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THE NEWNAN HERALD, NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1921
CONSIDER THE POTATO.
Commerce Nows.
In trying to solve the problem con
fronting nil tlie people on account of the
npponrnnec of tho boll weevil wo have
considered: First, the importance of t
cash market, in Commerce for nil prod
ucts. Second, the need of n farmers’ or
ganisation at every school-house to die-
cuss the problem and ngrcc on the pro
duction of certain farm products, so
that the farmers In the community may
market those products togethor to ad
vantage. Third, thnt one hundred hens
to the farm house might help in (lulling
n product that can be sold any day in
almost any nmrkot for ready cash.
Fourth, that farmers in every community
put their heads together nnd plant mi
or moro acres in cantaloupes, so they
would hate a qunntlty sufficient to ship
tfifecther to iplYfintligp. We come tow
in a fifth suggestion, to consider tho
potato. It Is not perishable property,
tA* h food product, it is fine when load
ed in ashes during the long winter nig its,
It is elegant If linked and plnccil on tho
table. It is delicious if fried for the
morning meal. No pudding over was or
ever will be superior to potato pit 111 nr.
Thnt mnn or woman who has never had
the good fortune to fonst on a sliced
potato pie was unfortunate in his birth.
The sugar in the potato furnishes nn
clement of food thnt tho body uer.ds,
and lessens the sugar bill uud the gjo
eery hill. It hasn't n fault in nil its
ninko-up. llnfortuiintoly, tlioro nro mil
lions of people who have novor formed
nn acquaintance with the sweet potnto.
Discussing this feature we (lml the fol
lowing in n recent issue of tho Potato
Biillatin:
“It is estimated that not olio person
in ovovy ten in tho United States lias over
seen, much less tasted, a sweet potato.
Truly, tho gospel of happiness nnd
wholesome living needs missionaries.
Above the Mason nnd Dixon line nrc mil
lions of our fellow-cltisons waiting to ho
converted to tho wonders of our South
ern yam, Unlimited markets are stand
ing ready to release a river of dollars
to those who will ponetrnte their possi
bilities. ’ 1
If this is a fact, and if is, then why
not try potatoes? Try them for home
consumption and for shipment, it will
be worse than folly to grow potatoes and
depend on tile local market. The niip-
jdy would ho out of proportion to ilie
demand. Hut there in n market open
for all the potatoes that can lie grown
in this section, Heroin is the need of
that school-house organisation. A com-
mitiiily of farmers run got together,
build a ciiriug-lionsc, cure together, and
then ship together. Anil the lieaniy ef
it is, the potato will unit until tho mar
ket gets right. It will not perish like
the pencil, the cantaloupe or the tomato.
If cured, It will bo good nail sound the
foil ..wing spring. It Is yot time to or-
giirizo and build that curing-house for
tie present crop. Such a house Is now
being erected in Commerce, but it will
n t flccoinmodntc the entire trade terri
tory. Comimialt.v houses me needed, and
v. ill suffice. So when considering the
question ns to what can lie substituted
for cotton as n money crop, tho Georgia
yam looms up as one of tho safest, most
dependable substitutes. If nothing hut
cotton is grown and the boll weevil gets
the most of thnt, what are we going to
do when onr bills bucumo duo in the
full?
TREAT
TO
VOUR SEED GRAIN
PREVENT SMUT.
State Experiment Station Bulletin.
• Tlic advent of tho cotton boll weevil
in uOstrnftiYo numbers Is forcing tho far
mers of Georgia to turn from cotton to
n more gcnernllxed typo of farming.
Jteportg indicate a further large ihcroase
in tli# nereago to bo sown to email grnln
tide fall. To gr5\V thoeo crops in com"
IteUMcih with that of grain-growing sec
tions of tho country tho farmers of
Georgia" cannot afford to neglect nay
factor or practice which will Increase
tho yield. Smut is prncticnlly always
present in oats and wheat from untreat
ed seed, tho damage varying from 1 por
coni, to ns high ns SO per cent., witli nn
average of about 5 per cent. Since tills
loss enn bo entirely eliminated by a sim
ple method of seed treatment, no one
can afford to nogleet this practice.
The trentment in most common nso
consists in dipping the seed for two
hours in ii solution made ivy dissolving
one pint of commercial formalin in 10
gnlhms of water. Remove tho grain
from solution, drain, and keep covered
five hours: then spread out and dry
over night. In practice, the grain ji
bags may be dipped into Iho solution
uud removed, and, nfter draining, piled
together for live hours; then poured out
to dry.
Recently more rapid nnd otherwise
more satisfactory methods have been
worked out nnd highly recommended
where tried. In one of those, devised nnd
tested at the Arlington Farm of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture, the grain
is given n preliminary soaking. It is
dipped in pure water toil minutes, piled
ami kept moist for six hours; then flip-
jmhI for 10 minutes in tho formalin solu
tion, ns above; again piled and kept
moist for six hours; and then spread
out to dry over night. The pro-soaking
allows more rapid use of n small amount
of formalin solution, nnd greatly lessens
the danger of injury to tho seed.
In both of these methods the grain is
swollen, and the amount sown par ncro
must therefore be increased about
]ier cent,
A method of “dry” treatment has re
cently been recommended highly in cer
tain grnin-growing regions. One pint
of commercial formalin is mixed with
one pint of water nnd put into an ordi
nary small quart sprayer. This solu .on
is sprayed onto the grain as it is shov
eled over into n [die. The quart of
solution iH sufficient for SO bushels' of
grain. The sprayed pile is then cov
ered for live hours, in order to hold the
formaldehyde gas and allow it to act.
Tho grain is dry nnd ready to sow at
the end of the treatment, and is not
swollen ns in the soak methods. The
gas from the solution will irritate the
nose and throat of the workmen unless
tho treatment is done in the open air.
Either of the three methods will give
good results, nnd the individual may feel
safe in choosing the method best suited
to liis own conditions.
olio of the sand companies out near
Junction City this spring-summer, nnd
a nogro employee who was being kept
on the pay-roll, but who was not over
burdened with work and had a good deal
of spare time, decided to plant a little
pntch of cotton, to see what It would do,
No cotton had ever been planted m that
particular locality, which was sandy and
not so well adapted to staple crops. The
nearest cotton field was full five miles
nwny, nnd the negro figured thnt the
boll weevils woiildn ’t find their way to
his little patch. He fertilized tho ground
and cultivated his four acres most in
dustriously, hoping to get some cotton.
At tho critical moment tho boll weevils
appeared and they ran through thnt
pntch of cotton oh rapidly ns the Boml-
nolo Limited goes through CohiUce.
There seemed to be millions of them,
and tho cotton field wns fnirly working
with weevils. “The very air seemed
charged with weevils,” said » gentleman
from Junction City, who was telling of
this occurrence. “Remember, that tins
ground had never been planted to cotton
before, and was live miles from a cotton
field.’’
A farmer from Meriwether county
went down to extreme Southwest Georgia
a year or two ago to personally investi
gate boll weevil conditions, nnd nskcil a
large farmer, a friend of his, to tell him
just exactly wlmt Ids experience had
been. That gentleman said: “For three
vents 1 thought 1 could-bent the boll
weevil. The cotton yield each fall would
vory disappointing, and then and tlioro
I would hold up my hand and declare
that I would cut cotton next year and
go in for diversified crops. But when
the next spring rolled around, old habits
asserted themselves and I found myself
believing I could bent tho weevil tills
year, and once more the cotton seed went
in the ground. It took threo yeurs of
this to break me of the cotton habit.
Now ! plant no cotton at all. Others
around me tried various dovicos. One of
them wns to plant only small cotton
patches nnd that in separated Holds, nnd
cultivate those patchos intensively—
working it along ns fast. as possible—
nnd then, when the weevil began to np-
pour, gathering and burning them —
picking over the field daily to got tho
woovils. Well, these smnll pntches of
cotton turned out just like my - big fields,
they were total failures.
“You came down lioro for advice anil
Information,” concluded tho big South
west Georgia funner. 1 ‘ Do you kmov
wlmt 1 have told you is worth?”
“It is worth n grant deal,” slid Iho
Meriwether planter.
“It is worth absolutely nothing to
you—that’s wlmt it’b worth,’’ said the
South Georgian, emphatically. You'll
go l ight back homo and plant cotton just
oh before. You’ll bolievo that your spe
cial section is exempt. Or, if your sec
tion la hit, you’ll beliove that your farm,
for one farm, will escape—you'll know
how to ninnngc, you’ll tell yourself. No,
my friend, you Imvo got to moot the
boll weevil personally. Y’ou’vo got to
try him oat on your own farm. You
will bo convinced, not by whnt somebody
else snyB, but only by your own expe
rience, ’ ’
The gentleman returned to Moriwotlier
county, much impressed. The next year
ho planted cotton ns usual. Ho met and
shook hands witli Mr. Boll Weevil two
years in succession before lie decided to
quit his company. His South Georgia
friend Imd it down exactly right.
Ben Franklin Task Poker Into Parle,
In Paris pokor was first introduced
Sta (m uliimi^ndcir, wno ffuglit mem
bers of the court thfif pokor liail Join-
tnoes beat a mile. To this day a group
of wliUe-[inlred Frdjiobmen, descend
ants of the club Franklin founded,
meet every night at six o'clock oil the
first floor of tho Tnvorn Roynle and
piny poker, with ninny ejaculations
nnii tli'e nTost absorbed seriousness mi-
til It is time for dinner. They num
ber among them two millionaires^ tho
bead of a famous dressmaking firmTH
senator and a famous Socialist author,
and they play with sous ns chips and
a limit of DO centimes—about 7 cents
ill present rate of exchange—on the
game.
One of Franklin’s peculiarities wns
a contention that a flush beat a full
house, and even now the majority of
Frenchmen play that way.
ROBS OTHER BIRDS OF PREY
CAN’T BEAT THE BOLL WEEVIL
EXCEPT IN ONE WAY.
W. G. Woodall in Columbus Enquirer
Bun.
Business was not overly-rushing witli
"Frigate Pelican” Secure* Its Food
Chiefly by Forcing Its Weaker
Brethren to Dfegorge.
The frlgnte bird, also called tile man-
of-war liuwk and tile "frlguto pelican,"
Is a sen bird, so culled from its nttacks
on other birds. This bird, very large
and with black plumage, Is capable of
very powerful nnd rapid flight It
sometimes measures ten feet from tip
to tip of Its extended wings. On ac
count of Its Immense extent of wing
and Its dashing liuhlts, It has been
called the swiftest bird that sweeps
ttie^sciis!'" “•""wistt-wiwBtt.- n
The frigate bird Is a tropical sea
bird of two species. Tim larger ranges
the smaller is found only near the
eastern seas from Madagascar to Mo
luccas and southward to Australia.
Both species breed In large colonies,
building their nests on rocks, high
cliffs or lofty trees on uninhabited
Islands. The birds often lly far out
to sen, but most of the time they re
main neur shore.
The frlgnte bird’s nerinl evolutions
are extremely graceful nnd It sours to
great heights. It Is.said never to dive
for Its prey, but to seize Ashes only
when they appear at the surface or
above it. Flying fishes form a great
part of Its food. This bird of prey also
pursues gulls and terns und eats the
fish It forces them to disgorge. The
male acquires under its bill a bright
scarlet pouch which is capable of in
flation.
HOUSED IN OLD BUILDINGS
Financial Institutions of Yorktown,
Virginia, Do Business Among His
toric Surroundings.
Within 20 miles of where the first
English settlement In America was
made at Jamestown Is the scene
where Cnpt. John Smith records the
story of Ills rescue by Poculiontas, the
daughter of the Indlnn chief, Powha
tan. Within a circle of 20 miles is
to be found the oldest Protestant
church in America; the kitchen where
Martha Washington cooked In good
coloulnl style; the college which has
graduated threo presidents; Bruton
church, in which more men of his
torical importance huve worshiped
thnn in any other church in America
—and Yorktown, where Cornwallis
surrendered to Washington.
Although Yorktown has a popula
tion of less than two hundred, it has
two banks, botli of which are working
In whnt are probably the two oldest
buildings used for banks In America.
One of these banks, operating under
state mid trust company laws, is
housed In the historic oldest custom
house built In America—erected in
1715. Here tile ships for Philadelphia
were once compelled to enter and
clear. Here nt one time wns the gath
ering plnce of the financiers of the
early colonists. Wall street: has tok
en away the financiers, but fens left
the same old building with its same
old walls of English brick, some 24 by
feet square and two stories high.
Wood That Does Not Rot. .
Tho wood of tho mangrove tree,
which Is found In French Guiana, is
considered liy the French ns a wood
thnt will not rot. All exposure nnd
efforts to break "down Its fiber In four
years’ experiments by the French rail
way service have been useless.
The grain of tile wood Is so close
as practically to exclude all moisture.
Its density is placed nt HO. as against
40 for fir uud 70 for oak. In addition
to tltls closeness of fiber the man
grove lutB n large amount of tanning
in Us composition. Tills protects it
from Insects and such blights ns mold
and damp. While not as brittle ns
oak, it lias twice the resistance to
flexion nnd has about tho same po
tency against crusMng and twisting.
MICKIE SAYS—
P AWLMKSVAWAWUObOESVtT
MWERTtSE ATTRACTS ABOUT AS
MUCM KTTCWTIOU AROUND TCNJtt
AS A CUURCU BBU. VWOOV-D
VJHWOUT A CUARRER \ \ ,
Dream Lore.
To dream you ore nt the equator
signifies an abundance of the neces
sities of life. To farmers tt Is a good
omen, ns It promises good weather and
fine crops. To merchants It foretells
a decrease In business. To cross the
equator In a ship, riches If the ship
Is North bound; poverty If South
bound. To see a Hue where the equa
tor Is denotes good business qualifi
cations, success tn commercial life.
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Racing Monkeys.
It Is true thnt uu active boy could
easily outrun most monkeys “on the
flat." But there Is one species, known
as the Potos monkey, which is very
swift. Built somewhat like a grey
hound, It can gallop at a speed of 18
miles an hour, nnd outdistance a good
pony.
.Notice to Debtors nnd Creditors.
GEORGIA—Coweta County: _
All creditors of tho estate of Thomas
H. Herring, late of Coweta county, Ga.,
deceased, are hereby notified to render
tn their demands to the undersigned
according to law; and all persons In
debted to said estate are required to
make Immediate payment to the un
dersigned, This Sept. 0. 1921.
GENEVA J. HERRING,
Administrator.
R. F. D. 8, Newnan, Oa.
Herald Want Ads. Pay.
Notice to Debtors nnd Creditors.
GEORGIA—Coweta County;
All creditors of the estate of Claudw
C. Culbroath, late of said State and-
county, deceased, who traded under the
name of Culbreath's Pharmacy, are-
liercby notified to render In their de
mands agalnBt him individually, or
against Culbreath's Pharmacy, to the
undersigned according to law; and all
persona Indebted to satd estate, or to
Culbreath's Pharmacy, are required to
make Immediate payment to me. Thin
August 1st. 1921. inm
MRS. LETA A. CULBREATH, Admr;
P. O. Address—Palmetto, Ga.
Most People Friendly.
Nobody will do ns much for yon as
you will do yourself, but lots of pen
pie will do more to you If vqii tat them
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
All creditors of the estate of Merritls
Chandler, late of Coweta county, Ga.,
deceased, are hereby notified to render
In their demands to the undersigned
according to law; and all persons In
debted to said estate are required to
make Immediate payment to the un
dersigned. This Sept. 9, 1921.
LUNIE S. SHROPSHIRE,
Administrator.
R. F. D. 1, Palmetto, Ga.
A Market for Peas
We will buy one thousand bushels
of field peas, paying market price,
either cash, on account, or in mer
chandise. Let us have your surplus.
SEED 04IS--
We offer the famous Texas Rust-
Proof Seed Oats, selling at market
price. The price this week is 8oc.
Get your supply and provide your
own feed for stock.
FRICTION TOP SYRUP PAILS,
WITH BAILS
We received a car this week, and
have another car due to arrive next
Wednesday, and will have an ample
supply for your needs, IF YOU
BUY NOW. This is a standard
pail and gives universal satisfaction.
No. io size, 11C each, in lots of ioo
No. 5 'size, 8C each, in lots of ioo
Johnson Hardware Co.
“LOYALTY”
No Exchange.
"There's «no thing about selling
postage stamps," said the tired
druggist
“What Is It'i" asked the customer.
“There’s no profit In the deni, of
course, but It's one thing I sell that
my customers dou’t bring back nud
want to exchange for something else."
—Detroit Free Press.
Panama Canal Looks.
There are few things more Interest
ing to the Average traveler than to
pastj through th? great locks of the
Panama canal. The vessel enters very
slowly and as she does lines are taken
aboard lending to electric motors or
“niules," which keep her in the center
of the lock. Then the great gates at
the renr swing together and the wnter
is turtle^ into the enclosure thus
JorinoiT. Looting over tile side of the
steamer one sees a great bubble of
wnter rise from the bottom, then a
second nnd third appear until finally
tho whole surface of the lqck Is boil
ing. The pressure is so groat Hint
often fish sucked Into the drains that
lend from the (fhtmn lake, nro drawn
In and thrown several feet Into the
air. When the proper level Is finally
reached the gale abend of the vessel
opens and the “mules start forward,
dragging the vessel free from the lock
before she moves ahead under her
own power.
Carnival Festivities.
Carnival festivities originated In the
Roman Catholic countries of Europe,
where they were celebrated, especial
ly in Rome and Naples, with great
mirth nnd freedom during the week
before the beginning of Lent. Mardl
Gras (literally “Fat Tuesday," so
called for the French practice of pa
rading a fnt ox, “boeuf gras," during
the celebration of the day), or Shrove
Tuesday, is the last day of the car
nival. The festivities were first In
troduced Into New Orleans In 1833, by
one of Its French citizens. Mr. Mnrlg-
ny, and for many years they consisted
of promiscuous maskers roaming
through the streets of the city, indulg
ing In various kinds of amusements,
fun and folly.
Embarrassment
"Of course," remarked Senator Sor
ghum, "I wns proud to huve a vote so
overwhelmingly in my favor. And yet
It has its disadvantages."
“In whnt way?"
"I am compelled to feel n sense of
obligation toward everybody who
votes for me; and a landslide makes
the number so great thut I can scarce
ly keep up with the responsibilities."
Pull for Newnan.
Oldest Crown Jewel a Sapphire.
Only a few of the early British
royal jewels survive In the present
regalia. The oldest of these is the
sapphire of Edward the Confessor,
which was originally set in his coro
nation ring. It was buried with him
tn his shrine in Westminster Abbey,
but in 1101 the shrine wits broken
open and this nnd other Jewels re
moved. The sapphire Is in the cross
on the top of the king's state crown.
Legend lias It thnt St John once ap
peared before the Confessor ns a pil
grim, and that the monarch gave him
the ring, which was returned later.
The stone Is reputed to have the pow
er of curing scintica and rheumatism,
but has not been used for this pur
pose recently.
“Are You Loyal to Your City?”
The above questions and MORE were published in last
Sunday’s paper in the largest city in Georgia—and it struck
us very forcibly when we read it. For if it is good for that
city, why is it not good sound advice for a city like Newnan?
Patronize your own home merchants, Go into your own
home stores—see what they have—get their prices—and you
will be surprised to find many things that you did not ex
pect and at less price than you thought.
“Well! If you are part of our city and spend your mon
ey to help lurther the city’s growth why don’t you do it all
over instead of half way?” Look around you and see what we
have and then spend all you can at home.
If you need anything for some worthy cause, aren’t the
merchants in your home town the most liberal contributors?
Don’t they put their money in the home banks, help you
pay your taxes, assist in keeping up your schools, churches
and public institutions? Every dollar you send out of- your
city makes your own town poorer and the other city richer-
Give your own home merchant a chance. “Try it, if you
are not already a convert, and see if the investment don’t bring
fine results—to yourself as well as your town.”
We don’t say trade WITH US, but we do sa^ TRADE
AT HOME, and we believe that every merchant in Newnan
will be more appreciative, and thank you for every dollar that
you spend at home, for we need it and will thank you, also.
Glover-Jones Company
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