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Newspaper Page TextPAGE POUR ASSIGNMENTS OF AIDS IN ANSWERIN G QUES TIONAIRRES The following citizens will please re lion at the court house in Covington for service as members of the Local and Legal Advisory Board, as aids to regis¬ trants, at 8:30 oe'loek A. M., as here¬ after set out: Monday, December 21th. J. C. Knox, llev. .1. B. Ficklen, Rev. Walker Combs, Lev. T. J. Christian, U. M. Necely, R. It. Fowler, J. II. Carroll, Tuesday, December 25th, No Session. Wednesday, December 26th. A. it. Meador, S. 1*. Thompson, M. G. Turner, <». IV. Porter, J. F. Lunsford, J. C. Flowers, A. J. Kelly, Thursday, Deeember 27th. C. C. King, George T. Wells, IV. E. Gray, G. C. Brooks, K. E. Stephenson, E. Ii. Mobley, Geo. T Smith, Friday, December 28th. It. W. Milner, J. E. Phillips, P. tf. Godfrey, C. C. Estes, C. tV. Adams, C. ,T. Norman, J. T. Swann, Saturday, Deeember 29th. C. D. Gibson, Henry L. Graves, Jack B. Reeves, C. O. Nixon, L. tV. Jarman, J. tV. King, G. Q. Livingston, Monday, December 31st. C. C. King, Rev. Walker Combs, Rev. .7. B. Ficklen, Rev. T. .T. Christian, J. H. Carroll, C. O. Nixon, Tuesday, January 1st, 1918. M. G. Turner, J. E. Phillips, H. L. Hitchcock, Grady Smith. Joe S. McGarity, J. B. Terrell, 1). .T. Adams, Wednesday, January 2nd. A. T>. Meador, C. ,T. Norman, 6. M. Neely, O. C. Estes, O. W. Porter, It. O. Usher, H. T. Husou, Thursday, January 3rd. It. W. Milner, O. D. Ramsey, Ft. R. Fowler, Geo. T. Smith, W. E. Gray, S. P. Thompson, C. C. Brooks, Friday, January 4th L. W. Jarman, It. E. Stephenson, J. T. Swann, A. S. Wilson, <’. tV. Adams, Geo. T. Wells, A. J. Kelly, Saturday, January 5th. C. D. Gibson, J. W. King, G. <). Livingston, TTenry L. Graves, Jack B. Reeves, Frank Reagan, J. C. Flowers, .7. X. Gary, The chairman of the Local Advisory Board has tried to arrange the above schedule so that no unusual hardship would be placed on any individual re¬ quested to serve on this board and ev¬ ery one assigned is expected to give bis service in this work. Tf it should be impossible for any one to serve on the days indicated, please arrange for a shift with someone ore see the chair¬ man of the Local Advisory Board. We shall expect you to be on hand without further notice. Tf registrants would bring along with them the party or 7 >arties who expect to make supporting affidavits for exemp¬ tion or deferred classification*, the questionairre could be completed at one sitting and handed in at once to the Local Board for the county. C. C. KING, Chairman, Local Advisory Board. WANTED TO BIT Remnants of seed cotton. Can be found at Georgia depot. A. S. Murray. rms cornu i on news, covlngton. geokgia. Thursday DECEMBER 20. 1017 INCOME TAX MAN HERE JANUARY 28TH. in a communication received by this paj»er Collector of Internal Revenue A. O. Bialock announces that a federal in¬ come tax officer will be sent into this county on January 28 and will be here until February 9th. lie will have liis office in the court house in Covington and will be there every day ready and willing to help uersons subject to the income tux make out their returns without any cost to them for his ser¬ vices. How many income tax payers will there be in Newton county? If you can guess how many married p u's.ms living • i; i iils ■ -V or hu*t>. >. • * i • Iju*c net income* of > 2.000 o: over, ami how many unmarried persons will have net incomes of $1,000 or over this year, then you know. The Collector of In terual Revenue estimates there will be >40 taxpayres in this county. Returns of income for the year 1917 must be made on forms provided for ilie purpose before March 1, 1918. Be¬ cause a good many people don’t under¬ stand the law and won’t know how to make out their returns the government is sending in this expert to do it for them. But the duty is on the taxpayer to make himself known to the govern¬ ment. If he doesn't make return as required by March It he may have to I my a penalty ranging from $20 to $1,000, pay a fine or go to jail. So if you don’t want to take chances on going to jail you better call on the income tax man. If you are not sure about being subject to the fax, better ask him and make sure. Whether you see the in¬ come tax man or not you must make return if you are subject to the tax. Of course, itersons resident in other counties may, if they want to, come and sot> the income tax man who will be at the court house. The collector suggests that everybody start figuring up now hi* income and expenses so as to l>e ready with the figures when the expert arrives. Ex-i rtf-nses , however, don , . t mean family ex penses, money used to pay off the prin cipal of a debt, new machinery, build ings or anything like that. They mean what you spend iu making your more> -interest, taxes paid, hired help, the amount paid for goods sold, seed, stock, stock bought for feeding, rent (except for your dwelling,) etc. Income elude* about every dollar you get. TWENTY MORE MEN LEAVE FOR CAMP GORDON. The remainder of Newton county’s quota of 1G per cent white men have been called and the following are the ones to respond: Ilenrv F. Meador, Roy Stephenson, John (Hark Cope.. Harold IV. King, Harry Loo Kinnett. Thomas J. Stewart, Fred Ricker Stoakes, Charlie Mathis. Willie Doyle Osborn, Fred Allen Perry William Thomas Greer, Sherrod Ma¬ lone Smith. James Greer Cason, I,oe Farrow, Owen Hammett Gibson, Wil¬ liam Harold Thompson, Robert Brlant Fincher, Oscar David Shaw, Raymond C. Gunn, and George L. Plunkett. Henry Peek Christian, one of the hoys that was to have gone, is in bed with sciatic rheumatism and has been deferred until recoverv. NOTICE. The annual meeting of the share hold res of the First National Bank, of Covington, Ga,. will l*e held at 10 o'clock, A. M., on the second Tuesday in January (the 8th) 3918, at the banking office. H. L. HITCHCOCK, 1-3, 4 Secretary of the Board. LOST —A green leather bill fold, con¬ taining five $5 hills, and two $1 bills and $2.49 in silver and coin. Finder lx* rewarded by returning to P. J. Rogers’ Garage at Covington.—Adv. PHOTOGRAPHS Give Them Something They Cannot Buy— YOUR PHOTOGRAPH Have'Settings Made Early HARRY DEATH, Covington, Georgia MISS SARAH EIDSON : Esteemed Lady of Flat Roek Passed Away Tuesday of Last Week in Her 63rd Year. j Miss Sarah Kidson died at the resi¬ dence of Mr. Jim Hinton at Fiat Rock Tuesday morning of last week at 3 o'clock. She was bo years of age and was a woman of fine Christian purpose and useful life. She leaves many friends who mourn her death. The funeral and interment were at Macedonia church Wednesday morning of last week at 11 o’clock. Miss Eidson leaves one sister, Mrs. Ed Lackey. FERTILIZERS USED TO INCREASE PRODUCTION Must Increase Yield Per Acre To Meet Demands. The unusual demand for . agncultu- • w ral products means that either the area of land devoted to cultivation must be increased, or that larger yields must be obtained from the land now under cultivation. Since our , la bor supply is being diminished, it seems hardly practical to Increase our agricultural production by Increasing our cultivated areas, but to increase our production by increasing the yields per acre of land now in cultiva tion. This can be done most economically by the better preparation of the soil before planting and more thorough cultivation after the crops have begun growing. This will keep the soil in a physical condition favorable for the growth of crops. Grow the crops iu a systematic rotation that does not. permit the same crop in the same field two years in succession. Grow legumes, such as velvet beans, cow. peas, soy beans, vetch and crimson c ’ over wherever possible in the rota ^ The legumes will increase the nitrogen supply of the soil, and mam* u , n the organic content j n addition to the foregoing prac tices, use commercial fertilizers and lime. results obtained on fertilizer plats located in many different coun¬ ties in the State, show that the soil type determines, to a larger extent, • the kind of fertilizer that is most profitable. KINDS OF FERTILIZERS TO USE. In the limestone valleys and up¬ lands of the northwestern part of the State, cotton production was most profitably increased in Walker County by the use of phosphorus and nitro¬ gen. In Murray County about equal results were obtained with each of the elements, nitrogen, potash and phos¬ phorus, and in Bartow County by the combined use of lime, green manures, j nitrogen and potash. In the Piedmont Plateau, potash is >>ne of the first needs of the soil. On the “flatwoods” lands of Elbert County lime, green manures, potash and phos¬ phorus are the first needs for cotton production. In Walton county the “red lands” gave the largest returns when lime, green manures and a com¬ plete fertilizer was used. The “gray lands” of Pike county responded most where lime, green manures and pot¬ ash were used. In the coastal plain section of Geor¬ gia, there are a great many soil types, each of which presents different prob¬ lems. In Bulloch county complete fertiliz¬ ers of about 9-3-5 composition gave greatest returns on cotton; where the land was well supplied with organic matter, phosphorus and nitrogen arc the first needs. The Norfolk fine sandy loam of Coffee county is deficient in available potash and should he sup¬ plied with nitrogen either as fertilizer or supplied with legumes. In Dooly county the Greenville sandy loam needs lime, green manures, potash and phosphorus. The Greenville clay loam seems to be supplied with phosphorus, but needs more lime and organic mat¬ ter. While the Norfolk very fine sandy loam, such as is found In Chatham •“•\iity, needs lime, potash and nitro- ■ rj prnppiA nftliRIF Must Safeguard Our Food Supply And Help Feed Allies In accord with the war agricultural program recently announced by United states and State Agricultural officials, he farmers of Georgia are urged to double their wheat acreage over the miount sowed last fall. With the ex •option of spme of the sandy soils of the southern part of the state, wheat can he raised to advantage on most .arms in the State, and wherever wheat can be grown farmers are urged to seed an area sufficient to safeguarc r heir own food supply. Wheat is best adapted to the loam, clay loam and heavier types of sandy loam soil where a firm but friable seed bed can be prepared. Wheat makes its best yields follow¬ ing some legume crop, but it can also be sown to advantage after cotton and corn. Where wheat follows cotton the stalks should be turned under as soon | as the then cotton be used is all to compact picked. the A roller seed j j can bed and the seed put in with a disk j drm Where wheat is t0 foUow a C ] ean cultivated crop a good seed bed can be prepared by the use of a disk harrow. wbea * should be sown earl v enou S h - to allow the plants to get well start ed before winter „ the Hessian fly i s present, seeding should be delayed until about the time for the first frost, Uate seeding should be avoided, how ever. Vr °m tests conducted in different sections of the state the following va rioties are recommended: Fulcaster, Dietz Mediterranean, Leap Prolific, Georgia Red (also known as Bluestem, Purple Straw and Red May). The principles to be followed in sowing fall wheat may be summed up as follows: (1) Plow early and give the land time to settle before sowing, If possible. (2) Use a roller and bar row to compact the late plowed land, (3) Where wheat is to follow a cultl vated crop that is removed from the land, prepare the seed bed with a disk harrow. (4) Make a good seed bed. The increased yield will pay for the trouble. (5) Use a grain drill, using sound, plump, clean seed of one of the varieties recommended. (6) Make the soil fertile with manure or fertiliz¬ ers applied judiciously where needed. (7) Use formaldehyde to prevent losses from smut. The State College of Agriculture has just issued a bulletin on growing wheat and rye which is available for fre>e distribution.—(R. R. Childs, State Col¬ lege of Agriculture.) SANTA CLAUS Can Come and Stock Up — — Her e — We have many beautiful and and useful things for the whole family’s Christmas. For the boys there are veloci¬ pedes, Irish mail, Express wag¬ ons, Hay carts. For the girls Dolls of every descripton and many other arti¬ cles. Then we have Electroliers, Casseroles, Electric irons, Icy-hot bottles, Silverware and Alumi¬ num ware. But Come and See What a Beautif ul and Varied Line We Have PIPER HARDWARE CO. East Side of Square COVINGTON, - - GEORGIA DRESS UP FOR CHRISTMa PRESS UP FOR CHR ISTMAS! CLEAN UP FOR CHRISTMAS! We can do the last two things named for you, if us send for your suit to clean and press, i }>'° U ^ do the rest. Attend it " to now. W. J. SOBER, Baiter Shop 1). A. THOMPSON LUMBEP r. 1 LUMBLR—PAINTS—OILS ' ’ MAKE YOUR OWN with L & RIS SEMI-PASTE PAINT your own Linseed Oil, 3 You obtain greatest The durability L „ mg power. L & JVj PAINT positively good that it is known Master Paint.” . a £i?GAL5 Whereas the best of other high paints cost yov *3.25 g ^ 2b Paint jAL , ~ a gallon, our . L a, Made in Sew raiuute* only m $,..35 rea dy-Tor-use - W jjj 2 you a gallon. VOU SAVE 90c A CALLON ON EVERY CAlJ Only 2 More 1 Shopping Days Till Christmas Don’t forget that we are headquarters for Santa Claus’ supply department. We have Toys, Dolls, Doll Carriages, Kiddo-cars, and: Trucks, Books, Games, Christmas Tree Ornaments, Cards, Seals, Crepe Papers, Vases, China, Jewelry, Ties, Hosiery,! Handerkerchiefs, and many other things suitable for' j Christmas presents. The Candies are here and we have only a limited amount this year. Reduced Prices on the Millinery. COME TO SEE US—WE APPRECIATE YOUR TRADE Covington Ten Cent Co. Covington, Georgia