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A Mississippi Farmer Gives
Warning To Be Heeded.
Evergreen (Ala.) Courant.
A reporter of The Courant had
an interesting interview on Mon
day with W. M. Chapman, of Jack
son, Miss., regarding the effect of
the boll weevil in his State. Mr.
Chapman represents a large pack
ing house and has traveled ex
tensively over the boll weevil
belt and knows the conditions
there as well perhaps as the farm
ers themselves, having observed
conditions before and since the ad
vent of the pest, and gave a vivid
description of the havoc it had
wrought among all classes of
farmers as well as laborers. Mr.
Chapman said that prior to the
coming of the weevil the farmers
were warned to prepare for its
coming and instructed how to
meet it, but they turned a deaf
ear to the earnest entreaties of
well informed men and continued
to plant cotton, and when the
weevil reached them, they were
hurt, and hurt seriously.
“Many farmers lost their
homes,” said Mr. Chapman, “sim
ply because they gave no heed to
the advice of government agents
and newspapers and from- other
sources. I know one gentleman
in my State,” he said, “who owned
a beautiful plantation of 1,1100
acres, w r ell stocked and with many
cozy, painted tenant houses, who
would have spurned an offer of
SSO per acre prior to the invasion
of the weevil. He had ample time
to prepare for it, but he didn’t.
The weevil came and stripped his
vast crops of luxuriant cotton of
its fruit, and left him almost bank
rupt; his tenants left him and he
was forced to sell that splendid
plantation for $7,000, and Western
capitalists, like a hawk watching
for his prey, were ready to pick
up the bargain, as they have done
in many instances,” said Mr. Chap-
man.
“It is certainly strange that men
of intelligence will not profit by
the experience of others, but 1
observe that Alabama farmers are
doing exactly as the Mississippi
farmers did —planting a big cotton
crop when the weevil is already
in her borders,” declared Mr.
Chapman.
Asked what the farmers of his
State are now doing for a money
crop he replied: “Why, sir, they
are raising peanuts and hogs.
They, of course, raise corn and
hay and other food-stuffs. Many
farmers are raising peanuts for
the market, and they find it quite
profitable. There is a ready mark
et for them at 65 cents per bushel,
and usually forty-five bushels per
acre are produced. Some farm
ers, h wever, do not gather them
but leave them in the field for the
hogs, as they are excellent for fat
tening purposes. The farmers
generally appear to be getting
back on their feet again by fol
lowing this method of farming and
many of them do not pretend to
plant cotton, as they find quite as
much profit in hogs and peanuts.
“The boll weevil has been spok
en of as a blessing to the farmers,”
continued Mr. Chapman, “but
thousands have suffered far the
necessaries of life because they
could not realize what the pest
really meant, although warned a
thousand times.” '
The farmers of this section have
had the lights turned on ahead of
them. The Courant has done its
part and the government agents
have done theirs in sounding the
alarm, but all to little or no avail.
The farmers seemingly with one
accord are acting on the idea that
•‘this is our last year to make cot
ton without the boll weevil and
we will try to produce all we can,”
and they are putting in the largest
acreage perhaps in the history of
the county. If they are success
ful this year, next year they will
repeat the dpse. So that it seems
the farmers in this county must
learn their lesson by sad experi
ence as those in other States have
done. It may be their idea that
they w ill make enough this year
to tide them over the rough places
when the weevil does appear, but
they will very likely find them
selves in the same predicament as
the farmers in Mississippi as de
scribed by the gentleman quoted
above.
The Georgia Summer School
For Teachers.
The Summer Normal School for
teachers, which is conducted in
the buildings of the State Uni
versity at Athens, has published
its Bulletin announcing dates June
29 to August 2nd. The faculty is
large and a very able one, and the
outline of w'ork quite extensive.
Among the lecturers from a dis
tance are Dr. Henry G. Williams,
Dean of the Normal College, of
Ohio, and Dr. Lincoln Ilulley,
President of Stetson University.
The program seems complete in
excellent courses for teachers, and
they hope that many, of our teach
ers will attend and our schools
reap good returns.
The railroads give reduced rates
which have been made better than
those published in the Bulletin.
Some counties will send nearly the
whole corps of teachers.
Sheri I Us Salt>.
Georgia, Henry County.
To whom it may concern:
WIM be sold at the Court House door
in said county, on the first Tuesday in
•l une, 1911, within the legal hours of sale,
t he following real estate, to-wit:
Seventy-seven (T 7) acres of land in
Shakarag district, bounded north by lands
of J. W. Thurman, east by Talmon Pa
tillo, south by Mrs. Rosa Lawrence, and
west by J. W. Thurman, and being what
is generally known as the old Uriah Car
roll home place.
Levied on as the property of J. H. Car
roll. Levied on to satisfy an execution
issued from the Superior Court of Henry
County, Georgia, on the 4th day of Xo
vember. 1910, in favor of Eugenia Carroll,
•vidow, etc., against Jno H. Carroll, Ex
ecutor of Kuriah CarrolT
Tenant in possession notified.
This May 8, 1911.
4. A. C. Sowell, Sheriff.
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Gordon News.
(Last Week’s Letter.)
We feel thankful this morning
for the refrishing showers we
have had.
Mrs. Lula Johnson, from Li
thonia, is visiting her sister at this
writing, Mrs. Ida Pope.
Mr. and Mrs. William Berry were
called to the bedside of their
daughter-in-law Saturday in Fay
etteville. She is seriously ill.
Mrs. Fannie Berry and Mrs. Ma
riah are spending this week w'ith
Ethel and Ruth Simpkins.
A large crowd attended regular
preaching at Mt. Zion Sunday.
t
Mr. Ed Cowan seemed to be en
joying an auto ride Sunday.
There'was a singing at Mr. W.
C. Pope’s Sunday afternoon, and
a large attendance.
Mr. Cleton Sprayberry and wife
dined with Mr. Obed Pope and
family Sunday.
Mr. Will Whitaker and wife,
from East Atlanta, were with home
folks Sunday.
Mr. G. W. Riley and Miss Vera
White attended . the Commence
ment at McDonough.
Mr. Tom Folds died Saturday
morning. His remains were car
ried to Butts county for interment.
Mr. W. .J. Pope and wife were
the guests of R. E. Berry’s family
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr. Yarborough’s family was
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day.
Mrs. Martin is not doing well at
this writing. Her son, Claud Mar
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Mr. Leonard Adamson, our post
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