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roman invasion of Britain
Good Reasons for Setting August 27 as
t he Date on Which Julius Caesar
Landed on the Island.
The 27th day of August, 55 B. C.,
may, upon good grounds, be set down
as the day on which Caesar invaded
the Island of Britain. It is-interesting
to learn the method by which a pains¬
taking and ingenious inquirer deter¬
mined the date as given—Caesar him¬
self tells that he proceeded on his ex¬
pedition when little of the summer re¬
mained— when the people of the south
of Britain were engaged in their har¬
vest—and we learn that he returned
before the equinox. Thus, the day must
have been in August. He further tells
us that the full moon occurred oh the
fourth day after his landing. The full
moon of August in that year, as given
by astronomical tables, occurred at 3
B m. of the 31st. Hence, Caesar land
.
td on the 27th.
It Is well known that Caesar met
with greater difficulty in landing and
laking good his first footing on the
Island than lie expected. The southern
ritons were a people well advanced
u civilization at the time. It was only
bout a century after this that London,
y its present name, was a city crowrt
d with merchants and of world-wide
•elebrity.
History repeats itself. England, even
n those early days when Caesar made
ar on the Veniti, to the west of Gaul,
he Britons sent a fleet of ships to
heir assistance.
EIZED CAPE COLONY TWICE
eace of Amiens Nullified Britain’s
Captura of Holland's South Afri
can Territory in 1725.
Early In the wars of the French
evolution Holland was forced to he¬
me an ally of Great Britain. A Brit
h fleet appeared off Cape Town in
ugusf, 1795, and the colony surron
red on September 16. For seven
rs Britain held the country, spend*
g fully eight million dollars in 1m
jrlng it. Monopolies were taken off
de, torture was abolished, and pi os*
ilty prevailed, whereas before (lie
lony had been on the verge of ruin,
1802 the Peace of Amiens secured
r Napoleon a breathing spell, which
used in preparing still greater at
ks upon the liberties of Europe. By
is treaty Cape Colony was restored
Holland. War was resumed in 1S0G,
h Holland an ally once more of
nee. Again the British captured
pc Colony, and when peace was defi
tely settled in 1815. after Waterloo,
itain retained South Africa, paying
oiland six million pounds sterling,
e colonies of Demerara, Essequibo
d Berbice being included in the sale,
e population consisted of 26,700
bites, holding 29,300 slaves, and 37,*
free Hottentots. Britain sup
essed the slave trade and in 1834 the
▼es were emancipated by the Brit*
government.
ET SALT FROM SEA WATER
Id Method of Obtaining Necessary of
Life Is Still Practiced in
Various Places.
The use of salt for seasoning and
eserving foods is so ancient that
* earliest written records refer to
says a writer in Popular Science
nthly. For many centuries prac
ally all the salt used by the human
e was procured by the evaporation
sea water.
his method of obtaining salt Is
II employed in many localities where
e conditions are favorable. A fiat
etch of sea coast and a hot and
y climate are necessary if salt i;
be got from sea water. An ideal
lity for this industry is the coast
the Bay of Cadis, Spain.
The sea water Is allowed to collect
shallow basfhs, barely above high
ater mark. As the water evaporates
t e various salts contained in the sea
ater crystallize out and form a crust,
liich is removed and shoveled in
ail heaps. There the salts undergo
e first stage of purification.
The edible salt is drained from the
ther salts, which constitute the great
r part of the impurities. The edible
It crystallizes out first, while the
ther salts retain the water and form
concentrated brine which is allowed
rnn into ditches dug for that pur¬
se.
-| red The into partly purified salt is then gath
large heaps. Occasional
ins wash out the more easily soluble
purities, and the hot sun dries the
It on the surface of the pile. Al
ough It still contains about 15 per
fcent of Impurities it is shipped in
rge quantities without further refin*
Mall Service In China.
In a little more than twenty years
Ina has built up a national postal
'em which Is one of the best and
apest in the world. Since there are
ly about 6,300 miles of railway for
rrytng mall in China, a big part of
e transportation is done on boat
es aggregating 21,600 miles, and by
urier lines which total 143.000 miles,
ow sleds, wheelbarrows, carts, pack
finals, rafts, boats and bicycles are
I employed In this remarkable sys
Today, In the large cities, there
e as many as 12 mall deliveries
ily. A letter for local delivery re
ires a stamp worth one-half cent,
erlcan money, and for domestic de
ery a stamp worth a cent and one*
If, American money. In 1905 76.000,*
pieces of mall were handled, while
1916 the number was 850,000,000.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, COVINGTON, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 7, 1919
r
Consulting The Farmer
About Fertilising Practices
REPRESENTATIVE SOUTHERN FARMERS SELECTED BY COUNTY
AGENTS, T^LL WHAT THEY ARE DOING THROUGH THE
USE OF FERTILIZERS—VALUABLE DATA OF
PRACTICAL SORT
By J. N. Harper, Director, Soil Improvement Committee, Atlanta,Ga.
What do the farmers themselves say
about the use of fertilizers? Certainly
no one is more qualified to. speak as
to their value than they. This ques
tion has been asked of a great many
farmers in the Southeast, and their
answers are most enlightening.
Tlie writer obtained through the
County Demonstration Agents tin
names of more than a thousand of
the most representative farmers liv
ing in the states of North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia. To these
were sent a questionnaire asking for
information as to the yields obtained
from cotton and corn, and the formula
and amount of fertilizer used. They
were also asked to give the soil type.
Several hundred answers were receiv
ed and these have been carefully das
sifted according to crop yields.
Results on Cotton Yields.
Grouping the reports of the farmers
from the Coastal Plain Region, the fol
lowing results were shown:
Average Yield . Average Ami
Lint Cotton Of Fertilizer
Per Acre Used Per Acre.
166 Lbs...... 300 Lbs.
250 Lbs......375 Lbs.
375 Lbs.......518 Lbs.
500 Lbs......645 Lbs.
625 Lbs.....-.780 Lbs.
750 Lbs......840 Lbs.
l.OttO Lbs......950 Lbs....
The average formula of the fertilizer
used was 8.6 per cent, phosphoric acid,
3.2 per cent nitrogen, and 3.2 per coni
potash.
Grouping the reports of the farmers
of the Piedmont Region according to
*hc yields obtained, the following facts
nrc shown: "
Vvorag ? Yield Average Amt.
Lint Cotton Of Fertilizer
Per Acre. Used Per Acre.
329 Lbs. . , . .200 to 300 Lbs.
385 Lbs. . . . .400 lo 500 I.bs.
43S LbS. . . . .600 to 700 Lbs.
54D Lbs. . . . .800 Lbs.
The fertilizer formula for cotton
used on the sandy clay loams of this
region averaged 8.6 per cent phosphoric
acid, 2.65 per cent nitrogen, and 2.11
per cent potash.
Quite a number of farmers in both
regions reported the use of nitrate of
sodn as a side application in addition
to the fertilizer. The quautity used
ranged from 40 to 100 lbs. per acre.
Results On Corn Yields.
The uverage yield o. corn from all
Job Work neatly and quickly executed
. *v
i
f er}pamS‘
Every mother who has a daughter will be interested m the fol¬
lowing letter It answers the question that thousands ot
mothers have been asking for years “ What can I do to relieve
my daughter of her severe headaches and periodical pains.'
“I have used DR. MILES’ ANTI-PAIN PILLS for
years and they have always given me prompt relief.
My daughter who has been a sufferer of periodical
pains and nervous headaches has never failed to
obtain reiief from these wonderful little tablets.
We both thank you from the bottom of our heart
for having enabled us to obtain prompt relief
from our sufferings. DR. M1LFS’ ANTI-PAIN PILLS
have never failed us and we would not be without
them ” Stockton, Md.
R1RS WINIFRED .1 ONES,
For more than 30 years Dr. Miles’ Anti
Pain Pills have been relieving suffering
women men ar.d children from tormenting pain—
Headache, Backache, Neuralgia, »tc. Ask your
druggist for them- keep a box always on hand.
'They contain no injurious habit forming drug.
They give almost INSTANT relief. Cost but a 1 llSt!
fsw cents a box. tp-D
I II i 1—1 Hi -
WE DO ALL KINDS JOB PRINTING!
those reporting from the Coastal Plain*
Region was 36.3 bushels per acre and
the average amount of fertilizer used
was 444 pounds.
The average formula of this fertil¬
izer was 8.4 per cent phosphoric acid,
3.1 per cent nitrogen, and 8.6 per cent
potash.
After classifying the reports accord¬
ing to yields, the following results
were obtained:
Average Yield Average Amt
Of Corn Of Fertilizer
Per Acre. Used Per Acre.
20 Bushels . . .310 Lbs.
25 Bushels. . . .355 Lbs,
30 Bushels . . . . .404 Lbs.
35 Bushels. . . .450 Lbs.
40 Bushels. . . .469 Lbs.
45 Bushels . . .566 Lbs.
The reports from the Piedmont Re¬
gion showed the average yield front ail
reporting as 33.2 bushels of corn per
acre with the average amount of fer¬
tilizer 330 pounds.
The formula averaged 8.7 per cent
phosphoric acid, 2.5 per cent nitrogen,
ind 1.9 per cent potash. The formula
reported for both cotton and corn was
given as used prior to the World War.
Classifying the reports into groups
according to yields, the following re¬
mits are shown;
Average Yield Average Amt.
Of Corn Of Fertilizer
Per Acre. Used Per Acre.
15 Bushels . . , . 183 Lbs.
25 Bushels, , . . . .281 Lbs.
30 Bushels . . . . . 350 Lbs.
45 Bushels. . . . . .500 Lbs.
The above results from the farmers
themselves strikingly coincide with the
results obtained at, the southern exper¬
iment stations, and these figures show
that as the use of fertilizers is in¬
creased, so is agricultural production
increased.
Many thousands of acres of land in
the Coastal Plains of the South, when
first cleared, did not produce more
than 19 bushels of corn per acre. To¬
day. they are producing from 4(1 to 80
bushels, by the liberal use of fertilizers.
Crop yields must be greatly in¬
creased to meet the constantly grow¬
ing demand for foodstuffs and other
j agricultural products. The. most eco
j nomical way to produce crops is by
| increasing the acre yield and there are
I but two ways of doing this—by better
i -cultural methods and by the more lib*
eral use of plant food.
DUBLIN BOOTBLACKS IN 1780
Polish Used at That Time Was a Com
binatlon of Lampblack and
Rotten Eggs.
Among the populace of Dublin In
1780 the shoeblacks were a numerous
and formidable body. The polish they
used was lampblack and eggs, for
which they purchased all that were
rotten iri the markets. Their imple¬
ments consisted of a three-legged stool,
a basket containing a blunt knife, i
called a syhidd, a painter’s brush and ;
an old wig. i
A gentleman usually weut out in the
morning with dirty boots or shoes, I
sure to find a shoeblack sitting on his I
■
stool at the corner of the street. The
gentleman put his foot in the lap of
the shoeblack without ceremony, and
the artist scraped it with his spudd,
wiped it with his wig and then laid on
ins composition as thick ns black paint
with his painter’s brush.
The stuff dried with a rich polish, re¬ j ‘
quiring no friction, and little inferior
to the elaborated modern fluids, save :
only tbe intolerable odors exhaled from !
eggs in a high stare <sf putridity, and |.
which filled any house which was en¬ |
tered before the composition was quite
dry, and sometimes even tainted the
air of fashionable drawing rooms.—
University Magazine. j
Month of Harvest Moon
Aside from the autumnal equinox, i
September each year is marked by an¬
other astronomical event of considera¬ l
ble Interest, namely, the so-called har¬
vest moon, it being the full moon near
est the autumnal equinox. The harv¬ ;
est moon rises at nearly the same time | |
for several successive evenings in-,
stead of nearly an hour later from
night to night, as is usually the case,
and it is from this continuous run of
bright moonlight nights that this
moon is said to derive its name, fann¬
ers ns a rule taking advantage of the
extra light to gnther in their late sum¬
mer crops and store them away for
the winter.
Illustrates Red Cross Needs.
Twenty thousand dozen pillow
cases, 11.000 dozen pairs of bed socks
and 19,000 dozen face towels, Jnst re¬
ported as being on hand at one Amer¬
ican Red Cross supply house In France
gives an Idea of the size of the stocks
maintained by tbe organization.
★ ★★★★★★★★ ★
Car Load
Hogs
For Sale
All Kinds
All Sizes
All Prices
They’re in our
barn now.
Call and see them.
McGarily&Jackson
Telephone No. 261-J
Covington Ga.
**********
Most People Who Eat
ARE P/IRT1CUMR WIL4T THEY EAT
We cater to such people-vc buy to please them,
and ve DO please them.
We hav have a store full of the most eatable eats, and every pur¬
chase you make impels you to make another, and still others.
C. A. Franklin, Co ™g&,£a.
The Home of GOOD eats.
MARBLE STONES ABOVE
Grieving Owners Erect Costfy
ments in Dog Cemetery Near Cen¬
ter of London, England.
It may not. be known to everybody
that in London there exists an
ingly pretty cemetery devoted
pally to man’s best friend—the faithful
dog. Near the Victoria Gate,
Park West, stands the
lodge, attached to which there Is
fair-sized garden, the last resting
of many a favorite pet.
Several years ago a favorite
(“Poor Little Prince”), which
to the duke of Cambridge, was run
over in the park, brought to the
afterward buried in the garden.
A marble stone shows the place where
he lies. After this many who liad
of the event requested to have
their dogs laid to rest in the same
of ground, and thus it came about
the permission of the duke and
the deputy ranger was obtained to ai
the garden to become a cemetery
for dogs.
It has now been In existence many
and there are several hundred
all beautifully kept. Some
pay a certain amount per an¬
to have the little graves properly
to; some only pay when the
dog is burled; many call regularly.
tombstones are pretty nearly all
the same size and mostly of mar
Graphic.
Ranches Converted Into Farms.
A correspondent in the W T est writes
the most notable change now tak
place in that country, especially
the southern parts of Alberta and
is the passing of the
These large blocks of land are
dissolved, so to speak, into farms
ordinary size.
“Today,” writes this correspondent,
upon thousands of acres of
land, vast stretches of clean prairie
have for a quarter of a century
little more than the trample of
the herds and the swish of the cow¬
lariat, are blossoming out into
wheat fields and neatly plotted
farmsteads, and the timeworn romance
the cowboy and the corral is giving
to the modern romance of the
Herald.
1
A VERY BIG BUNDLE FOR A VERY LITTLE
MONEY IS WHAT YOU WILL NOW GET AT OUR
STORE. WE MUST MAKE ROOM FOR OUR NEXT
SEASON’S GOODS.
SO GOME IN AND FIT OUT THE WHOLE FAM¬
ILY WITH WHAT THEY NEED, WHILE YOU CAN
DO SO AT MONEY SAYING PRICES.
ALTHOUGH OUR PRICES ARE LOWER, THE
QUALITY OF OUR MERCHANDISE REMAINS
RIGHT UP TO. THE STANDARD, SQUARE WHIQH1 HAS
GIVEN US OUR REPUTATION FOR DEAL¬
ING, AND BUILT, AND IS BUILDING OUR BUSINESS
BIGGER AND BIGGER ALL THE TIME.
CannonSupply Co
Phone 269. Covington, Ga
Not Necessary.
At a certain military tribunal tba
chairman said to a conscientious ob¬
jector :
“Suppose the Germans were to
come and attack your wife, would yoti
not fight?”
“No sir, I would not.”
“What? You would not protect your
wife?”
“Look ’ere, guv’nor," said the maa
pathetically, “do you know my wife?”
—Pearson’s Weekly.
Alarmed the Judge.
Three hundred love letters were ex¬
hibited in a breach of promise case
recently heard in Dublin. The man
had written more than three hundred
letters, all very long and full of auc¬
tion. When counsel said he would
read the letters Mr. Justice Pim, some¬
what alarmed, inquired, “Surely you
are not going to read three hundred
of them?” So counsel said he would
read only a selection.
Peanut Flour.
A baking company in Gainesville,
Fla., has put bread on the market which
Is made from peanut flour. The flour
Is made from peanut cake left after the
extraction of the oil.
Other* Do Not Count.
“Why do they call Germany the fa¬
therland?"
“Ont of compliment to me and ray
toothers,” replied the crown prince*
’Isn’t the kaiser our fa ther I"
LAND FOR RENT
C
Good two-horse
farm for rent on hal¬
ves. Also one or two
one-horse farms. Fine
land.
L. W. JAKMAN,
Covington, Ga.
