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    THE LEADER TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, CA-, JULY 30, 1920.
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE
AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
Established 1888
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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE
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Member Georgia Preet
THE MOVIES AND MORALS
A bill has been introduced in
Georgia Assembly providing for
commission to censor motion
films exhibited in this State.
such censorship would be
potent for good than for evil is
mooted question. Everyone is
to his own opinion. In our opinion
is merely doctoring to remove
symptons instead of the cause of
disease—denying the dope fiend
dope instead of removing his
That many of the movie films
being produced are offensive to
ple of refined sensibilities, high
al standards and Christian
cannot be denied. Some of them
actually immoral in their influence
on young men and women. Such
should not be shown, and they
not be produced and would not
shown if the movie going public
not like them. And the more
movie patrons like such films
* more producers produce them and
the more the movie managers
them. The law of demand and supply
works here with a reciprocal and
cumulative effect.
That the motion picture is one
of the best educative forces
/ we have cannot be denied. Our
government capitalized this force
most effectively during the late
world war. Why should the Devil be
allowed to monopolize this force?
The Salvation Army has wrested man
y of the popular musical airs of this
and bygone days from the Devil and
adapted to them words of spiritual
uplift with noteworthy effect. Why
should not the movies be redeemed
and be restored to their former po¬
tency for intellectual, moral and
spiritual uplift? If, instead of cen¬
soring the films and censuring the
movie fans from some far-off, high
up pinnacle of moral and spiritual
perfection, the preacners and other
good folks of the individual com¬
munity would seek the cooperation
of the movie manager In that com¬
munity in securing films of a whole¬
some nature, and would in turn give
him effectual cooperation in the way
of patronizing these pictures, it
seems to us a most happy and bene
ficent solution of the movie problem
would result. The movie man would
far rather have the best people of
the community patronize his house
than the worst. If, on the other hand,
the best people of the community
refuse to patronize him, he must
per force, cater to the other class
and give them what they want—what
it takes to make his house popular
—or go broke. And it takes a capi
tal of several thousand dollars to op
erate a movie house.
If you want to purify your movies,
don’t wait for paternalistic action
from your legislators, which has po
tentialities for corruption. Get a
committee of interdenominational
character to confer with your movie
manager regarding purer films, spe
cial educational features, etc., and
then when he secures and announces
the features help him advert.se
gZto^havfto for'thenn # '
pay
Don’t let the _ Dev.l monopolize
every thing interesting. Why not ed
ucate and inculcate fine moral and
religious principles thru INTEREST?
What more interesting vehicle is rea
dv a.v at hand ii»nu than umu the movies? "=» Don t
expect your movie manager to change
the leopard’s spots nor the Ethio
pian’s skin. He can’t change the
tastes of a communtiy by his own
unaided efforts. It wouldn’t take
but two or three highly moral films
without the cooperation of the highly
moral people of the community to
put his business in the hands of the
8 heriff.
nicturTind^ picture , industry . . Z no. . . truthful, truthfuT .. to to
leave an implication that no whole
some Pitres are now offered the
pubhe. What cou d be less harmful
and more healthfully wholesome than
SZOuii ’ ChTriie y Cha r Sn^ TheU
may J be somewhat oldfashioned by
B ljftu
MnA nn mip theatre iroing_but
th vr I ll serve as illustrations Don’t
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^ Shen Arit.
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even for very religious religi peop neoole • i
And whd» we are waiting for the
movies to be purified don’t
that everyone who patronizes
in their present state of
is headed toward the dimnition
wows. There are lots of good
that enjoy them— and get over it.
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LEADS TO BUILDING OF MANY
BETTER FARM HOMES IN
Beautifying and improving
farm homes is the newest phase
home demonstration work in •
South, yet more than 1,500
houses were built in the South
year according to plans advised
the Home Club agents; 2,736
remodeled, 2,677 had lighting
tems installed, 19,270 had
improved and made easier to do
in, 26,811 labor-saving devices
made or purchased, and 29,666
yards were beautified. When
sion work with the women was
ed 10 years ago, it aimed first
lighten women’s work and to lift
out of the realm of drudgery and
aid in food problems. As these
lems were being solved the
of clothing, home conveniences, in¬
creased poultry and dairy production,
sanitary improvements, food compo¬
sition, food values, and practical ar¬
rangement and furnishing of the kit¬
chen were brought up by the women.
This led to demands for practical
plans for the whole house and for
information as to its best location,
drainage, water supply, lighting de¬
vices, inside arrangement, and deco¬
ration.
Water-Power Act Finda Favor,
Already applications for more than
one-half million horsepower have
been filed with the Forest Service
of the United States Department of
Agriculture in connection with water
power bill signed by the President
on June 11.
The increasing cost of fuel and the
difficulties of its transportation have
put a premlbm on water power, say
Forest Service experts. It is expected
that the legislation will mark the be¬
ginning of a new era in power de¬
velopment in the United States. Big
developments are to be undertaken
in the near future in the East, South,
and West.
The act applies to all power sites
on public lands and reservations and
on the navigable waters of the United
States, including international boun¬
dary waters. Its administration is
charged to a commission comprising
the Secretaries^, of War, Interior, and
Agriculture. Full details of the act,
such as licenses, rates, and service,
may be had upon application to any
of the departments named.
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More Sugar for You*
People who have soft-pedaled the
sugar bowl for six years may be in
terested in the statement that crop
conditions on July 1 promised an in
crease in next fall’s sugar production
in the United States; an Increase
amounting to, approximately, 333,
000 tons, or enough to load a train
of freight cars 70 or 75 miles long,
allowing 40 tons per car. This pros¬
pectivd crop is equal to more than 22
pounds of sugar for every man, wo
man, and child within the United
States, and the increase over last
y ear equals more than six pounds pei
person. The sugar-beet crop t is year
covers almost a million acres as
^ear average of about two
third of a million; and the growing
condition on July l was above the 10
year average^ There » more than
cane
’ about half of which is in
d th tber balt
Me amou'nts for planting the next
crop There is a substantial increase
acr over last yea r, especially
Louisiana whe re nearly all the
'
^ Qf ^ United states is
The wjng condi ti on of the
1 Louisiana is much better than
Lane •,
l a8 t 3 , but , . considerably under the
avera K e . 0 , P . The
Department of ^culture. - . which
J» l°okmg 8 carr,e toward on a m^ing er this t _ >
self-sustaining from a sug
P°* nt \ 13 C °T^n»tW™
agencies in . protecting the cr DS p from .
insec 8 an * SeaS
promoting the , production and an j ut u :ij l
nation of a bumper sugar cr p.
Sh that ° a,d the forecast b0 ™ ? for T* 1920 *°T'Z is based
upon conditions on July 1, and the
actual ou tturn would be above oi
below the forecast according as con
dition between July i an d harvest
“* ^ ^
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Woman ’ w bether new or old, has
’ mmense fields of culture untilled,
' mmen8e areas influence wholly
She does almost nothin ®
with the SOUrCCS shc P ° 3SeSSeS ’ be
cauS€ her whole energy is concentr * J
ted on desiring and demanding those
bM not.—“Ouida."
DUSTING COTTON WITH
CALCIUM
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The season is at hand when
cotton farmer will watch his
falling to the ground In
“squares," the work of the boll
vil. Fortunately, however, the
is less helpless than he used to be.
is possible to control the boll
the United Statee Department
Agriculture has found after long
perimentation, by dusting the
with calcium arsenate. An
supply of the chemical is
this year and considerable
machinery is available, though
sufficient to meet the needs.
It should be borne in mind,
specialists say, that in poisoning
boll-weevil control extermination
not secured and should not be
tempted. The result aimed at is
pufficient reduction of the
infestation to permit maturing a
crop of cotton. About 60 per cent
the squares fall before reaching
turity even in the absence of
vils. The present system of
poisoning is expected to keep
weevils controlled to such an
that they will do more than
the normal shedding—will
only about as many squares as
have fallen in any event.
That means, usually, that the wee
vils are permitted to multiply unmo
lested until they become sufficient
ly numerous to puncture more forms
than would shed normally. Poisoning
is then started and continued until
thc plants have had time to develop
as many bolls as they will be able to
mature. Poisoning is then stopped
and the weevils are allowed to resume
multiplication. Remarkably large in
creases in yield frequently result
from a comparatively slight degree
of control for a short time. The ef
feet is cumulative, however, and can
only be secured by starting the ap
plications at the right time and re
peating them at the correct intervals,
The specialists urge planters to con
duet the operation thoroughly or not
to attempt it all.
Have Poison Tested.
The right kind of poison is dry
powdered calcium arsenate contain
ing not less than 40 per cent arsenic
pentoxid, not more than three-fourths
of 1 per cent water soluble arsenic
pentoxid, and having a density of not
less than 80 and not more than 100
cubic inches to the pound. To be sure
that it is right, samples should be sent
to the department’s Delta laboratory
at Tallulah, La. An immediate re¬ .
port will be furnished showing whet
her or not the material is satisfac
cory for cotton dusting. It is of the
greatest importance to be sure that
the material is right. If it contains
too little arsenic, it will not kill the
weevils. If it contains too much water
soluble arsenic, it will kill or injure
the plants. Mixtures of all kinds are
condemned. Calcium arsenate may be
kept as long as four years if it is
stored in a dry place. !
There is always the possibility of
poisoning both and wojk- 1
men norses
ing in calcium arsenate dust. Though 1
no serous injury has ever been re-1
ported, the specialists urge the tak-,
ing of all reasonable precautions. ■
Personal cleanliness is the most im- j
portant. Operators should be re-;
required to bathe as soon as they and j
have completed the dusting work j
under circumstances should they 1
no
be permitted to eat or drink without ■
washing their hands and faces with
soap and water. Horses and mules
used to pull the dusting machines
.hould be muzzled to prevent the
possibility ,, ,, of . ... by eating ..
poisoning
grass and weeds along the rows.
Generally speaking, at least 5
pounds of calcium arsenate per acre
should be used.
The best time to dust is when the
humidity is high, the air calm, and
the plants moist with dew. It is neces
^ votAon nt cntXnn
*k.covered of poison dust ana by the tnis «« can ^1“ not ne
done when the wind is high or the
plants dry'. It is usually necessary,
therefore, to do nearly all of the
dusting work at night, early in the
morning, or late in the evening.
Three Dusting. Usually _ Enough. ,
The first a PP ll<,atlon ? hould . be
made when the weevil injury reaches
10 to 15 P er cent of the bolls, and
the effort shouid be to hold it be
!ow 25 per cent The poison reaches
and ki ” S °" ly the adUlt Weevils and
has no effect whatever on the imma
ture sta K e8 developing rn the bolls
and squares . Three applications are
usually sufficient to effect the de- 1
sired of ^ *hey ^uld
be about w d t Poisoning i
should not be attempted except un -<
def conditio ns that will outlay justify a; t
sufficient machinery t0 S° :
0V er all the cotton poisoned at about
foUr ' day inter X a,s lt is adv isa bl e t0
f at a PP hcatl H « n ,n '™ d . L a te . . ly lf f
drenching falls within 24 . h hours ,
rain
treatment, i
j g some times advisable to poison
i] y infested portions of the field
in the spring. The heaviest in
is usually near timber or
hibernation quarters, and early
of a few acres may greatly
the infestation of the entire
! field and delay considerably the ne
‘ eessity for general poisoning.
j Weevil is plantation poisoning, and the not specialists indi¬
say, a an
vidual fiel,d proposition. It is unsafe
to expect each tenant to poison his
Much better results are obtain
j ed if the plantation management un¬
dertakes all poisoning operations,
Three types of satisfactory dusting
machines have been developed—the
hand gun, the wheel traction ma
chine, and the engine-power machine,
A hand gun should not be expected
: to cover more than 15 acres of cot
ton, and it is safer to figure on one
gun for every 2 acres. Even on this
basis, hand guns should not be re
lied upon when there Is considerable
acreage of cotton. The hand gun is
of great value for early season work
on spots of high infestation and for
use in conjunction with power ma
chinery for treating spots that can
not be reached with the power ma
chine. The medium or large planter,
therefore, needs a few hand guns to
supplement his power machinery,
Cart Duster Covers 75 Acres.
A wheel traction or cart duster
can be made to take care of about
75 acres. Its operation requires the
work of a man and two mules. It is
simpler in construction and easier to
handle than the engine-power ma
chines. This type was developed by
the Department of Agriculture to
meet the need for a machine between
the hand gun and the engine-power
duster,
An engine- power duster, theoret
ically, will take care of about 160
to 200 acres of cotton, but it is cum
bersome and difficult to handle suc
cessfuliy. A machine requires two
or more mules and two men.
The department specialists are
working now toward the development
of a duster that can be attached to
a saddle and operated from mule
back or a singlewheel duster to be
run between the rows and drawn by
one mule.
As most of the dusting Is done at
night, artifical light is necessary. The
only lighting system that has given
satisfaction is a special model of ac
tylene light using a compressed car
bide cake for fuel. It Is compactly
constructed and the cart is compara
tively low.
The cost of poisoning operations
for the season may be expected to
run from $7 to $10 an acre. Gains
in seed cotton as the result of poison
ing properly done will run from
200 to 1,000 pounds,
The first question to be decided by
anyone contemplating poisoning, the
specialists say, is whether or not his
conditions are such a to enable the
operation to be profitable. The soil
is sometimes so poor that, even if a
complete normal yield were secured,
the crop would not pay the cost of
poisoning. Regardless of conditions,
it is ordinarily best for a farmer to
undertake poisoning at ftrst on only
a portion of his cotton, selecting the
most fertile soil* which is subject to
the heaviest weevil injury. A very
accurate check plat should be con¬
ducted. Without this tne matter of
ga i n or loss is likely to be problemat
ical. Several fairly uniform cuts
should be selected, subject to about
the average degree of weevil infesta
tion, and only one-haly of each cut
treated. A little experience of this
kind will soon make clear the condi
tions under which the grower can
0 r can not poison profitably,
■Ch
666 cures Malaria, Chill* and Fe
ver, Bilious Fever, Colds and La
Grippo. It kill, tho para.it. that
causa* the f*v#r. It i* a splendid lax*
ktir( and (enera | tonic .—Adv.
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FARMERS ARE URGED TO
PLANT FALL FOOD CROPS
Reports To Department of Agricul¬
ture Indicate Food Shortage
Thi* Winter.
Atlanta, July 16, 1920—Special—
Reports reaching the Georgia Depart¬
ment of Agriculture from all parts
of the country, strongly indicate a
considerable food shortage the com¬
ing winter and spring, unless meas¬
ures are taken to avert it.
There is every apparent reason
, tlle .. , * armers of , Oeorgia . should , , ,
pro fit by this condition, states Com
missioner J. J. Brown. They can put
i n fall crops of the hardier vegetables
like Iriah potatoes, turnips and
atherSj with the pro3pect of a fine
demand at * ood P™es.
Georgia farmers should also be
ma king their plans now to put in the
best wheat crop the state ever had.
^ Lo will be a good thing for them to
e their very bm.cres to this
crop ££ preparing ^ them a. soon as P pos
jl^ Jf p!a tinjf as ear!y aa
b danger e r pf damage damage by o> the Hessian
Fly has passed.
These suggestions are made by
Department, both m the interest
of the farmer and the consumer; for
looks now as if the consumers will
need more food than is going to be
made, and the demand promises to
hold up well during the next twelve
months or more.
Rub-My-Tism is a powerful anti¬
it kill* th* poison caused from
cuts, euro* old sores, tetter,
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WHEN YOU CROSS THE SEA 1
TO SEE WAR-TORN EUROPE
N O description you Lave read, no pictures you
have seen can tell you the story of the Hun’s
destruction of property, his treatment of the in¬
habitants of the places he took, the desecration of
churches an;! vue terrible havoc to all that stood for
modern civilisation.
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YOU MUST GO AND SHE FOR YOURSELF.
m the be freed from the
When yon go, surest way to
m petty annoyances that so often mar the traveler s
journey — money annoya ces— is to be supplied
with the safest, handiest travel money—“A.B.A:’
Cheques.
You can bay "A. B. A’.’ Cheques at this bank, which
1 has made arrangements with the agent of the Amer¬
ican Cankers Association (A.B.A.) funds to for sell the Associ¬ I
ation's Cheques—“the Lest tourists.
-- Citizens Bank
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