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HU . THE HOWE JOURNAL ■tlPric®, $1.60 A Year, In Advance Published Every Thursday Morning. tOffieiti) Orgnn of Houston County, JOHN H. & JOHN L. HODGES. Pruby, Thursday, June 21. THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE GENERAL. OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES IPiACH GROWERS ARE ADVISED TO MOVE DECAYED FRUIT FROM ORCHARDS After the picking crews go Jtfkrough an orchard a number of caches are to be found under the Crocs whore they had fullon, dur .ring harvest operations. In most ■<(tues the grower pays no attention fit* this fruit, apd allows it to re- indefinatoly in the orchard nrtare it decays and mummifies. "lTfcU decayed fruit is unquostion - -ably the c.iuse of much of the jftotown rot on the fruit of succeed ing poach crops, and it is very jMMssiblo that it is also responsible jfor a quantity of I ho blossom '-Might that causes to many of the <ftb(oasoms to dry up in the spring '•without sotting fruit. It is indood a dangerous and un sanitary orchard practice to allow peaches to decay and mummify in «Ae orchards where they have fall- *en during harvest, Sources of Jbrown rot, .infection are theroby created for years to come. Ex periments have'proven that brown .rob mummies may bo active in ■giving off spores for eight conse- -wsutivo seasons. Peaeh growers •sare urged to go through the. o?- xcekard after every few pickings and have all fallen peaches pioked ‘wjjs, hauled out, and destroyed by i-karying .with quicklimo at leapt mb'wo feqt below the soil surface* After the harvost of each variety i .^completed the types should boj ivcarofuliy gone ovor, and stripped fruits which the pickers hpvo! <anB.i«sedi in order to prevent the' ' termation of brown ret cankers on twigs, which will rosuit when 2#) a aches aro allowed to rot on the utroe. The Uneodn id especially sits- «*«©S>tablo to blossom blight, and •special care should be exercised in - 0needa orchards and orchards of -rather early varieties to rid them -*of all fruits loft on tho ground «c*eh day after the picking has %8eu finished. The prompt and proper,disposition of refuse fruit tfraui the peach orchards in Geor gia is a matter of vital importance win safe-guarding the industry’s fn- "fc«ro, and peach growers should wfeite in their efforts to enforce the If roper orchard sanitation. Issued June 13th, 1923. Government and State Lab* gyratory, jFort Valley, Ga. EAT PEACHES POLLYANNA COLYUM Ivnee deep in June is a title that brings visions trooping of content ed herds, grassy meadows, alfalfa waving about knee high, the cool ing, gurgling brook, the humming bees, the blossoming flowe s. To the Southerner it should bring visions of peach wagons, ail strew along the streets, with overflowing baskets of the luscious fruit, teem ing with nature’s wonders of heal th unci strong bodies. in Mceon this is especially true at this time. We have had peaches on our streets for several weeks, and the prices are so low that every family in Macon and vicinity 'XDOOOOOOOOOOOOPOOQOOOoooo ooooo oooo oooo nooo c Spring Time Merchandise The honest man may be rewarded but the cl ever man is likely to bo taken care of first Among other bends that can’t be depended on in lime of financial stress are the bonds of matrimony. i “That’s where shoe hurts}” said Perry bride, as felt the back of head. the tho she her Financier .... says that the cur- should >o eating peaches daily for renC y R hould be made more elastic several reasons. Tho first one is, h ow a b 0 ut making it a little more Ihey are bnmr.,1 of bea tli-glv.ne adhesive at the same time* qualities.They are from the hand of Ice Boxes Refrigerators Gause Wire Wire Windows Vudor Porch Shades Flv Swatters New Rugs New Mattresses New Iron Beds New Bed Springs New Spring Cots New Cot Mats ALL AT God, painted as a picture delight- 1 Wo cannot help envying the ful to look upon; they are not Miami Florida church which adver- denatured in any particular. They tised last Sunday a sermon on our are full of juice, containing iron Boy Led Astray by tho Pastor, and vitamities in such proportions THE FLY as will best servo the human body. The fly § a mosfc erratic bird, In tho next place, instead of buy- p ()l . among lots of funny things, mg products from out of the Stale, jji s oars aren’t on his head at ail. and sending our money out there Thjy’re undernovth his wines, probably never to give us any ro-i aN«wi7RT«i vwS turns, every quarter for Georgia! ^ SWE IS- E peaches slays in Georgia and eon-1 i found an old paper I had care- tinuos to serve hero. fully put away some time agq and Juno is peach time in, Georgia,Pasted 15 minutes trying to find *md every peach eater is doing that ou *' w kY * had, grins an exchange, which will benefit his health and Ever happen to you? tyody nio3t, and keeping his momy at home. Be a peach eater! But here is a pointer for tho seller of peaches- Some of tho wag-j “I’m a shining example,*’ said the Mirror to the Powder Puff. In many instances the last joke § W. B. SIMS, 8 GROCERIES, FURNITURE, UNDERTAKING. | Night Phone No. 22. Day Phone No. 8. | Perry Ga- jj ooooooooooooooooooocoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooocp, ons on Cherry street and elsewhere a woman plays on her husband is aro presided over by men who in- the inscription she puts on his dulgo in sharp practices. They tombstone—“Best in Peace.” think they are Tlllt PIKER Man gets 30 days for stealing 30 cents’ worth of groceries. We Americans have our faults, but we smart to take a half dozen goodlooking peaches and lay them on top of a basket of sorry knots, and palm off the whole thing for good poaohes. When the buyer gets home and epiptles what d° hate a P‘ker. ho thinks is a treat for hla family Qne lm(( |hc world doP8n , t un ' IU 3 'i. 10 mS ^ e ? n swl "dl*d. know bow their belter halves live, When will we ever learn that to i prosper wo must be fair and squaro] ,, The way of the transgressor is and ^poii and above-board! When hard. How unfortunate that his 'Will we develop the good sense to I.get-away : isil’t.'* prbmote the general good of thor ,, , . peach or other business by .nakln B », ***■ ^ • v "V ,#y more and permanent customers, by 13 doiti B better and seoiugthat every customer gets; ett0, ‘ fair trphtmonl? When will we loan] .We’ll never attain the ultimate to put all the sorry .peaches into ( in efficiency, however, until we one basket ana all tho good ones 'discover a substitute for rest- into another, charging high prices I for tho good ones and low prices! The man who is close usually for tho sorry ones, or not selling fincls his friends are distant. the sorry ones at all? | Men who live by their wits sol- w Produce merchant of Macon doni a( j d auythfflf to the world’s states that ho wanted to buy Geor 8Upp}y ot humol ._ gja products above all others and to distribute these in Georgia, and ho was asked if he could handle a car of Georgia Irsh potatoes. He said the samples were flue, but he knew very well if he accepted the oar, thero would be rotten ones and little ones and big ones all mixed together, and tho seller would expect him to pay rn a basis of tho big ones. He turned down the car because he know from A horseshoe may, or it nry not bring good luck to the auloist— depends on the nails. Don’t refuse to marry a girl be cause she can’t cook, She may have money enough to pay your board. • ..Speaking cf aleliol-a contempo rary says there are only two kinds as far as ho knows. They are experience that many Georgians'denatured and ill-natured and tho would spend six months in mak-'only difference is that'theill-natur- ing a crop and [only six minutes in 1 0 d makes you talk all the time picking it, This lack of judge-Jand the denatured will stop you meut or; sen so or experience, to- [ foiffifor. In continued efforts to secure settlement of tho treaty elaims - against Germany, the latest re- v from France is that allies >' xmow>liave.control of the railroads * Ihpoughont tho Rlieur Valley area. Tan er u p t i o n of M o u n t (1 JSBtn J last week caused great do- - tstriietioniin'that section of Italy. 1 "Cable reports came Monday xrom ii Jvfoudon and Catania. Mr. George T. Betts, banker and 'wiee president of the Georgia- S?Iorida Lunber Company, died at .JLskburn, Ga., last Monday. He -was well known and highly es teemed throughout the south half •> *»f Georgia and Florida. You can always track a tobacco chevver and a horse in the snow. gether with the rascally inclina tions of a great many, militates against Georgia as a whole. A m in who buy a basket of poaches exery day passes Ihein bj after he ^ J 7bout the Window' in finds he was swindled in his first deal. Me holds off for days and eats Colifornia produce, sending his money out there because of i *1' the dependability of the goods.— | When some men do Macon Telegraph. I at night they strelch ! easy chair and sleep —. - - » time. We heard recently of a poet who his soul”and wondered if he was any relation to the guy who had a pane in his stomach. stay heme out in an until bed The Macon Ne^s publishedpnb* Wished good business news for Houston county and gives assu- ’***««© that a cement plant to cost and a half million dollars will ®B©©stablished at Coreen.Thisison ipte Dixie Highway about six miles -waMtgffc of Perry. In a comparatively short time' President Harding will begin his greht campaign tour of the west. 1 He proposes to deliver the greatest number of prepared speeches ever delivered in the United States in many campaigns. He will address 1 the people in live coast cities and others. .It is most likely that his program was arranged with the hope to ward off the threatened Third Party. There is no evi dence that he is troubling about t,he South, but it is not unlikely that Henry Ford is bothering him some. The president, has assum ed extra aetiyiiy on aocount of the reported split in the G. O. P. Being up a tree sometimes it's advantages. You live high. has That new orchid called “Fo* phrolaelicattleya” makes it a little more difficult to say it with flowers. and in a short time you will have a car of / your own. Then all “out-of-doors” will, be yours to enjoy With your family. Think of the comfort, the pleasure and happiness which will be yours. Buy your car under the terms of the* For as little as $5, you can select the Ford you want and place your order at once. We Will put this money in a local bank for you —at interest. Each week you add a little more. This also draws interest. Soon your payments, plus the interest earned, makes the car your own. Come ini Let us give you full particulars about this new plan. A. M. ANDERSON Authorized Dealer PERRY, - GA. ■EWUPTWi The reason cars have warning l *1 homs i» bvrauve you can t always LOme I10W 3110. OUDSCnDe have your wife along to squeal at 'w- psychological moment. Under the head of “Society” in the Lake Co, Fla.. Citizen, our eagle eye romped onto this one: L. A. Reese is the opulent owner, of a new setter pnp—some day kt’s going to be hunting season 'again __ priieJy e,ldarka6Pson ° ll ‘ ,ratin8 i The Hems Journal. INDISTINCT PRINT