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WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 29. 1918.
THE MILLEDGEVlALE NEWS.
SPECIAL SERVICES RENDERED
BY GA. BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY
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What The Board Has Done And Is Doing To
Save Food, Fruit And Cotton Crops From
Injurious Insects And Diseases
; Atlanta, Oa, May 21.—(Special.)—
The people of Georgia, especially
farmer* and fruit growers, ought to
ibe well posted on the variety and ex
tent of the services offered to them
through the State Board of Entomol
ogy—services for which there 1* no
charge and which have saved the
state, or itB Individual citizens. In the
.last twenty years, many millions of
dollars.
The Georgia State Board of Ento
mology was established In 1898 with
an Initial appropriation of only $2,500.
jit had then only a state entomologist
[and a stenographer. Today It has grown
Into a splendidly efficient organisation
'Of fifteen, Including state entomolo-
iglst, assistant, experts, station super
intendents, stenographers and others,
'and handles annually a state appro
priation of $50,000.
Generally speaking the work of the
state board may be classified as In
spection work, enforcement of quar-
ianttne regulations, Investigations look
ing to the control of Injurious plant
'Insects, and experiments for the con
trol of plant diseases.
To Save Food Crops
The particular purpose of this ar
ticle la to call the attention of farm
ers and fruit growers to the service
jtbe state board of entomology renders,
so that there may be a wider appllca-
itlon of it right now to prevent the de
struction by insects and diseases of
.food and fruit crops so badly needed
by Georgia and the country.
The inspection work includes In
spection of the 115 nurseries in the
state, as well as foreign shipments
Into Georgia, to prevent the dissemi
nation of injurious insects and plant
diseases. In addition, many peach and
apple orchards, private grounds in city
and country, truck farms and cotton
fields are inspected at the request of
owners, and directions givon regard
ing the control of any plant diseases
or Insects discovered In them.
Quarantine regulations which Rro
enforced by the board relate to the
boll weevil and cotton products from
rInfested sections; to the shipment of
nursery stock within the state and
from other states; to the pine blister
;rust, the sweet potato weevil and the
L foul brood of bees.
Insects And Diseases
! The department conducts experi
ments under the direction of W. W.
Chase, and furnishes information re
lating to the control of peach insects,
such as curculio, peach-tree borer,
shot-hole borer and San Jose scale;
apple insects, such as codling moth,
flat and round-headed boror, apple
aphis, woolly aphis, San Jose and otb-
•r scale insects; Hessian fly in wheat,
and, finally, garden and all crop in
sects and those which attack shnde
trees, timber trees, shrubbery and
flowers.
Plant diseases have been given
grent deal of time and careful atten-
1lon by the board. Among these may
be mentioned hitter rot, scab, leaf
•pot, cedar rust and crown gall of the
apple; brown rot, senb, leaf curl,
crown gall and nematode galls of the
peach; various pecan Insects and dis
eases; diseases of field nnd garden
plants such as potato blight, tomato
srilt, black rot of cabbages; and, final
ly, the diseases which have proven so
destructive to cotton, such as wilt, an-
flbracnose and leaf spot or black arm.
Reducing Cotton Wilt
8tate Entomologist A. C. Lewis has
devoted much time each season since
1905 to cotton wilt and its control. Mr
Lewis has succeeded in breeding six
low strains which are wilt-resistant—
four hybrids, Including Dix-Aflfl, Lewis
<3. Dillon Hybrid and Hendley's
Choice; and two, by selection. Mo
della and DeSoto, Covington-Toole,
■ov known os Councll-Toole, has also
been greatly Improved by selection
These wilt-resistant strains originat
ed and distributed by the board of
entomology, are now saving the cotton
growers of Georgia millions of dollars
each year. Thus the annual loss from
wilt to Georgia has already been re
dueed from $1,500,000 in 1905 to $500
•00 In 1917, due directly to the work
«t the board.
Value of Variety Tests
The variety cotton tests conduct
$300,000,000 ADDED
TO RAILWAY PAYROLL
Order Issued by Director-
General McAdoo Effective
Next Saturday—Retroact
ive to January 1, 1918.
Washington, May 28.—General pay
increases for nearly 2,000,000 railroad
State Entomologist Lewis, and the vo- employes were announced today by
rlety test stations at Waynesboro, ' Director-General McAdoo, effective
Sparta. Washington, Rome, Cornelia i . _ . . . , ,
and Atlanta are being directed by nejtt Saturday and retroactive to last
Mr. C. A. McLendon. Mr. Lewis and January 1, carrying out, substantially,
Mr. Williams are covering those sec- recommendations of the railroad wage
commission. The aggregate of the
tlons of the state where the boll wee I
vll Is already prevalent. Mr. McLen- ,
don Is operating In those sections
which have not yet been reached by
the boll weevil.
County Tests.
A special effort Is being made by
the Board of Entomology in many
counties to develop and breed up
strains of cotton that can be grown
successfully under boll weevil and wilt
conditions in Georgia. In each of
these oounties one or two cotton grow-
increases probably will be more than
$300,090,0000 a year, half of which will
be distributed within a few weeks as
back pay in lump sums ranging from
about $100 to nearly $200 each.
The director-general departed from
the wage commission's recommenda
tions in the following particulars:
The principle cf the basic 8-hour
era provide from five to ten sucres
which are planted in seed furnished
by the department. From these cot
ton tests it is being ascertained what
varieties are best adapted to each
county, and a party Ih secured, who, I f u t ure adjustments of pay are to be
In a tew years, will become a source I . *
of seed supply from whom others In I ma d® on the basis of eight hours.
day is recognized, but owing eo exi
gencies of the war situation, hours of
employment are not actually reduced
and overtime is to be paid pro rata;
that community may purchase seed of
a variety adapted to their soil and cli
mate.
In this connection attention may he
called to the fact that the Depart
ment of Entomology Is giving special
directions, whenever called for, with
regard to growing cotton under boll
weevil conditions. These county
tests are being conducted under the
direction of Messrs. Lewis. Williams
and Mcl-endon In 130 counties. The
department has adopted this plan of
distributing seed, Instead of sending
out seed In bushel lots as heretofore.
Dusting for Boll Weevil
In addition to the work on differ
ent Insects as already outlined, the
bonrd of entomology Is conducting this |
season extensive experiments on dust
ing with arsenate of lead and other
materials for the control of the boll
weevil. This work Is being done to
determine If It Is possible to develop
a more thorough, efficient and cheaper
method of controlling the boll weevil
than that now usually recommended, j
Assistant Entomologist W. V. Reed,
engaged particularly in the work on I
garden truck, 1s In charge of spraying |
experiments at Griffin, for the con- .
trol of the Mosaic disease of pimento
peppers. Mr. Reed, however, Is giv- I
ing most of his time to the sweet po- I
tato weevil, which so far has made
Its appearance In only one county In
the state—Charlton. Special efforts
are being made to exterminate this
Insect, which Is to the sweet potato
what the boll weevil is to cotton, or
at least to keep it within Its present
limits.
Reducing Food Losses
The board of entomology this year
is making extraordinary efforts to as
sist everyone in the control of insects
and plant diseases, so as to reduce
the losses from these sources to a
minimum. This work is just now more
Important than ever because of the
necessity that every possible pound
of food crops shall bo ralsod and ma
tured; and with proper effort most of
the ten to twenty per cent of the
crop which Is thus anr;ially destroyed,
may be saved.
For these reasons we urge everyone
who finds an insect or plant disease
working on their crops, to send at
cnee a specimen for identification to
the board of entomology. Specimens
of insects should be sent by mall In
tin box so that they will not be
crushed or mutilated on the way.
Free Bulletins
The following bulletins are availa
ble for free distribution to anyone in
the state desiring them;
Bulletins
No. 30—Control of Army Worm and
Cotton Caterpillar.
No. 40—Cotton Wilt In Georgia.
No. 41—Truck Crop Pests.
No. 43—Peach Insects and DIw
eases.
No. 44—Mexican Cotton Boll Wee
vll.
No. 46—Cotton Variety Tests fov
1916.
No. 47—Growing Cotton Under Boll
Weevil Conditions.
No. 49—Pecan Insect* MSfl Me
eases.
Circulars
No. 7—The Hessian Fly tB Owe
gia.
No. 12—Army Worm and Cotta*
Caterpillar.
No. 17—The "V” Cotton-stalk Cut
ter.
No. 2P—Directions for Making First
Year Cotton Selections.
No. 22—Control of Corn Weevil.
No. 24—Helpful Hints on Dusting
In addition to the ordinary scale of
increase, day laborers employed main
ly on track work, are to get at least
2% cents an hour more than they re
ceived December 31.
A minimum of 55 cents an hour is
established for the shop trades, in
cluding machinists, boilermakers and
blacksmiths.
Women Same As Men.
Women are to receive the same pay
as men for the same work, and ne
groes are to get the same as white
men for similar employment.
given smaller Increases, all employes
who received less than $46 a month
are given a flat Increase of $20, with
the provision that laborers paid by the
day shall get a minimum of 2% cents
an hour above the rate of six months
ago.
Table of Increases.
The table of Increases as announced,
itemized for each dollar of wages re
ceived in December, 1916, may be
summarized as follows:
Monthly rate Increase ab vo
in 1915.
1915
pay.
$46
to
$50
$21.21
to
$21.50
$50
to
$55
$21.60
to
$22.55
$55
to
$60
$22.96
to
$24.60
$60
to
$65
$25.01
to
$26.65
$65
to
$70
$27.06
to
$28.:o
$70
to
$75 ....
$29.11
to
$30.75
$75
to
$80
$31.16
to
$32.70
$80
to
$85
$32.75
to
$34.00
$85
to
$90
$33.85
to
$33.25
$90
to
$95
$33.10
to
$32.50
$95
to
$100
$32.36
to
$31.75
$100 to $105 $31.60 to $31.50
$105 to $110 $29.11 to $27.50
$110 to $115 $27.12 to $25.66
$115 to $120 $25.31 to $23.96
$120 to $125 $23.64 to $22.40
$125 to $130 $22.11 to $20.96
$130 to $135 $20.69 to $19.63
$135 to $140 $19.38 to $18.39
$140 to $145 $18.16 to $17.24
$146 to $150 $17.02 to $16.17
$150 to $155 $15.96 to $16.15
$155 tc $160 $14.97 to $14.22
$150 to $165 $14.04 to $13.33
$165 to $170 $13.16 to $12.50
$170 to $175 $12.34 to $11.71
$175 to $180 $11.56 to $10.97
$180 to $185 $10.83 to $10.27
Press Bulletin No. 1—Common In
serts nnd Diseases of the Irish Pota-
ed by the department aro proving of
Immense value. The purpose of these I porches'
St ™ 1 ? 8 ,° f C i ° MOn No. 25-Boll Weevil Quarantine
which aro both early maturing in or- RMulatlons wlth showinK Dlatri
der to meet boll weevil conditions and bullon of thfi $U n .
wilt-resistant; and in addition to find
cut which are best adapted to maxi
mum yield in particular localities.
These variety tests are now being con
ducted at Thotnasville and Valdosta,
where the board has two stations in
charge of Cotton Specialist Ira W.
Williams. Experiments at the Valdos
ta station nre confined to sea Island
cotton.
The variety tests at Vienna, Amer-
Icus, Lumpkin and Brunswick, togeth
er with the breeding plot at DeSoto,
Sumter county aro in charge of
If you desire to have your name
placed on the mailing list of the Geor
gia Slate Bonrd of Entomology, or to
have copies of any of I he above pub
lications; or wish lo send in any spec
imens nf Insects or diseases for iden-
tificrtlon; or desire any .lnformat'oB
In regard to the control of some spe
cial Insect or disease that Is attack
ing your crops, address A. C. I-ewls,
State Entomologist, Atlanta, Oa.
To work out a multitude of inequal
ities of pay among employes doing si
milar work in different localities and
other injustices caused by varying
rules of employment and condition of
organization, the director-general cre
ated a new hoard of railroad wages
and working conditions consisting of
three labor representatives and three
railroad executives, which will conduct
extensive investigations.
All increases now ordered will be
determined according to a percentage
scale based on pay received In De
cember, 1915- and any Increases which
hnve bean allowed within that time,
will be deducted. In many cases rais
es In pay in the last two and a half
years are about equal to the increases
now approved, and consequently thesa
employes will get little or no more..
To correct jest such situations when
Injustices nre apparent will be one of
the principal duties of the new wage
hoard, whose creation was suggested
by the railroad wage commission. In
no case are wages to be reduced.
Those Who Will Benefit.
Men working on the monthly, daily,
hourly, piece work and train mile bas
is will benefit by the new allowances,
and members of the four leading rail
way brotherhoods whose pay was rais
ed through operation of the Adamson
act are to receive from 10 to 40 per
cent, additional, a smalled increase
than they had asked of railroads.
The wage order applies to all em
ployes of the 164 roads now under
federal management, but net to the so-
called short lines unless they aro re
tained by the Government after July 1.
It affects employes of terminal, union
station, and switching companies,
lighters, ferries and tugs owned by
railroad boat lines on the lakes, rivers
or coastwise traffic. Although Pullman
cars now are under Government oper
ation, Pullman employes will not ben
efit.
Forget Dissentions.
I In announcing his decision, Mr. Mc
Adoo appealed to rallrond employes to
forget dissentions and disappointment
and to remember that the success of
the war depends largely on their ser
vices.
To meet the expense cf the wnge in
crease, the biggest ever granted to any
class of employes at one time, the
railroad administration has discussed
raising freight and passenger rates.
The percentage of wage inct cases
range from $43 for men who received
$4."> a month In December, 1915, down
to a small rate for those receiving just
under $250, and no more pay is a'lcw- 1
ed men who made $250 or more it
1915.
The actual conditions run up to $21
With the exception of office and
messenger hoys under 12, who ate
$185
to
$190
$10.15
to
$9.61
$190
to
$195
$9.48
to
$8.97
$195
to
$200
$8.85
to
$8.38
$200
to
$205
$8.25
to
$7.80
$205
to
$210
$7.69
to
$7.26
$210
to
$215
$7.T6
to
$6.74
$215
to
$220
$6.64
to
$6.35
$220
to
$225
$6.15
to
$5.87
$225
to
$230
$5.69
to
$5.33
$230
to
$235
$5.24
to
$4.89
$235
to
$239
$4.81
to
$4.56
$239.01 to $250 to make $250 flat.
Id
Should Raise Rates.
Atlanta, May 27.—Rural Com
munities in Georgia which are deslr-
t s of securing the benefits of elec
tric service and fnterurban trolly lines
will noe be able to get them unless
the rates of the public utility com
panies in tse cities are advanced. This
is the situation in a nutshell as dis
closed byi the companies now' peti
tioning the Railroad Commission for
increases, and It will be one of the
most inmportant factors entering in
to the Commission's policy in decid
ing the oases. Development of the
rural sections by extension of elec
tric power and lnterurban trolly lines
is equally as much to the benefit of
the cities as it is to the benefit of the
poople in the country, for it logically
will result in increased farm produc
tion, improved living conditions, bet
ter schools and more frequent travel
into the cities, with generally greater
prosperity in which city merchants
and city business men of all kinds
will derive a share. Moreover, it Is
absolutely necessary for unused water
powers of the country to be develop
ed to solve the coal shortage, and
this is another element to be consid
ered by the Railroad Commission,
Development of this power by the pub
lic utility companies is earnestly do.;ir
ed by the Federal Government, and
the only way for them to finance
such development is by increasing
their rates. President Wilson, Secre
(ary McAdoo and John Skelton Wil
liams, comptroller of the currency,
have recently issued statements urg
ing state commissions to excerrise a
policy of forbearance and ccnsidora-
tlon towards public utilities in the in
terest of winning the war.
FOR SALE — Several good
Grade calves. Phone 101
or 168. Oconee Live Stock
and Dairy Farm.
|» mbSk iiuUHi
F. C. Ries
Guy Armstrong
When in Macon, Take Time to See
RIES & ARMSTRONG
Watches, Clocks, Diamonds, Jewelry and Silverware. Reliable Goods Only.
Fine Engraving and Repairing
Phone 836
315 Third Street.
MACON, GA.
GOAL CONSUMERS MUST
BUY VINTER SUTPIY NOW
Consumers must buy their
flAnter supply of Coel durhg
the Spring) and Summer for
dor iMVoduct Lon ie to be
maintained at a
maximum uudihe.
country enabled
to avoid a serious
Coal ebortade
this VwtcT /
U.J ruu ADOI/IISTKAnON
LOST OR STRAYED—One black i
mule, 4 years old with bushy tale,
one dark brown mare mule, 7 y
old. Parties holding these mules pi
notify Carlos A. Roberson, R F. D.
3. Milledgeville, Ga.
• MILLEDGEVILLE, (IFnp,^.
SENATOR HOKE SMITH SAYS
WE MUST MOBILIZE EVERY
RESOURCE TO DEFEAT 6ERMANV
Our Whole Future Involved In Fight
In reply to on Invitation to deliver
on address before the Georgia Educa
tional Association, recently In session
in Savannah, Senator Hoke Smith,
after expressing his regret at not bo-
ing able to attend the meeting of
the Association, said, in parti
“I wished to bring to the attention
of the Association legislation which
will soon be passed for the rehabili
tation, by vocational training, of our
boys who are injured either In the
camp or upon the battlefield. We will
Inaugurate a system of special train
ing for these young men which may
enable them, In spite of injuries re
ceived, to still take part In the eco
nomic life of our country and pre
serve to them the privilege of doing
a part for themselves, their families
and their nation.
"I beg of the teachers their careful
study and their most cordial sympathy
for the help sought to be given by
these three efforts originating with
our national government to serve all
the people. But especially It was my
hope to press upon the members of
your Association the Immediate duty
to teach the vital Importance of the
struggle In which our country Is en
gaged.
H Our people should be taught that it
Involves our existence as a nation,
their homes and the future of their
children. They must cease entirely to
think of It as a foreign war. It In.
volves preserving our country from
foreign rule.
"The Germans are now seeking to
split the English and the French ar
mies, to force peace from France and
then from England. After that we
learn from their publications they
planned to turn their entire strength
against us, and they hope to compel
the people of the United States to pay
their entire war expenses. Some of
their publications even suggest that
they hope to make the people of the
United States practically their perm*.
nent vassals.
U W* must realise new that It ie .
flflht to a finish. We must moblll*,
every resource to defeat them, if
do net whip them In France, we will
have te fight them here at hem*. |
would rather see the United state*
sink two hundred feet below the
level, and th* waters ef the Ati» n ti,
and th* Paclfi* pasa over us, than ,,
submit t* th* treatment which thefe,.
barous Prussians plaead upon i*i
glum.
"I urge you to use every opportunity
to let every man, woman and child
understand how our future U involved
In this fight. We must be ready to
make any sacrifice to save our com-
try. Unless we save our country w*
cannot save ourselves. Any sacrifice
will be less than th* sacrifice caused
by a German victory.
"Those who do not go to the front
must suport those who do. We mutt
conserve our resources; we must stint
ourselves to carry the burden of the
war. Our people will not murmur at
hardships if they can realtzeh ow much
success or failure means to them.
“The war may end this year, it may
end next year, It may last several
years, but we must lay the founda
tion for the worst in length of time,
In effort needed and in sacrifice re
quired.
“Our people will respond with on*
mind and with one heart when they
understand the real character of the
struggle. I have absolute confidence
in their patriotism. They need only to
know. It is hard for them to see that
the war now three thousand mile*
away concerns their own homes, nnd
might quickly reach their homes.
“I have absolute faith In the final
result. God will give us strength to
save this country in freedom for its
people and help us to save the world
from the cruel rule of the hearties*
Prussians.
“Sincerely, your friend,
"HOKE SMITH."
MILLEDGEVILLE PROOF
Should Convince Every Milledgeville
Reader.
The frank statement of a neighbor,
telling the merits of a remedy,
Bids you pause and believe.
The same endorsement
By some stranger far away
Commands no belief at all.
Here's a Milledgeville case.
A Milledgeville citizen testifies.
Read and be convinced.
E. L. Grant, machinist and contract
or, N. Wayne St., Milledgeville, says:
“I have always done hard work in my
time and my kidneys gave me consid
erable trouble. My kidneys wouldn't
act for days at a time and when they
did, the secretions were burning and
my hack would pain something awful.
1 couldn’t stoop or straighten up with
out being in misery and 1 finally rend
of Doan's Kidney Pills. They were so
well spoken of, I decided to try them
and soon got over my trouble. I am
pleased to recommend this medicine."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy — get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mr. Grant had. Foster-MIlburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.—Adv. 45
For regular action of the'bowels;
easy, natural movements, relief of
constipation, try Doan’s Regulets. 30c
at all stores.—Adv. ^ 7
Helps
Sick
Women
Cardui, the woman’i
tonic, helped Mrs. Wil
liam Everaole, of Hazel
Patch, Kjr. Read what
•he writes: "I had a
general b.-eaking-down
of my health. I was in
bed lor weeks, unable to
get up. 1 had such a
weakness and dizziness,
... and the pains were
very severe. A friend
lold me I had tried every
thing else, why not
Ctrdui?... I did, and
soon saw it was helping
me... After 12 bottles,
I am strong and well.”
TAKE
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Do you feel weak, diz-
ly, worn-out? Is y° ur
lack of good health caused
Irom any oi the com
plaints so common to
women? Th*n why not
give Cardui a trial? It
ihould surely do for you
what it has done for to
many thousands ol other
women who ailffered—it
ihould help you back to
health.
Ask some My friend
who has taken Cardui.
She will tell you how it
helped her. TryCsrdui.
AD Druggists
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