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Volume XXXV, Number 45,
SENATOR HARRIS KELL
REVIEWS RECORD OF SERVICE
TO LARGE AUDIENCE IN PER¬
RY—UNANIMOUSLY ENDORS
E D—-FORT VALLEY KIWAN-
1ANS’ GUEST.
United States Senator Wm. J. Har¬
ris of Georgia addressed a large and
a; preciative audience of Houston
County citizens at the court house in
Ferry, from 11 to 1:15 o’cloot
Wednesday, during a special recess
O , Houston Superior Court granted
>r Judge H. A. Mathews in honor
o Senator Harris’ visit. He was in¬
ii duced by Coi. S. A. Nunn,
moke in terms of highest
1 i. i of the Senator’s splendid record
of achievement for his
ard the South.
In simple, s raightforward manner,
Senator Harris gave an account of
h’s “stewardship” in Congress, men¬
tioning many appropriations ami i
measures he had secured for the aid
ff the farmers, whcr.e success he said
was essential to the welfare of all
other interests of ^he State and
country.
As a member of the important ap¬
propriations committee of the Senate,
he mentioned, among others, appro¬ l
priations he had secured for the peach
pest laboratory at Fort Valley, and
for aid to the pecan and tobacco
growers of the State. He mentioned
many other measures which he helped
secure for the benefit of the farmers.
In the course of his speech he paid
high tribute to Congressman W. W.
Larsen and Judge H. A. Mathews.
In conclusion he asked the audience
for an expression as to whether they j
approved his record, and practically j
every citizen in the audience rose |
to his feet. I
After his address Senator Harris I
returned to Fort Valley, where he
was the guest of the Fort Valley
Kiwanis Club at a special luncheon
held in his honor in their new hall.
After an elegant luncheon most effi
ciently served by a committe of ladies
from the D. A. R.’s, the Senator was
introduced by Col. Louis L. Brown,! !
who was a college class-mate of the
Senator. Senator Harris told the Ki- ’
wanians of a trip he had made to
and tt Hawaii, Korea •• the » ™ Philipp,nes, and of . the China, bearing Japan, j 1
of
his observations on American inter-j
ests. His address made a most favor-1 I
able impression on the members of
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FORT VALLEY. HOUSTON COUNTY GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1923.
ATLANTA IRAOE SHOWS
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Atlanta, Ga,—Fall season here is
well under way, with the demand for
seasonal apparel increasing in both
department stores, millinery shops,
shoe firms and men’s clothing and
haberdashery concerns.
On the whole, the fall opening has
been the most auspicious in several
years, due to the many fundamental
causes, which are:
1. Weather is favorable to season
al merchandise.
2. Full employment at saftistfac
tory wages.
3. Relative low price of merchan
considering the advances reg
since the early fall merchan
dise was pu’ chased by retailers,
Merchants selling .at lowest possible
prices.
4. Increased purchasing power of
farmers by virtue of sensational ad
vance in the price of cotton of about
8 cents a pound, or $40 a bale,
less than two months andI other prod
ucts. which will swell the financial
return ion crops millions of dollars
over recent years.
5. End of vacation period, with
everyone back at work, which is tend
mg to increase collections, and usher
in fresh demand for seasonal mer¬
chandise.
6. Record volume of railroad traf
fic.
7. Revival in construction follew
ng comparative summer lull.
8. Complete absence of strikes.
9. Capacity operation of mills
and diversified industries.
10. Opening of public schools, with
record enrollment.
Good Winter Seen.
Present prosperity is expected to
; increase in Atlanta and the entire
South as the fall and winter seasons
progress, as the colder the
becomes greater will be the demand
or seasonal necessities, and the de
mand for merchandise, etc., will con¬
tinue to expand in all lines.
Meraly a Matter of Form.
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It Tf is th* the n consensus a of r opinion • • u here
that Senator Harris’ visit to this
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FALL IS TIME TO KILL
NEXT YEAR’S WEEVILS
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By C. A. Whittle
The early destruction of the green
cotton stalks is one of the best
that can be done in the boll weevil
control. The earlier one can pick
ton and kill green stalks the better,
If cotton plants could be
ly treated with a substance that would
remove the leaves and kill growth
fore the cotton is picked and even
before it is all open, it would be of
great advantage.
The object of killing green cotton
stalks is to take away the
food and to destroy the squares con
taing unhatched eggs. It is the late
hatch of eggs that stands the best
chance of getting through the winter
alive,
When the weevil finds its food gone
jj. moves on, starves, or goes into hi
bernation early to live without food
through the winter, as is the custom
0 f most insects and some animals
By keeping weevils penned up and
watching what happens to them, in
vest ;j,. ators have found that when de _
prived of food and forced into winter
quarteps early the chances of their
. living until next spring are only three
to five in a hundred. They starve
or die a natural death. Weevils
forced in early are, of course, older
than wee , ils allowed to hatch out
late.
It has been found that the death
rate among weevils when in winter
quarters increases rapidly toward the
spring and the death rate is natural
ly higher with the older weevils that
have beeff deprived of food early. In
fact, where stalks are destroyed
early the few weevils that live to
spring will have to come
or else their chance of dy;u.
in winter quarters are so great that if
they delayed coming out they would
. drn.ost certainly pay for it with
]j ves
Therefore, the early destruction
of cotton stalks tends to force boll
weevils out early in the spring, which
tfives the 'farmer opportunity to
poison them before they have a chance
t0 not }** be laid ’. m E ^ the s that W,H until hatch can
spring squares
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consequently . , increases the eff.ciency
of early poison,ng. Early poisoning
* t oapest poisoing and when
made widely f effective it will hp thp
only poison Q ir - d
The ()n] completeTccTss early poisonint ,.
has not been a more e complete success
• undoubtedly , , . „ , because
, green cotton
Continued on last page.
SIX PAGES
PERMANENT PLAN SHOULD
INCLUDE PURE-BRED HOGS
For several years past south Geor¬
gia has been raising the bulk of hogs
produced by the state.. In 1922 the
farmers made a fair crop of cotton
and to a large extent they increased
their acreage and turned away from
the hog. Cotton and its price was not
the sole reason for quitting the hog,
but prices for (lie latter did not hold
a very bright future at the beginning
of this year. It all caused the farmer
to deviate from a permanent plan
that had begun, and put him jump¬
ing about again. Recently a survey
was made regarding this and the re¬
sults showed that the farmer who
jumped from crop to crop trying
to hit the high prices in practically
all cases was a failure. On the other
hand the farmer who laid out a safe
and conservative plan and' then fol¬
lowed it through thick and thin was
the one wjio made a success. This cer¬
tainly applies to the south Georgia
farmer as well as any other section.
This section has changed consid¬
erably since spring and faces prob
lem of cotton turning out about one
fourth what was expected and at
the same time hogs gone. Some lo
calities have grasped the situation
and have adopted the slogan “Back
hogs.” For the past few weeks
,Tlea f bog prices have come back up
rapidly. The increased consumption
per capita and strong foreign de¬
mand gives cause that prices should
hold up good. Having gone through
tnl ‘ s > -t ‘ ar s escporience it seems now
S n s P lt ' nd,d °PP° rtu nity to make a
P ermanent Pl an an d stick to it.
1 Now is the time for every county
and community to put on a strong
campaign to keep what brood sows
are le7t fr °m going to the block and
I £ e *- them all bred for spring litter.
While making this campaign the pure
bred hog should be stressed and giv
en his right place in the permanent
plan. Here, are six good reasons why
1 every farmer should have purebred
hogs: better conformation and quali
more products for the same a
moun t of feed, greater uniform
i*y, earlier maturity, greater sales
!? lue and m ° r ® valuable Spring. 1
Cnn anyone afford to raise scrubs
^ * 1< h % n ab ° Ve e 4 18 au . taken ' pul ’ nto e u bred con ‘
breeders .' the , State devoting ;
a " d money in to offer the best to time; the
farmer at reasonable prices.
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SMALL GOnON CROP
NORTH VASILI MORE
Atlanta, Ga.,—Georgia’s cotton
crop recently estimated at 827,000
bales, undoubtedly has suuffered a
trimming, to at least 800,000 bales
on account of adverse climatic con
ditions and insect damage, but the
yield based on present prices is worth
in the neighborhood of $120,000,
000.00, exclusive of the value of the
seed. This being greatly more than
for several past seasons.
It is conservatively estimated that
Georgia’s crop this year will be
valued at more than $250,000,000,
this covering only the major prod
ucts, and enormously more than
last year and almost double the
value of the crops two years ago.
It is confidently believed that the
cotton crop alone this year will bring
the South more than $1,500,000,000,
which combined with other crops,
industrial stability and other favor
able features of the financial and
economic situation, augurs well for
the future business trend in the'
South.
If Georgia produces the 51,000,000
bushels of corn promised by the last
official report, and it is marketed at
85 cents a bushel, it will add to the
agricultural return of the state more
than $43,000,000 . Add to this the
return from the big tobacco crop,
fruits, peanuts, potatoes, wheat,
oats, rye, sugar cane, butter, eggs,
poultry, cattle, hogs, and the other
diversified crops, and the aggregate
figures will be swelled millions more,
This is one of the many bases for
growing optimism in business circles
which, with other barometers is lay
ing the foundation for active and
prosperous conditions in Dixie dur
ing the remainder of the year. There
is a little room for pessimists here
in the South. |
HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL
TO BE STAGED HERE
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Fort Valley people have something
to ]ook forward t0 in the Carnival
that is being planned by the Civic
Committee of the History Club, with
other civic committees cooperating
for Halloween Night. This is going
to be a whole town and community
affair. Everybody is expected to be
«n , hand, , masked , ; and . ,n . costume , if
they des.re It « expected to be an
tractions. U f wTvTJ? Watch the paper / for more ^'
deta i ls and make your plans to at-!
tend the Halloween Carnival Oct. 31.
Th# most fatt«a*iv*>
If circulated tad thor
oughly read maws and
advartioias aadiaa la
it* fiald.
$1.50 Par Year la Adwnr*
(1111111111$ HOSTS TO
WES FRIDAY NI6HT
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T. S. HARRIS AND W. G. BRIS
ENDINE FURNISH BARBECUE
DINNER CELEBRATING OPEN¬
ING OF THE NEW HALL—GOOD
PROGRAM.
The new hall of the Fort Valley
Kiwanis Club was formally taken
over and dedicated last Friday night,
when the wives .v other lady friends
of the members were guests at a
splendid barbecue dinner furnished
by Sanders Harris and Bill Brisen
dine. In all 100 Kiwanians and other
guests responded to the signal of the
gavel to “fall to. >>
Bishop D. A. Howard and Doc W.
S. White were in charge of the prp
gram, and presented Mrs. Glenmore
Green, who rendere 1 two enjoyable
vocal solos, and Miss Engftsh, who
gave two entertaining readings,
Bob Hale, chairman of the building
committee, in an appropriate speech,
formally delivered the building to the
club, • and it was received in aptly
chosen words by president Ralph
Newton.
Salt and popper shakes, conipii
ments of the Georgia Agricultural
Works, were presented to each mem
her and guest as favors. Two ladies’
prizes were given; one, consisting of
a magnificent basket of flowers from
the Idle Hour Nurseries, presented
by Copeland's Pharmacy, was drawn
by Mrs. W. L. Nance; the other, a
three pound box of candy presented
by Miles Green, was drawn by Mrs.
Ralph Newton,
In view of the approaching mar
riage of Kiwanian Miles Greene, the
club members presented him with a
large silver platter. Mr. Greene is the
fi rst member of the club to announce
his intention of becoming a bene¬
since its organization, despite
the premeditated efforts of the or
ganization to marry off several of
its other bachelor members.
Secretary Murray brought to the
attention of the club the work of
the ladies of the Civic Committee
of the History Club in improving the
railroad park, and suggested that the
Club cooperate with these ladies in
an effort to get the Central Rail
way Company to cooperate 1 in the Iie
improvement of - the park, particular
ly m the matter of furnishing a new
pointed /n Dave Strother President and Newton John Allen ap- -
as a committee to cooperate with the
ladies in this matter.