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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE
Northern Cities Face
Serious Situation
ATLANTA, Ga., July 7.—-
Recently arrived Southern ne
groes in Detroit, Philadelphia,
St. Louis, and other northern
and eastern cities are facing a
serious situation, according to
information given the Georgia
Manufacturers Association by
leading charity crgonization in
each of the cities named. Un
employment and housing condi-i
{icns are mainly responsible. |
Unskilled negro iabor in De
troit is a drug on the market,
according to the department cof
Public Welfare m that city, and‘
if the pericd of unemployment
there continues, the Southern
negro will be in ‘‘dire straits’’,
while in Philadelphia there are
only fifty houses out eof over
sixty cne thousand which rent
for less than fifty dollars a
month, and few if any of these
are ayailable for negroes. Six
teen negroes were recently found
living in one room, and any
widespread unemployment situa
tion will make the condition of
these negroes ‘‘appauling’ ac
cording to the Society for organ
izing Charity, leading charity
organization of that city.
~ The telegrams below were sent
in response to an inquiry from
John W. Yokb, Secretary of the
Manufacturers Association.
A Detroit, Mich., July 5.
Georgia Manufacturers Associa
tion.
Atlanta, Ga.
Unskilled colored labor is a
Cruz on the market in Detroit
at the prezent time New ar
rivals are finding it difficult to
obtain employment. Housing
conditions are very bad. New
arrivals forced to live in crowd
ed rooms at excessiye prices. If
period of unemployment con
tinues unskilled colored labor
will be in dire straits. City is
not financed to take care of an
influx of Southern negroes or
non-residents of any class.
City of Detroit Department of
Public Welfare.
T. K. Dolan, Gen. Supt.
Philadelphia, Penn , July.
Georgia Manufacturers Associa
tion.
Atlanta, Ga.
Housing Shortage here makes
condition Southern unskilled ne
gro serious. Living in crowded
quarters that menace health and
life. Sixteen people recently
discovered to be living in one
room. Canvass of 61,155 dwell-
TO THE TRADING PUBLIC:
; o
e
I wish to announce to the Public that I have bought the
Grocery busineas of Miss Neva Gree: and have a complete
line of Groceries and will be glad to have you call around
and see me. I will carry everything needed for the home
and will appreciate your trade. I will at all times do my
best to please you and give you the right prices. = Full
weight and courteous treatment. “Sqaiare Dealing’’ is my
motto. 5 : . 3 : : ?
Yours to serve,
L W 11 LONG:
Melons and Peaches
A -
Speeding to Markets
Georgia watermelons, which
like peaches and other lucious
edibles, have made Georgia
famous throughout the country,
are speeding to the markets. A
full train load from South Geor
gia territory has been handled
by the Atlanta, Birmingham &
Atlantic railroads and officials of
the system report that many car
lcads will be shipped during the
season from varicus points on its
lina,
Last year’s Georgia water
melon crop was 4,000 carloads
less than the crop of 1921, and
‘the 1921 crop was 2,000 carloads
‘under the preducticn of 1920,
which was 16,000 carloads. This
year’s crop will .be 10,000 car
loads, according to latest esti
mates, and will go to the markets
somedays behind the average
shipping dates of the last several
seasons. Watermelons consti
tute an important money crop in
a number of South Georgia
counties, which the A. B. and A.
railway traverses, and generally
good prices for this years crop
seem to be in prospect.
WANTED
Man to work as Salesman and
Collector for Singer Sewing Ma
chine Co., in Lee County. Ap
ply 308 N. Washington St., Al
bany, Ga., or ’Phone 415. 4t
666 quickly relieves Constipa
tion, Biliousness, Headaches, Colds
aud Lagrippe.
ings by Philadelphia Housing
Association in April showed only
fifty six for rent at less than
fifty dollars per month. Few if
any of these available for ne
groes. Should widespread un
employment develop condition
of these newcomers would be
appalling. .
Society for Organizing Charity.
St. Louis, Mo., July 5.
Georgia Manufacturers Associa
tion.
Atlanta, Ga.
There is an increasing number
of Southern negroes cuming to
St. Louis. A growing problem
is recognized. Serious attention
now being given o the problem
and local sources are meeting
possible emergencies such as
housing and unemployment.
St. Louis Providence Association.
Leeshure, Lee County Ga , Friday JULY 13, 1923
Florida Method of
801 l Weevil Control
As there was a - great deal of
interest in the state in regards
to the Florida Plan of controlling
the boll weevil, Dr. George D,
Smith. of the Florida Station
and oviginator of the method,
was invited to visit the Georgia
Experiment Station and describe
the details of his methods for
the benefit of the farmers who
could attend. Since then there
has been numerous requests
farmers for a description of Dr.
Smith’s method. These are
given below substantially as
made by Dr. Smithin his address.
As yet there has been no op
portunity to try out this method
under Georgia conditions as Dr.
Smith published his results only
last fall. This year the Georgia
Experiment Station is making a
thorough trial of this method
under. Georgia conditions, and
farmers interested are invited to
visit the Station and see the
results. Dr. Smith claimed that
his method is simple, practical,
and logical when compared with
other methods. He has used it
four years successfully under
Florida conditions and sees no
reason why it should not be suec
cessfully applied under Georgia
conditions. :
The material needed for ap
plying this method are few and
easily obtained. Each picker
should be proyided with a small
sack with a double draw string
in it so it can be closed tightly.
Two of these sacks can be made
from a yard of cotton cloth. A
mop made with a short stick
with a rag tied at the end, and
a mixture made by stir
ring two pounds of calcium ar
senate in 1-2 gallon of water and
then adding one gallon of mo
lasses. Some large clocse woven
sacks are useful for disposing of
the picked squares.
In using this method all the
squares, with the weevils they
contain, are removed from the
cotton; when there are two ori
three large squares to each plant.
The field is then immediately
poisoned, so as to destroy any
weevils which escape the pickers.
As all the weevils will be out of
their winter quarters by this
time, and all the eggs {destroyed
by removing the squares, and
99 per cent of the adult weevils!
killed by the pickers or the poi
son. There will be so few wee
vils left that praectically a full
crop may be obtained. Further
more, Dr. Smith’s experiments
show that removing the first
squares stimulates the cotton
plants insuch a way that the
bottom, middle, and top crops
are produced at about the same
time. This enables the farmer
to get practically a full crop he
fore the weevil beging to mi
grate. Also it leaves one or two
pickings. ; |
A good picker can pick about
one acre a day. The small bags
with draw strings should be
used so as to prevent any weevils
escaping. When they are full
they should be emptied into the
large closely woven bags. These
bags should be Kkept securely
tied. When they are full the
weevils may be destroyed by
burning or the bags kept in hot
sunshine for 48 hours. The
green squares will héat and kil
the weevils. |
[t is impossible to be certain
that all the squares are removed
by going over the cotton once.
;New Dry Goods Store
i For Leesburg
i Mr. B. Aronson has opened up
in Leesburg a dry goods store and
'is now ready to serve the people of
?l,ou County and surrounding terri=
"tory. Mr. Arnoson has everything
!nvmlvd and will no doubt do & good
husiness here. eis from Damas
e, Gan, and his family has already
arrived and they will make their
home here. The store will be
known as the B Aronson store and
is located in the building formerly
cceupred by S. Hirschensohn., We
welcome them to our city and wish
them much success.
City Tax Notice.
The City Tax books for making
returns is now open at the office of
the Clerk and Treasurer. The
books will only be open for a short
time and 1f you do not make your
returns you will be double taxed.
Be gure and make your returns and
save the extra cost.
T. R. BASE:
Clerk and Treasurer.
666 cures Malaria, Chills and
Fever, Dengue or Bilious Fever,
It destroys the germs.
As thisis of great importance
for the success of the plan. the
cotton should be gone over the
second time, right after the first
picking, so as to remove any
squares, missed. This will take
only about 1-10 of the time of
the first picking. Itis not nec
essary to remove the yery small
squares as eggs laid in these will
not hateh, but only squares‘
whose bracks or shucks are large
enough to hide a weevil.
Poison should take place as
scon after picking the squares as
possible. Unless it looks like
rain itis a good plan to stop
some of the pickers about 5
o’ciock in the evening and poison‘
all the eotton that has been pick
ed over that day. The mopl
should be stuck down into the |
bud of the cotton plant, so as to,
get a little of the mixture in each
bud. All the squares being re
moved the weevils will make for
the bud of the cotton, so that
the poison is much more effective
than when applied without strip
ping. 1f the poison stays on un
til 12 o’clock the next day it will
not be necessary to poison again,
but if the poison is washed off
by rains before that time the
poisoning should be repeated.
Dust ean be used instead of the
mixture, but it must stay on 3
or 4 days to be effective. It
should be forced down well into
the bud of the plant.
Even when the greatest care
is takened it some times hap
pens that a few weevils are mis
sed. Soten days totwo weeks
sfter picking the squares walk
through- the treated fields and if
a weevil has been missing stop
and get all the punctured squares
within a radius of 10 or 15 feet.
Farmers who wish to try out
this method on their own farm
can still do so. Dr. Smith states
that it can Le successfully ar
plied even after the cotton has
started to bloom and a few small
bolls have formed. When ap
plied as late sas this, however,
the labor connected with remov
ing the squares is much greater.
R. P. BIRDSOE,
Agronomist’
(}l!6nel Spence
Made President
Of Peanut Assn.
Two Vice-Presidents and
Others Named at Per
manent Organization
Meeting Held in Albany
ALBANY, Ga., July 2.—At
the permanent organization
meeting of the directors of the
Georgia Peanut Growers Asso
ciation held at Albany Monday.
June 25, the following officer:
were elected.
President—Colonel R. E. L
Spence, Albany,
First Vice-President—J. P
Mcßee, Camilla.
Second Vice-President—W. J
Oliver, Shellman.
Temporary Secretary—W. E
Barnes, Albany.
Treasurer—To be selected la
ter.
Executive Committee—Colone
Spence, Mr. Mcßee, Mr. Oliver
and J. M. Hunt, of Cordele anc
G. R. Lundy, of Sylvester.
Officers of the temporary or
ganization read reports showin;
that the Association had beer
perfected at a very low expense.
Several authorities on co-opera.
tive marketing have declarec
that the Peanut Association was
formed at the lowest organiza
tion expensive of any big co
operative marketing organization
yet formed.
A charter was applied for, the
form being agreed on after a
draft made by Aaron Sapiro was
read. A set of by-laws was
adopted and other steps taken
in the way of permanent organ
ization. The first Wednesday
in each month was agreed on as
the regular meeting date for the
hoard.
A run-over election is being
held in Sixth district—composed
of Thomas, Brooks, Cook and
Colquitt counties this week be
tween C. M. Massey, of Barwick
and [.. J. McPhaul, of Doerun.
Mr. Massey, who led the ticket
but did not receive a majority in|
Check Yourself Up
Every progressive institution takes inyentory, or ‘‘checks
themselves up’’ at regular intervals to see where they stand
to see if they are making or losing money.
It is just as important for individuals to take periodical
inventories to determine their condition morally, physically,
spiritually and financially.
Are you content with your present condition and ac
complishments? ;
Is your condition better, or worse than it was a year
ago?
Are you reaching out for success, or you just merely
drifting with the tide.
If the latter is true:; your condition is daily growing
worse, for you are constantly losing an opportunity to better
yourself and help your fellow man.
Reach out for success, but do not confuge success with
mere money getting, for after all it isnot altogetner what
you make, but what you save that counts.
No life is complete that does not contribute to the hap
piness of others. Are you daily contributing to the happi
ness of those around you?
We want to contribute to your happiness by helping you
to get ahead in this world.
BANK OF LEESBURG,
G A NESBIT, PRESIDENT O.W.STATHAM, VICE-PRESIDENT
: - T. C. THARP, CASHIER,
Smithville Sunday
School News
Smithville, Ga., July B.—Sun
day School was held at the Metho
dist Church at 9:45 by Supt. Geo.
Clarke. There was a very good at
tendance. There was a total of 67.
There were two honor classes.
Class No. 4, Mrs. C. R. Malone,
teacher, 100 per cent. Those at
tending this class were Sara Clarke,
Bertha § Miller, Elizabeth Cowart
wmd Dorothy Hays, Class No. 5,
Visgs Alice Ansley. teacher, 100 per
ent. Those "attending this class
vere Misses Lydia Phillips, Nellie
sowart, Emma Joe Jolley, Thelma
slark and Helen Hays. Two new
nembers were added to the Sunday
senool rell. There were two visitors
[rs. E. M. Fuller and Miss Mary
"orbis.
liss Alice Ansley has returned
com a very pleasant visit to At
unta, <
N.H.Long Buys Miss
Neva Green’s Store
Mr. W. H. Long hes purchased
he grocery store formerly owned
»y Miss Neva Green and has al
-eady taken charge of same. Mr.
f.ong is a lLeesburg boy and is well
‘ amown and liked throughout the
: sounty and will make good in the
mercantile business here. He can
Jways be found on the job and will
be glad to meet all Lis friends at
the store.
S
the first election, is serving as
temporary director.
The Peanut Association now
has a sign-up of nearly 90,000
‘acres, about 68,000 acres of which
are in the original territory and
about 24,000 acres in Middle
Georgia and other sections of
South Georgia that were not in
cluded in the original territory.
It is expected that 100,000 acres
will be under contract in the
State by harvest time.
As soon as this new territory
is fully organized, new districts
will be laid out in that part of
the state and a director will be
elected from each of the districts
Number 10