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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE Peanuts And Soft Pork The use of peanuts as a feed for hogs has been one of the most interesting problems con fronting southern swine growers for many years. Considering the economy of gains from the use of this feed it has been very promising but when the packers object to handling peanut-fed hogs except at heavy discounts there is discouragement. There has been such a variation in price discrimination at ditferent mar kets and on similar hogs -at the same markets that much dis satisfaction has been created. Vigorous protest have been made against such practices by the swine growers affected. " In this connection the Georgia Experiment Station, in coopera tion with other southern expern ment stations and the Bureau of Animal Industry of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture, has, undertaken an extensive study of the relation of peanuts, when fed to hogs, to softness and other changes in the pork. Effort is ‘being made to find the funda mental causes of soft pork and ‘methods by which the softness may be avoided or overcome. This work has leen underway for some time but on account of ‘the nature of the investigation it will be several months before ‘results can be published. How ‘ever, results already obtained -show conclusively that when ‘hogs starting at a weight.of 100 pounds are fed on peanuts alone in dry lots or graze peanuts in a field for a period of 60 days or “‘more a soft carcass is prodyced, “and that it is impcssible to pro duce a hard carcass by feeding corn and tankage or corn and cottonseed meal to these soft hogs for a subsequent period of 60 days or less. Hogs are being fed this year to determine’if the effects of peanuts alone for only one month can be overcome by a finishing period of two months. Additional hogs are being fed to gee if a longer finishing period will correct the effects of peanuts for 60 days. In an effort to determine the justice of the penalizing markect practices the Federal Bureau of Markets has made an investiga “tion of some of the leading live gtock markets where southern hogs are shipped. This worki was done on a commercial scale and results have been published in Bulletin No. 1086 of the United States Department of Agricul ture. A part of the summary is. as follows: , . “Investigation revealed that discounts ranging from 11.2 to 7 cents per pound, live weight,! were being made at the different Continued on page 2. t R. H FORRESTER, Agent NEW YORK LIFE INSURANGE GO, } ASSETS $952,632,139.00 ~ Protect Your Family - WITH A GOOD INSURANCE | . POLICY. ’Califomian Will Tell Of | Benefits Derived From Co-operative Plans Aaron Sapiro, noted California marketing expert, is to be at Albany on February 9th and will delived an address. The purpose of Mr. Sapiro’s visit is to explain to the peanut growers of this section a method by which it is possible to market their products in a co-operative way. The state bureau Of markets called the meeling for the purpose of try ing to organize co-operative asso ciations for the marketing of | ' these produetsand have arranged ‘to bring Mr. Sapiro, the foremost authority in the nation ou the subject, to Albany. Co-operative marketing in Cal ifornia has reached a high state of development and has helpea to ‘make that state one of the wealth iest of the union. The market ing plan used there was conceiyed by Mr. Sapiro and he is being brought to southwest Georgia in the hopes that the establishment of co-operative markets here for peanuts and like products may be developed. Americus Aggies Victor Over Leesdurg Hi The Leesburg High School basket ball teamplayed in Ameri cus on last Friday evening, their opponents-being a quintet from the Americus Aggies. wt It was a good game from start to finish, though its ending came too soon and the players on both sides showed good pep and ener gy in their fight for victory. The results of the game being disastrous though not unexpected nor disheartening to the locals. The final results showed a score of 27 for the Aggies and a measly little *‘ll”’ for Leesburg. Our boys are booked for another game with them soon, though the Aggies are recognized as crack players, our boys are at tuning themselves for the fray and fully expeet to make the seore board show entirely a diff erent tally to what it did last Friday. Go out and see the boys play these games; they should receive the encouragement of the whole town and community, they are the boys of today but will be men on the morrow, as parlance goes, and their agility and athletic development thus acquired will better fit them for the sterner duties to which they will fall heir. Go to Americus, boys, and show them you can gain a victory through merit and skill. L.eeshurg, Lee County Ga., Friday JANUARY 206, 1923 A Monument to The “Lost Cause” One of the gr atest memorials the world has ever known-<a tribute to the soldiers who fought and died for the ‘‘Lost Cause’’- - is being carved in the rock the sheer side of Stone Mountain, sixteen miles east of Atlanta. For a mile across the smoothy perpendicular face of this giant monolith, all the pomp and cir cumstance of a nation at war will be etched, and at the head !of his scldiers, leading them into battle, will be General Robert E. Lee, idol of the Confederacy and one of the greatest military leaders the world has ever known Besides him in detail will be shown General Stonewall Jack son, John B. Gordon, J. E. B. Stewart and Jefferson Davis. Eight years will be required to complete the project, which in cludes, besides the carving of the mountain side, a park of several hundred acres at the ‘base, an open air theater pattern ed after the coliseum of ancient Rome and capable of seating twenty thousand persons; a museum hollowed out of the mountain wherein will be de posited treasures of the war tu be dedicated to the Daughters of the Confederacy. The cost of the monument will be borne by popular sucseripticn. Gutzon Borglum, a noted sculp tor, is in charge of the work. Have We Any City Ordinances? What is the matter with our town, can’t we enforce our city ordiances, or have we ary such thing? We understand there is an ordiance prohibiting cows and hogs from running at large on the streets. and if there is why can’t it be enforced, if we have not an ordiance against this, why not let them all run at large? Have we, every time we leave our office or home, have to wait for a cow or hog to take a notion to move? ‘ Recently we have had a city election, we now have new mayor and new aldermen, and hope to see the town take on new life, and we only trust that they will do something to our streets, for they are in an awful run-down condition. Come now, our new City Dads, get your heads, your hands and 'some money together and make an application of a little work upon these streets that have be come so bumpy that they can’t get anyone for speeding, simply be cause they ecan’t run that fast over them. " Mrs. J. H. Kirkpatrick In Hospital The Leesburg friends of Mrs. J. H. Kirkpatrick, wife of Agent J. H. Kirkpatrick, of the Central of Georgia, will be gratified to know that che is rapidly recover ing from an operation, which was ‘performed at the Plains Hospital the early part of last week. It will he some two or three weeks before she will re turn home. But we hope to see her back home at an early date, mingling with her friends again. Clean-up Campaign In Peach Orchards Must Be Enforced Now If Curculio Is To Be Suc cessfully Handled. The Goyernment and State Labor atory at Ft. Valley has iscued the following warnings to peach growers: “The first step in controlling the curculio in the 1923 peach crop shouid be undertaken inmmediately by mears of a thorough clean-up and burning campaign todestroy the adult beetles in hibernation. While the curculio infestation 1 middle (Georgia was not heavy last season a sufficient number of adults are now passing the winter in or uear orchards to cause a heavy loss to the perch crop this season, unless con trol measures are timely and judi.‘ ciously enforced. The favorite places of hibernation for adult curculios are in woodlands and wasetlands adjoining peach or chards and in dense vegetation along ditch banks, fence rows and terrace rows in and near orchards. They also frequently hibernate under pruning piles, rubbish, ete. Aboutthe time the peach blooms these adults start eaving their hibernating quartersto feed and deposit eggs in the small fruits. Peach growers are advised to un dertake this clean-up, burning and orchard sanitation campaign just as soon as suitable weather permits. Our exverimental data shows thal the m:x.jnrity of the adults hibernate within three hundred yards of the orchard, and growers are urged to restrict the burning in wooded areas adjuining orchards to that distance. This can be done by brushing back the rubbish with a pronged stick and lighting the ‘‘windroll,”” allowing the fire to sweep towards the orchard. In this way forest destruction will be prevented. Select a dry period for the burning, as a sweeping fire that will burn the under growti close to the ground is highly desirable. | Special attention should be given to the cleaning up of all ditch banks, terrace rows and fence rows in the orchards. The vegetation along these cen often be burned, and this weuld destroy many beetles. All pruning piles or other rubbish in or near peach orchards should be destr yyed before the hlooming season. : Experiments conducted to deter mine the efficiency of burning over woodlands or wastelands adjoining peach orchards show conclusively that many curculios are destroyed by the hurning. In one case hurn ing reduced the adult curculios in hibernation over two hundred per cent. The laboratory strongly reco mends this work during the next month or ¢ix weeks. NEW STORE FOR LEESBURG A new store, another sign of growth and progress for Leesburg, was opened up on January 18th. This new commercial enterprize is fostered and operated by Mr. J. M. Cannon, splendid business man of this town who will no doubt get a good and deserving patronage from his friends. , He will handle a complete line of general merchandise, he having opened up in the building formerly occupied by Heath & Tjler. I W ——— 0| LOST Somewhere between the printing ofiic and Court House a Masonic pen. Finder return to Journal Office for reward | Increase of Deaths From Cancer in ’2l Official Figures Report That 93,000 Were Killed by Malady in One Year. | The American Society for the Control of Cancer have made public a statement by Dr. How ard G. Taylor, chairman of its executive committee, and Dr. Francis Carter Wood, of its ad 'yisory council, touching upon a recent report of the department of commerce, based on returns compiled by the bureau of census, which shows that the total deaths from cancer in the United States during 1921 was 93,000, or 4,000 more than in 1920, They consid ered the report not at all discour aging. | N . " To Subscribers We wish to call the attention of subseribers who have not yet paid their subscripfion that same must be paid at once if they want to stay on the list. We are pre paring to make our new schserip tion book for the year 1923 and want to keep everyone on the list and add more besides. If you are not a subscriber send us in your name—put the home paper in your home. n . ° Services at Methodist Church Last Sunday On last Sunday morning and evening, the pulpit at the Metho dist church was filled by Rev. J. D. Snyder, pastor of this church, and this was his regular preach- Ing day. Rev. Snyder preached two splendid sermons that were well received by a good congregation and made an impression with people that elicited Kkindliest words of praise for his genial and christian hearing. P inati rocrastination - “Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, Tomorrow’s sun to thee may never rize.”’ —(Congreve You have many times determinedjto prepare your self for future opportunities. Probably you {have as many times put off taking the necessary steps. ~ Some folks say that opportunity knocks but once; others say that it knocks more than once; however that may be, it.is surely inability to take advantage of oppor tunity knocks all the time Opportunity is knocking at your door now. It points the way for you to take advantage of taking a fresh start in life by opening a bank account, accummulating money with which to take advantage of the next good investment that comes alorg. There never was a truer saying than the old adage “it takes money to make money.” How many times in your life have you said to yourself “if I only had the money, I could make some money out of that proposi= tion?” Every day you are putting off opening a bank ac aceount and accumenulating something puts you just that much further from taking advantage of opportunity. Make the start today even if it be smaii. We will help and give you every encouragement possible. BANK OF LEESBURG, G:A.NEsBIT, PRESIDENT | O.W.STATHAM, VICE-PRESIDENT T. C. THARP, CASHIER, Here’s a Local End to Wallace Reid’s Death Hero, However, Is Not Actor, But--- Read it Yourself. First of all let it be said the hero of this story is a great big, black and white cat. It happened like this. Several months ago some one gave little Rachel Kvans a little black and white kitten and on. that very same day Mrs. George W. Evans, her mother, took Rachel to see. ““T'o Much Speed,”” starring Wal lace Reid. After returning home little Miss Evans decided to name her kitty after the greal screen star. Mother Evans remenstrated of course, saying name it Bob or Jack, Wallace Reid is too long a pname for a Kkitty. Little Miss Evans did not think so, and so that is how Wallace Reid was in stalled in the Evans home. Now it happened that little Rachel knew nothing of the death of Wallace Reid until Friday eve ning. She went to a nearby drug store for some mints and some said *‘Wallace Reid is dead”’ Rachel rushed home just as fast as she could and bounding into the room with tears in her eyes she asked her mother,, ““when did it happen? Who killed him mother?’ Mrs. Evans of course, was surprised at Ra chel’s questions but after a few minutes found out the real cause for Rachels tears. and taking her little girl in her armsshe told her it was not her Wallace Reid that had died but the Wallace Reid her kitty was named for. Rachel dried hertears and said.** Oh, I am so sorry that he is dead butl am awful glad it isn’t my Kitty Wallace Reid : —Macon Telegraph. Always. A little learning is a dangerous thing when the man who has none tries to beat it Number 4