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BOLL WEEVIL INVESTIGATION |
(By J. T. Pittman, Demonstration Agent). 1
A party of South Georgia agents and farmers have just returned
irom a trip over Southwest Georgia and Southeast Alabama. The
object of the tour was to get first-hand information on what the boll
weevil 1s doing for the people and what the people are doing to
<combat the weevil. To get this information it is necessary to visit
ternitory of the first, second and third year of infestation.
In the counties of Southwest Georgia, the first year of infesta
tion, the farmers were made to fecl the reality of the boll weevil.
They no longer doubt what the boll weevil can do for them and what
he will do if concerted action is not made in the right direction. The
farmers here, those convinced of damages, are confident that they
<an whip the boll weevil by following to the letter the government
anstructions given by the agents. It was demonstrated this year that
ithey could control the weevil and make a good crop of cotton until
the rains set in. Of course, the farmers being kept out of the fields
for thirty days, the boll weevils multiplied and destroyed a great deal
more of the cotton than they would if the season had been favorable
to the farmers. The cotton acreage was cut 50 per cent in these
«ounrties and the yield reduced about 50 per cent. This reduction,
thowever, is not due altogether to the boll weevil. It is intcresting‘
1o notice the changes that are being made in the methods of farming.
instead of seeing large fields of cotton on each side of the road, you
see corn, peas, velvet beans, peanuts, and all kinds of forage cropsg
for live stock. You see permanent pastures and grazing crops, hogs
~and cattle in great numbers, silos and dipping vats, etc.
Having investigated the conditions thoroughly in Georgia, the
party left Blakely to cross the river at Columbia and go into Ala
bama. At Dothan and other towns in Southwest Alabama, the
second jfiar of infestation, we found a great damage done by the
-;fi;*{;@}g and the farmers active in going into diversified and live
g:g&;tt%rming. It was evident here that the farmer who started to
hatch in his method of farming before the weevils hit him was in.a
ter the tr e :
have hatet! better condition than other farmers who were satished w
fl‘l)stth;‘tm\s':l the weevil got there and then triu.l to put everything in
mer, havend make one big crop before he quit, is the farmer who is
“I;::wb:f\“l %S éalling on others for help. It is easy to see that some
of the treemo s are solving the boll weevil problem and are begininng
:;-rug,t,il'meefs‘zessifig that is so often spoken of that the weevil will
: \bh‘ixig. This blessing comes only to the farmer who begins in time
~and does his best to change his method of farming and follow the
| @nstructions that the government is trying to give the farmers. Why
|8 is that it is so hard to get farmers generally to make this change
?k,@-beforc they have lost so much with the weevil is hard to understand.
df the farmer never did see a boll weevil it will be a great deal better
dor him to make the change advised. .
. As we passed on further into Alabama we found that old king cot
l - fon had been dethroned and the velvet bean was king. Every field
l’»l ~of worn in this territory around Andalusia was covered with velvet
beans. Why, the farmers here haul the beans to town and the mer
sjjchants come out and bid on the beans as they do for cotton in other
Qowns. Infact, everything the farmer produces can be sold in this
b fiown jugtas easy as a bale of cotton. They have a packing plant to
,:;ifl'w o 1}; of the hogs and cattle raised there and a pickling plant for
PAUL mers interested in growing cucumbers. Six thousand dol-
Gets paid to farmers here for cucumbers.
mm.ugivc some idea of what the boll weevils ace really doing, here
i :‘gfigurcs g}wn by several of the leading farmers and business
\ the yh Andalusia: lln 1914 the cotton yield for Covington county
| m@ bales, 1915 the yield was 3,500, in 19106 it is estimated that
% Th, 2,500 bales they will do well. No one here seems to care
X ‘:““" r the weevil. Why should they, they have a ready market
. the ~€rops that will build up their lands? But understand, you
| &J rmoncerted action here, all are pulling together and another
i “that\mkcs it easier, Covington county is a county of small
—avhite farmers living on their farms. You will notice that very little
x'r*&';m is made but other things take the place of cotton and the
‘ttown and the county are getting in a better condition than before the
~ weevil hit them.
22 ”:fimv let’s go into another belt that is altogether different. Go
‘hrengh the black belt and it will make you sick. Go from Troy to
very and back to Eufaula, where the land owner lives in
“9wn and the negroes cultivate, or rather stay on the farms, and you
il see nothing encouraging. Ido not believe that it 1s exaggerat
3to say that in many places 100 acres would not produce a bale of
| EM It is some better around Eufaula, in Barbour county, Ala.,
| dam n county, Ga., but even here, the average is less than
L 8 § 'f%s to the plow and not much chance for diversified farming.
\ ‘ ,»fi\dn see that the damage done by the boll weevil is due largely
g)} ‘conditions. For the boll weevil to be a blessing to any town
*.l « Sounty, the lands must be owned mostly by good white farmers
e ‘mflmenr farms and are willing to change from a cotton farm
puve stock farming, and there must be concerted action
part. ' ap® "4, merchants and farmers, i :
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THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE AND PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1916.
SEVERAL (BLIND) TIGERS
AT LARGE IN ATLANTA
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 23.—“ Blind
Tigers” are roaming the streets
of Atlanta; in fact, so much so
that it has been {ound necessary
to pass a city law in addition to
the state prohibition law, al
though the latter is drastic in all
of its provisions.
An ordinance by Alderman
Thomson making it :llogal for
any person to have or carry about
in the city of Atlanta, cither on
his person or in‘any vehicie under
his control, spirituous, vinous or
malt liquors for the purpose of
szle has just passed council. The
ordinance was drawn following a
charter amendment passed by the
legislature giving the city the
right to add an additional offence
tor violation of the prohibition
Under the new law the offend
er is termed a traveling blind ti
ger, and as such is liable to a fine
of $lOO or thirty days in the
stockade. Such penalty <can be
imposed by the recorder on con
viction in his court, and the city
gets the revenue, about which
there has hitherto been some
doubt in view of a violation of
state laws. Atlanta is not the first
city in the state to pass a “tiger”
law. Macon passed a similar law
‘more than a week ago. The law
in Macon does not prohibit the
sale or offering for sale of whis
‘ . <
‘ky, but strictly forbids the use of
any property in the city of Ma
}c“n to any person who may be
engaged in the sale of liquor.
A sale of whisky made by a
bootlegger or blind tiger or what
ever you might call him, for they
have been getting thick as hops,
is not unlawful under this ordi
nance, but the use of the street
is forbidden him while he has the
liquor on his person. The Atanta
tiger law is, therefore, in effect
the same as the Macon ordinance.
FOR CONGRESS
To the Voters of the Third Con
gressional District of Georgia:
I hereby announce my candida
cy for election as your Represen
tative, from the Third Congress
ional District of Georgia, to the
Sixty-fifth Congress, subject to
the primary to be held September,
12, 1916, and respectfully solicit
your support to this position. If
nominated and elected, I pledge
myseli and the best energies I am
capable of exerting to your every
interest, and especially to procure
for you:
I.—The co-operation of the Nat
ional government with the several
states in the enforcement of their
prohibition laws to the extent of
denying application for license to
manufacture or sell intoxicating
liquers in such states, and the
procurement of such necessary
changes as will prohibit the ship
ment of intoxicating liquors in
prohibited territory; and will
earnestly advocate every legal
measure that will tend to procure
for the whole people National
Prohibtion.
2.—1 will support such rural
credit legislation as will actually
give to the farmers of our country
the relief that has been so often
promised, by making available to
them, with good security on land
or cotton, long loans of money at
low rates of interest, such loans to
be made directly by the govern
ment to the farmers.
3.—1 will favor a sufficiently
equipped army and navy to com
mand peace at heme and respect
abroad, and the manufacture of
ur navy and army equipment by
the government. |
4.—The restriction of immigra
tion at least to the extent of re
‘quiring immigrants to register,
givng all information necessary
as to their previous lives, and the
\signing of a pledge that within
three months after entering our
country thet will become citizens
in a legal way.
S—A complete separation of all
affairs of church and state.
6—-The extension of the Rural
Free Delivery system and the im
provement of the Parcel Post
system, to the end that the rural
districts throughout the country
may be benefitted thereby.
I purpose to conduct my cam
paign on a high plane. Ido not
desire to be elected on the demer
its of others, but on my merits
alone.
My campaign headquarters will
be at Americus, Georgia, where
my secretary or I will be glad to
welcome and advise with friends
at all times, and if elected by the
good people of the district, I
promise to faithfully discharge
the duties of this great office with
fidelity to your every interest.
Respectfully, ‘
THOMAS G. HUDSON.
CITY EXECUTIVE COMMIT-|
TEE ‘
A meeting will ‘be held of thei
members of the city .executive!
committee at the city hall Satur-i
day, August 26th, at 10 a. m. for|
the purpose of deciding on thc,
date for the primary election forl
city officers. All interested citi-.
zens are cordially invited to at- |
tend this meeting. |
Four ward aldermen, a mem-|
ber of the Water, Light and Bond |
Commission and City Tax As-|
sessors are to be nominated. .'\l.ml
a vacancy is to be filled in the|
board of education {or the second!
ward. |
ISIDOR - GELDERS. |
Chairman. !
CLAaNY EON FAN. ‘
Secretary;
WEATHER REPORT I
Showers are needed in many
counties in the south-central por
tion of the state and the hot, dry
weather of the past week was
somewhat detrimental in that
section. Generally, however, cot
ton as well as other crops were
benefitted by abundant sunshine
and warmer weather. Cotton is
‘beginning to open raffidly and
picking is becoming general ex
icept in the north. In the flooded
areas the crops continue poor, is
shedding, and there will be no top
crop. 801 l weevils are becoming
very destructive in the south
western portion of the state. The
weather was very favorable for
haying and pulling fodder, and
large quantities have been safely
housed. Sweet potatoes promise
a large yield; they are nearly
ready to harvest in the southern
district. Sugar cane and pea
nuts are good.
C.F. von HERRMANN, l
| Meteorologist.
Mr. Edward Mill, of Sanford,
passed through the city en route
to Atlanta via the Central Route.
Mr. S. H. Fuller, of the. Fuller
Loan Co., of Atlanta,is spending
the day on businesss for his com
pany in the city.
B A ) TA T A, B 3. 1A WA AR RS
s
FOR SALE
FOR SALE—472 acres of good
farm pebble lands located Ash
ton, Ga., 5 miles from Fitzgerald,
‘Ga. 2 public roads, handy to
church and school house; includ
es 1 large dwelling, 6 tenant hous
es, outside barns and houses, 1
large new stockade, 7 head of
mules, 2 two-horse wagons, 1 one
horse wagon, plows, gear, farm
implements, enough cleared lands
in cultivation for 10 plows.
Price $60.00 per acre, payable 5
years, or 472 bales of cotton. In
terest at 7 per cent for 2 1-2 years,
payable in advance, principal pay
able in 5 equal annual install
‘ments, beginning Nov. 15th, 1917,
Address “H,” Care Leader-Enter
prise, Fitzgerald, Ga. TF
FOR RENT
Light-room house, close in, with
all conveniences. See H. G. Pow
ell or Phone 176. 3t.
WANTED
WANTED—FURNITURE—
Want to buy for cash enough
furniture to furnish two rooms
for light house-keeping. Must
be in excellent condition and a
bargain, otherwise dont trouble.
Address “Furniture,” Care Lead
er-Enterprise. |
AGENTS—SSO.OO weckly. Sell
our 15 household inventions. New,
live, quick sellers. General agents
getting rich. Every home buys
one or more. Samples furnished
active workers. Write NOW,
Address MAIL ORDER, Box
625, Fitzgerald, Ga. TF
| WANTED
City real estate and farm lands.
Must be offered at bargain prices
or offering will not be considered.
Write description and prices
and mail to me and if offerings
attractive will discuss in person.
Address “Investment”, Care of
J. E. Turner, Fitzgerald, Ga. TF
WANTED—Energetic agents
in each county in Georgia to sell
the Titan starter for Ford cars.
Guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Every Ford owner will want one.
For full particulars, address Ches.
ley Vincent, Georgia Distributor,
Talking Rock, Ga. law-7wks.
The high price it demands
: . , s
when sold at second-hand
increases the respect in
which the ear is held, as
1. )e Ry ot e
tnis Inowledge spreads.
It would be hard to find a truer
test of enduring worth. People
are not eager {or used cars unless
they know that such cars have
Fefore them a long life of satis
factory service.
It will pay vou to visit us and examine this sar ;
The gasoline consumption is unusually low
The tire mileage is unusually high.
The Tread is 60 inches. “
The price of the Touriug Car or Roadster complete
is $785 (f. 0. b. Detroit)
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E. H. FREDERICK, Mgr. Ed. DORMINEY
FIRST METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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Corner Lee and Magnolia,
Edward Arnold Wanless, Pastor.
Sunday Schoolz—9:3o a. m.
Morning Worship—lo:4s a. m.
Junior League—3:oo p. m.
Epworth League—6:4s p. m.
Evening Worship—7:4s p. m.
Prayer Meeting—Wednesday, 7:30
p. m. :
Everybody welcome.
FIRST WARD BAPTIST
Rev. C. A. Ginn, Pastor.
Sunday School—9:3o A. M.
In First Ward School Build
ing. Everybody welcome.
A trade has just been closed for
a beautiful church site and work
will be begun in a few days.
Keeping everlastingly AT IT, will
bring FINAL SUCCESS to the ad
veritser.
Ask Yci)__ur Grocer
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Pennsylvania Bicycle and Auto
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Oil Proof—Guaranteed for 6000 miles.
Ebony Tread, Oil Proof—Guaranteed for 5000 miles,
An Auto Watch with every Casing FREE!
This Watch is given as a Special Introductory of
fer and will be given only for a short time.
Come and get yours.
An examination of the tires will convince you that
they are all that is claimed for them.
| FITZGERALD HARDWARE COMP'Y |
FIRST WARD BAPTIST
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We are now at home in our
temporary quarters, corner of
Gordon and Atamaha streets in a
nice little chapel. We have good
Sunday School, Prayer Me&ing
and Preaching Serviceg, and ex
tend a hearty welcome @to all
“Come thou withus and we will
do thee good.” L also extend
our thanks to the school board
for their kindness in letting us
have room in the school building
to begin our work, which was a
great accommodation indeed.
The hours of service in our new
quarters are:
Sunday School, 9:30 A. M.
Preaching, 10:30 A. M. and
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Midweek Prayer Service, 7:30
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Don’t forget the place.
Corner Gordon and Altamaha.
All welcome.
On account of the removal of
Mr. J. H. Liles from the second
ward to the first, there is a vacan
¢y in the city board of education,
which will be filled at the coming
election.
Our READERS BUY what they
SEE ADVERTISED. What HAVE
YOU TO SELL?
WILL BE GLAD TO
TELL YOU ANYTHING
"YOU WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT FARM LOANS,
FREE OF <CTOST AND
WITHOUT OBLIGATION
UFON YOUR PART :
FITZGERALD. CA.