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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