay# the soy bean will be used
largely on rich land where Oowpeag,
are inclined to fall down and tangle.
The soy bean plants grow- erect so*
are easy handled. The yield is usu¬
ally a little greater than the yield
of cowpeas, but there is some more
waste in feeding it. The same rate of
seeding employed with cowpeas
should be used. For graift only a
half bushel per acre will be neces¬
sary.
Soy beans are susceptible to wilt
and nematodes hence should not be
grown on lands infested with either
of these. In South Georgia the crop
fails to seed quite often hut always
makes a good yield of hay.
condilTon Tit a»U improves the
physical thh sou <*>/i in
creases the g-owtli of leguminous
plants which may add organic matter
to the soil.
How Latitude Effects
Boll Weevil Damage
SEVERER WINTERS OF NORTH.
ERN PART OF COTTON BELT..
HOLD WEEVIL IN CHECK 1
J. PHIL CAMPBELL, Director Of Ex¬
tension, Ga. State Col. Of Agri.
According to carefully recorded data
respecting the effect of latitude on the
damage done by the boil weevil, there
is quite a difference between the lower
and the upper latitudes of the cotton
belt. The following figures give the
record of those years when the wee
vil damage was greatest:
Latitude. Loss.
30%-31 . . . . . 89.8
31-31% . . .
31%-32 . . .
32-32% . ., . . . C9.9
32%-33 . . . . . 59.1
33-34. . . , . . 34.67
33-34 .... . . 26.8
Planting Wasteland To Trees .,
JAMES B. BERRY, Prof, of Forestry,
Ga. State Col. Of Agriculture
No one knows even approximately
the area of waste land in the state;
no doubt it is very large. By “waste
land" is meant that area which, be¬
cause of steepness; roughness or ero¬
sion, is unfitted for agricultural pur-''
poses. Practically every farm in the •
state contains some land of this de- *
scription. At present it is yielding no »-,-■>
returns, often the erosion is a menace
to valuable agricultural lands below.
If properly planted to trees and kept
in forest the benefit would he two-foid:
first, the land wnuld be producing
some revenue; second, the amount o£
erosion would be reduced and finally
controlled. Old Field Pine, though of¬
ten despised, is a rapid grower and
yields a material which is of great
value on the farm, whether used a.0
fuel or sawn to furnish plank for.
rough construction. Young trees'maj^ iy l 4
be secured from any nursery compan;
at a reasonable price. These ar' :
spaced six feet apart each way anl
require no further care until they be-.'
gin to crowd each other when they,
may be thinned. Other trees may give
equally good results: Yellow Locust,
-Catalpa, Walnut and Ash grow rapid-j
ly and produce valuable material. ChWT
na Berry grows rapidly, but produced fuelj
inferior material. It makes good
however. Further information may,
be had from Circular 31 of the College'
of Agriculture, Athens. _ J
