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FARM EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Best Plan of Seeding Winter Oats
W. M. V., Albany, Ga., writes:
What is tiie best way to put
in oats —plow them in, harrow
them in after plowing, or drill
their. in after plowing and har
rowing? Also what is the best
way to plant rye and vetch?
What fertilizer should be used
with these crops?
We have found it good practice to
plant oats only on well prepared
land. We have not had much suc
cess from plowing them in, as you
suggest. Our best results have fol
lowed from seeding tlaeni in either
open furrows between the cotton
rows, cross discing and preparing
the land very thoroughly and care
fully, or from breaking the soil,
firming it with a roll, and then seed
ing with a grain drill. It takes
much less seed when planted ac
cording to the last’ plan of proce
dure. We have also secured a much
better stand and a larger yield from
t this policy. In your section of the
state, planting in the open furrow
is not a matter of • particular mo
ment; but, in north Georgia, it is
the only way by ■which we can in
sure ourselves against the loss of
the oat crop through severe freez
ing. Even as far south as Alb.uty,
the oat crop is occasionally lost that
is planted on the levej. A grain
drill will plant the seed" sufficiently
deep to afford them good protection
in your section of the state.
In planting oats, we would advise
you to use a formula containing 8
'. per cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phos
phoric acid, and about 3 per cent
potash. A minimum application of
300 pounds should be. used; the
maximum application would proba
bly be around 500 pounds. The fer
tilizer should be put down with the
grain drill at the time the seed are
planted, though it is desirable to
see that tho fertilizer does not come
in contact with the seed. Particu
larly is this true when cottonseed
meal is used as the source of nitro
gen.
Rye and vetch may be planted in
much the same way as oats. Rye
is a. much harder crop and will
thrive under conditions that are dis
tinctly unfavorable to oats. Rye
may be seeded alone or in combina
tion with vetch. Where the land
is well prepared, three pecks of seed
will be sufficient to plant an acre.
When seeded in combination with
vetch, twenty pounds of seed should
’be sufficient. If the vetch is seeded
by itself, thirty pounds will be
enough. We prefer to sow these
crops in drills. Vetch seed seldom
need to be inoculated. It would be
advisable to use the same fertilizer
with rye as has been suggested for'
use with oats. In the case of
vetch, eliminate the nitrogen and
use only phosphoric acid and pot
ash.
Getting a Stand of Grass on a
Shady Lawn
A. P. 8., Atlanta, Ga., writes:
I am sending a sample of dirt
from my frontyard. It is very
■ shady, and grass will not grow
there satisfactorily. Please let
mo know what fertilizer to use?
The sample of dirt, from j'our
frontyard is all right. The trouble
is that there is too much shade to
enable the grass to grow and de
velop upon this soil satisfactorily.
It is also important to remember
that trees and shrubs compere with
grass. The root systems of the
I large plants are so great and vigor
ous that they literally take the food
and the moisture away from the
shallow rooted plants like grass,
thus causing it to dry up and die.
In seasons of abundant and gener- I
ous rainft 11, and often before the
foliage of the trees is too extensive
or thick, grass grows well in loca
tions such as you describe. I have
(the same problem to contend with in
my own lawn. I have tried to meet
it in this manner, and I have been
fairly successful:
I lime my lawn freely about once
In two to three years. Several hun
dred pounds of slaked builders’ lime
scattered over your la\vn and raked
in will be helpful. The thinner
spots on my lawn are well-dressed
with decayed vegetable matter. You
can use commercial sheep manure
for this purpose, if you prefer. I
also reseed the grass on the 'j'lin
areas of my lawn each year. In
addition, J. try to provide an abun
dance of water, in other words, to
tkeep the lawn well watered during
the dry, hot, summer months. By
this procedure, I am able to keep
a fairly uniform stand of grass. The
lawn should have a thin coating of
vegetable matter scattered over it
about once in throe years. I fer
tilize my lawn with a formula con
taining from 4 to 5 per cent of nitro
gen, 10 per cent of phosphoric acid,
and about 5 per cent of potash. I
Use this formula at the rale of 1,000
pounds per acre.
Permanent Pastures for Georgia
Dairy Farms
M. W. W., Luthersville, Ga.,
( writes: What grasses would you
recommend to sow for a perma
nent pasture the year around,
and in what proportion should
they be mixed? At what time of
year is best to sow the seed?
You do not advise as to the
type of pasture you wish to estab
lish. Ry this T mean whether your
land is classed as lowland, or up
land. For low,' moist bottoms in
1
BEFORE BABIES’
WERE BORN
(Vlrs. Oswald Benefited by
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
Girardville, Pa. —“I took Lydia E.
Finkham’s Vegetable Compound be
* "!iilllli h Hllinm^ orc - ni y i ast two
|||lUlgPlJJ!|ll| babies came.
' keeps me in per-
I feet health and I
arn on m - v eet
W getting meals and ■
doing all my
housework until 1
* 1 pt an hour before the
Hill Illi haby is born. A
lUV W friend told me to
My te^e it l ave
xc nsed ten bottles
about
it. J recommend the Vegetable Com
pound whenever 1 can. J ust yesterday
a friend was telling me how miser
able she felt, and 1 said,’lf you start
taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s you will
* feel fine.' .Now she is taking it. ”
Mrs. P. J. Oswald, Jr., 406 West
Ogden St.. Girardville, Pa.
Mrs. Nicola Paluzzi Says
Mishawaka, Indiana.— “1 took
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound for weakness before my babies
were born 1 was weak and tired
out all the tiire and it helped me.
When I had inward inflammation the
doctor treated me, but did not help
me, so I tried Lydia E. Pinkham's
Sanative Wash and it helped me at
once.’’ Mrs. Nicola Paluzzi, 416
E. Broadway, Mishawaka, Indiana.
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
i I your section of the state, we would
suggest that you plant ten pounds
I of lespedeza, two to five pounds of
i Dallis grass, one to two pounds of
I white clover, two to five pounds of
I carpet grass. and two to five pounds
of red top. The best time for plant
i ing this mixture Would be from tho
I middle of February until the first
| of April. Red top and white clover
i can be sown during the fall, and
; Dallis grass and carpet grass will
| probably succeed best if sown after
. j the first of July. If care is ex
. i ercised, these grasses may be sown
■ I by hand. It is good practice to take
i ■ a fair volume of sand and mix with
■ the seed so as to insure uniformity
' of distribution. A mechanical seed
ler can, of course, be used to ad
j vantage. Too early and too heavy
; i grazing is to be avoided.
j For red uplands in your part of
' Georgia, we are inclined to think
' you will find lespedeza, and Bermuda
I grass the most satisfactory combi
; nation to use. When you have an
I area of this kind well established,
i you can increase its winter carry
i ing capacity by planting bur clover
I on it. We recommend your trying
the variety ordinarily known as
; medicago redigula, which is the new
, est and hardiest strain of clover
j which has yet come to our atten
tion. Land intended for grass should
be very thoroughly prepared and
freed of weeds and stumps. The
seeding should be done with care.
The enrichment of the land, if it is
at all thin, is a. desirable practice.
| A complete fertilizer containing 2 to
j 3 per cent of nitrogen, 8 per cent
I of phosphoric acid, and say 3 per
! cent of potash, will be found desir
! able. From 300 to 500 pounds of
this mixture per acre should prove
i helpful.
Stimulating tho Flow of Milk
J. W. C., Maysville, Ga.,
writes: I have a. cow which has
■ failed in her milk, and no butter
will come. She does not seem
sick and eat heartily. She will
not come in until January; she
has been in this condition about
two weeks. I will appreciate
very much if you will advise me
what to do.
A condition such as you describe
, may arise from a variety of causes.
Some cows fall off materially in
the flow of milk towards the end of
the lactation period. It is a well
known fact also that the milk of
cows is more difficult to churn as the
lactation period progresses. At this
season of the year, cows often show
some decline in the flow of milk.
Probably this is in part due to the
changing season. Then, again, the
ration of fed may not be as abundant
oi’ generous as the cow has been re
ceiving. Ordinarily, pastures are not
so good in the fall as at some other
seasons, and it is necessary on that
account to feed the cow more abund
antly. If you have any soiling crops
available, we suggest that you utilize
some of them. We also recommend
that you feed a ration of wheat
bran for a couple of weeks. From
eight to twelve pounds per day would
be about the right amount to use.
We think the smaller amount should
be abundant for a cow far advanced
in the lactation period. If you have
been using cottonseed meal or any
other heavy concentrated feed, dis
pense with its use altogether. It is
important to see that the digestive
system of the cow is in proper condi
tion. The use of a large amount of
i coarse, dry roughage sometimes
causes digestive troubles, which the
use of an occasional purgative will
1 relieve. 1 presume your cow already
has the run of a good pasture and is
fed, watered, and milked regularly.
These are very important matters to
look after. If the cow is in a normal
condition of health and will not re
spond to the treatments suggested,
we are of the opinion that the de
crease in the milk flow in that case
can be chargeable only to the ad
vanced period of lactation.
I lieory and Results From Spraying
Peaches
V. L. S., Miami, Fla., writes:
I wish information in regard to
the spraying of peaches. I have
been told that they are spray
ed on account of insects, and a
last spray is used on the
peaches to give them the red
color, in order to preserve them
for shipment and make them
look pretty. Is this really true?
Peaches are attacked ordinarily
by two classes of destructive agen
cies. The first of these constitutes
a group of insect pests—San Jose’
Scale, Curculio, lice, borers, and
nematdoe worms. The fungus dis
eases attacking the peach are:
Brown rot, scab, peach leaf curl,
die-back, crown-gall and rosette.
Spraying has been undertaken for
the purpose of protecting peaches
against the damage effected there
fore by insects or fungous diseases.
The color of peaches cannot be
heightened by spraying; but it can
be influenced to some extent by
the skill with which the peach tree
is fed. For instance, an abundance
of the mineral elements in the soil
and even the character of the soil
itself may influence the color to a
considerable degree. Certainly, the
amount of sunshine and the quan
tity of rain which falls affect the
color of the peach. In addition, the
number of peaches on a tree may
play a determining part in affect
ing the color. In other words, when
a tree is not overburdened with
fruit, a choicer grade will be har
vested. Fewer specimens, large in
! size, finer in quality, and better in
j color will be produced than where
the tree, is allowed to carry too
, many fruits to maturity.
Spraying is done to kill insects
j vhich might attack the surface of
; the peach and eat towards the stone,
>as curculio. Spraying is also done
to protect the surface of the fruit
I from diseases. If the skin of the
I peach is unbroken and there are
| no insects on tho inside to damage
| the interior of the fruit and the
i surface, is healthy and free from
I disease spores, a perfect fruit is ob-
I tained. In orchards where an at-
I tempt to produce high-class fruit
i that will stand shipment for long
I distances is made, one or two more
I sprayings are ordinarily made than
i may be considered necessary by
| some people. This is due. however,
| not to heighten the color of the
, fruit, but to thoroughly disinfect the
i surface of the peach, so as to pre
i vent the development of any spores
■ which may have found a lodgment
ion its surface. Rut for spraying,
j our southern peach industry would
' not amount to anything, as most of
I tho fruit would bo wormy, and the
fruit that escaped insect damage
| would likely succumb to spores of
i such fungous diseases as brown rot.
Flagman Meets Death
Under Wheels of Tram
MOBILE. Ala.. Nov. 3.—T. E.
Zureton, 25. flagman of a Louisville
and Nashville freight train, was kill- .
■ ed under the wheels of his train at ,
' Wawbeek. Ala., 55 miles north of i
here Saturday. A widow and one j
. survive Lie dead man. , ,
AUNT JULIA’S COUNCIL
A Friendly Meeting Place for All Tri-Weekly Journal Readers
THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND RIRLS
"Help lor the Helpless—Kindness to
.111 Dumb Things”
Rules
No unsigned letter printed
No letter written on both sides of i
paper printed.
All letters not to exceed 150 to !
200 words.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Here cornea n
Georgia girl (u hare a chat on n rainy day. I
Wluir, do you cousins do on these rainy .
days? I shiv, cook and read. How many of
you cousins go to school? Our school will
not begin until the .13111 of October. I’m in ,
the eighth grade, and like to go to school j
fine, t will not take time to describe my
self this time; will only say I have bobbed
hair like most of you cousins. I will leave
my age for yon to guess; it is between tliif- |
teen and seventeen. I guess I had better be J
leaving for fear I will break auntiek rules.
All yon cousins write. I will try and an
swer all letters received. T.ove-to all.
(MISS) VIRGINIA CHANCE.
Perkins, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you I
let two Georgia kids in for a little chat ■
this rainy morning? How many of you !
cousins like to go to school? We do. We I
go to New Bethel school. Well, we’ll de- j
scribe ourselves and go. as Aunt Julia says i
not stay too long. Iris has brown eyes. I
light hair (bobbed), medium complexion.!
Will be 12 the fourth day of November.
Dorothy has brown eyes, dark hair and
dark complexion. Will be 10 the sixth day
of February. Have we a twin? All you
cousins who care to write to two jolly
kids, let your letters come io
DOROTHY LOQUE.
IRIS LOQU.E.
Dublin, Ga., Route 5.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit another South Carolina girl
into your happy band of girls and boys?
I have been a silent reader of the Letter
Box for a long time. How irmuy of you
cousins are going to school this fall? I
am, for one. 1 will lie in the tenth grade.
I am a real lover of outdoor sports. I live
in the country and like country life just I
fine. How many of you cousins are B. Y. ;
P. IT. members? I am. I think that the
B. _Y. P. U. is one of Hie greatest re
ligious training schools I have ever known
for young people. I am also a member of
the Sunday school G. A. and Baptist
church. 1 don't believe I will take a sub
ject tills time, but if I am admitted, I
will take one next time. Mr. Joe Slaton
your letter was just grand. Os course, il
enjoy reading all of you cousin's’ letters. I
I will describe myself and go: Five feet'
fall, weight 125 pounds, blue eves, fair
complexion (few freckles), bla«k hair
dong). My age is between l."> and 20. To
the one who guesses my age I will send
photograph. My birthday is August 15th.
Now all of you cousins write to a jolly
girl, both little and big and old and voung,
and send photographs. . Ail who semi me!
theirs, I will send them mine. Now thank I
you. Aunt Julia, p,,. lotting mo star so
long. With oceans of love to all.
(MISS) RAMIE WILLIAMS.
Waterloo, S. C.. Route 2.
Dear Aunt. Julia: Will you please admit a ■
Georgia girl into your happy band of hors ;
and girls? I nin thirteen years old, brown I
o.vog, black hair, 5 feet 5 inches tall; weigh !
IIJ pounds. T go to school at Tallulah I
Falls Industrial school, and' like it fine i
School Will begin in ton flays. I surely will I
be glad. I 'study the sixth. Miss Italy ]
Cain, please write to m o. You are my ideal ■
girl. r also believe everyone should road '
the Bible more. My home is in tho country. ;
although I can't say 1 like country better 1
ihan city life. 1 have an organ and can ;
play some, M hat do you all do for pastime?
I am busy getting ready for school, [ have i
one sister and two lu-others. Our mother I
and father died four years ago. Everybody
write to a lonesome' girl. Love to Aunt I
Juba and all.
„ (MISS) EFLA BARRON.
Clarkesville, G’a., Route 3.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will yon
open the.door lin d lot, n little Alabama girl
in out of this rain? She won't stay long. !
Cousins, don't you all think Aunt Julia is
the dearest auntie on earth for printing our i
letters? J, like most, of the others, live in i
the country, and like farm life fine. How !
do you cousins like picking cotton? I like
it fine. How do you cousins like going to
school? 1 likp jt fine, an( i tliink everyone
should strive for an education. Mr school
starts one week from today. I hear some
one saying, “She is staying too long,” so I
will describe myself and go. I am eleven
years of age, have brown hair (bobbed),
medium complexion and gray eyes. My
birthday is December 31. Who is my twin?
Aiintip, please print this, for I want to get
oodles of letters, your new cousin,
(MISS) AILEEN SI’RABERRY.
Asheville, Ala., Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I have
been a silent reader of the Letter Box for
a long time and have just gotten nerve
enough to try to gain admittance and I
hope Aunt Julia will have mercy on me
and Jet me in. Luther Huff, come again
your letter was fine, and I Imlievo in the
boys taking up for the girls. I won't, take
n subject this time, but will leave that
for the more gifted writers. Well, I will
describe myself and run. Gee! Just watch
those gills and boys run. I l )av o lirown. I
v.aiy (bobbed) hair, gray eves fair
(freckled) complexion, five feet four'inches
tall, cieli 101 pounds and am “sweet six-
vtr e ?i’ • llas ”‘- v birthday, May 20?
Well, if any of you cousins want to write
to a happy-go-lucky Florida kid, just let
your letters fly to
T MARTHA ELLIS.
Lovett, Fla. Box 73.
P. S. —lnclosed find 5 cents for Inez.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please
open the door ami let two little jolly Geor
gia kiddies into your happy band of bovs
and girls. We are just two little girls
and have been silent readers of the Letter
Box for a long time. How nre you all en
joying this pretty weather? We are en
joying ft. fine. It has been raining down
here ever since Sunday, but It has cleared
off . now. As most of the cousins take a
subject, we will try ours on “Our Ideal
Husband.'' I, Erma: He must be a good
‘ hrislian. He must not drink or i-tiew to
li.ieeo. He can smoke if he wishes to. He
must have a good disposition and easy to
ger along with, and love a good Christian
home. And for his eyes nnd hair, his hair
can be black or sandy color, but not red
p - vcs can be brown or
gray- and fair complexion. I. Mary: Ho
must be a good Christian and have a good
disposition. He must not drink or chew
tobacco. can smoke if he wishes to
IBs hair must be black nnd eyes blue or
brown nnd have fair complexion. I. Erma,
have blue eyes, dark brown (bobbed) hair
fair complexion and few freckles. I, Marv.
hate b.ack (bobbed) hair, blue eves fair
will d , one t!,at -'"esses our age wo
sent tIP T ” P ’ iZP ’ AH Os '"in
semi ns your photographs nnd we will send
Ce -on "''t' Wp!l ' ' ’-’ l!pss ™ l' a <l 'better
oe going. Iwo new cousins,
,SSI MARY SINCLAIR.
Both n, ir fM S) ERMA BRANTLEY.
Bnth Dublin. Ga., f) rie!l<e , rnd
mail separately. L
nl.^ P <y J " l,a and AVill vou
twn more Alabama girls into
jour happy band of boys and girls’
We m- P °,'l * fanu miles “from town.
"e like the farm life fin,. w-,,
Sunday school every Sunday’. Wo "have
medium complexion, blue eves, dark and
apa’rt We ' iVP n '°
daTi’s Decem.:/? ° ,,r biN "-
I*, we have a triplet please write to
nni ?, ,AUY THOMPSON.
Paleville, Ala., p. f. p j •
M’CILE THOMPSON,
naieville, Ala., K. p. D. 1,
Here comes „n-
I’lo-i , ” bo ' . k'm'king for admittance.
COX? 1 n ’ e Jo ‘ a tbiS " aad
Wonder what you cousins n- e doinc for
pastime I nm surely having n ' pie.-i-nrt
MU irS u^ o irx^ a fi^ l rd
cousins, who will be the f i
I f wiil not des ( wil>; T P t
B'H you more‘ab'ou'Fm "self and ’ ti-e'L-nn- '
at Fort Benning. Ga. "'
My- age is between .30 ad 40 vears
the first three who gue>s mv
them my photograph tnnt
'-'nm.' Evembodv
"rite to a jolly soldier bov ’ ‘
A new nephew and -onsin
P- O. 80x5C5.. Fo rL ne_ n ,,ing.7 ; n SXO ' V ’
V" ,;3 u a " dl I hare just j
-.’l r ' 1 ' t’b* letters sn-1 they were
P ,-> ' 1 “ ve 0,1 a ' farm and
farm life fine. I a ,„ s i xr<vn T ,,.. r .
birfhday is March 17 Ihave ’ f.!’ i
ion --c ... - > . p falr P,l mplex- I
mu, gray eyes, brown hair (bohbedi I
amusement I play tl> e guitar, r-ad and hel-> i
like in ’’T r WOrk ' 1 sure ”' r 40 5
hkc ro get letters and want all the co sins
to send me their photographs. Will answer <
ad mail received. Address
„„ , _ (MISS) LEILA SYKES. 1
Hallsboro, N. C.
Hello, Aunt Julia, Cousins nnd All: Please ,
open the d sir for two little Georgia crack- j
ers. My. v at a crowd coming to see who i
it is disturbing them. We n.illy fee! like;
running before yen all Re us for- we know ‘
you will t-.n Then. Girl?, why don't we
cr -i -a ’-iwt' habits like “ * nnr«
(■’< lhej-sre just as ba '. It as if 1
I that’s all they write to the Letter Box for,
1 they’ve not the courage to taik to us that
i way, so they wrio it. We just wish you
jail could have been with us in cotton piek
| ing time, we're not quite done yet, but the
| iicst time is gone for it's almost too late to
Igo in swimming. Bill Snow and Hugh 1..
! Ryals, we would like to see you. tVe’ve
j got. something real interesting to tell you
! when we see you. We will describe our
I '‘ideals’’ as that is the subject, these days:
; First, he must be good looking and it. don’t
make any difference if he drinks (water or
'milk), and he may paint and powder and
! have his hair bobbed if he wishes and we
I won't laugh at him. AVe are two country
'.girls and I, (Rosie), am a brunette nnd
| my- hair is not bobbed. 1, (Ola), am a
blonde with bobbed hair. Well, by-hy ev-
I i-rvliody. Write to two new cousins.
(MISS) ROSIE STRICKLAND.
(MISS) OLA STRICKLAND.
| Screven, Ga., Route 1.
! P. S.—We are not sisters, we are cous
-1 ins. Rosie has no sisters, Ola has one
1 fourteen years younger than herself. We
are both fifteen years old. All you cousins
: write to us and send mail separately.
! Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here come
! two jolly Georgia girls asking to get ac
quainted with the happy band of boys and
girls of Aunt Julia’s council. We think it
so nice of Aunt Julia to allow us this priv
ilege. Father takes the dear old Journal,
and has been taking it for quite a long
1 while, but doesn't think that we ever tire
of reading it. instead, we see which 4>ne can
! get to it first. Well, we guess you all are
! wondering how we look, so, if you'll sit still
,' just a minute, you'll find out. I, Annie,
am 5 feet 5 inches tall, have black hair,
! brown eyes, medium complexion and weigh
! 125 pounds. I will leave my age for you to
guess; it is between twenty and twenty
four. My birthday is October 21. Have X
a twin? If so, let your letters come this
way. I, Janie, am 5 feet fi inches tall, have
1 brown hair (bobbed), blue eyes, medium
complexion and weigh about 100 pounds.
My is sweet sixteen. My birthday is
November 2, so you see I won’t be sweet
sixteen very much longer. Cousins, when
you get lonely and blue, write me a line or
two. We live on a farm, but don’t like
farm life very much. It’s awful lonesome,
especially in winter. With love and best
wishes to all, we are your new cousins,
(MISS) ANNIE CLELAND.
(MISS) JANIE CLELAND.
Dover, Ga., Route 1.
Irwin County Fair
Made Notable by
Diversity of Exhibits
OCILLA, Ga., Nov. 3.—The great
forward strides that have .been taken
in Irwin county in agricultural and
manufacturing lines during the past
year were splendidly exemplified in
the many exhibits at the annual Ir
win county fair, which was in prog
! ress all last week.
The diversity of exhibits and en
tertainment features, coupled with
good weather, served to bring out
large crowds every day, and the fair
was generally considered a complete
success.
Particular emphasis was placed on
the agricultural and poultry exhibits,
the latter .being declared to have
been among the best in the history
of the county. Dairy cattle and hogs
also came in for much attention, and
the splendid exhibits in these depart
ments were taken as indicating the
great progress that the county has
made in farm diversification.
An unusual exhibit was shown by
W. H. Paulk, Jr., who operates a
local broom factory, growing his own
broom straw and manufacturing it at
the source of supply. Every step in
the manufacture of brooms was dem
onstrated to the fair visitors.
Saturday and Saturday night the
fail- was turned over to the negroes
of Irwin county, who brought their
own exhibits of chickens, farm prod
ucts. cooking, sewing and other ex
amples of farm and home. life.
Mrs. Warren Harding
In Critical Condition
At Sawyer Home
MAPION. 0., Nov. 3. —(By the As
sociated Press.) —Mrs. Warren G.
Harding, widow of President Hard
ing, was reported today to be in a
critical condition at the home hero
of Dr. Carl W. Sawyer. She is suf
fering with kidney trouble.
Mrs. Harding has been ill tor sev
eral weeks and has failed consider
ably since the recent death of Brig
adier General Charles E. Sawj’er.
who was her personal physician and
who was personal physician to Mr.
Harding when he occupied the White
House.
It became known today that yes
terday Dr. James C. Wood, of Cleve
land, was called to Marion for con
sultation Mrs. Harding is making
her home at White Oaks farm, the
home of the date General Sawyer.
Dr. Car; W. Sawyer today issued
this bulletin:
“Mrs. Harding's condition remain
ed practical.? the same as last week.
She has developed a number of symp
toms that were present in her serious
attack in 1922 at the White House.
Other complications have arisen
which were not present at that time,
and her condition now Is rather
serious.”
Friends of Mrs. Harding say she
has suffered with kidney trouble for
years. but they attribute her present
Alabama Policeman
Shot to Death in Auto
Taking Two to Jail
ATTALA, Ala., Nov. 3.—Henry In
gram, policeman of this city was
shot and killed here today while
bringing W. H. Beaird, of Albert
•zille, Ala., and R. S. Latham to jail
in a car.
Ingram had arrested the two on
a charge of violating the prohibition
law.
As he neared the jail Beaird is
alleged to have snatched a revolver
from his pocket and shot theofficer
through the neck, the car leaving
the road and crashing into a garage.
Beaird and Latham both fled, but
were later arrested and taken to
Birmingham for safe keeping. Beaid
is charged with the killing, while
Latham is held as an accomplice.
Prisoners, Who Leaped
From Tram En Route
To Atlanta, Captured
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 3.
Fred Moody and Elbie Curtis, United
States prisoners, who escaped from
custody of a deputy marshal Friday
night by leaping from a Southern
railway passenger train five miles
east of this city, were captured at
Rogersville, Tenn.. -Saturday after
noon, according to information re
ceived here.
The men with five others were be
ing transported to the Atlanta peni
tentiary after trial in United States
district court at Greeneville, Tenn.
Moody was given five and Curtis
three years, in the penitentiary. A
third man who leaped from the train
with them was captured Friday
night. Moody and Curtis were hand
cuffed together when they made
their daring leap.
Women Wear Silk Wigs
DEAUVILLE, France—A new af
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here is -the wearing of silk wigs,
silver or mauve in color.
DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSES LIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME
The Man Who Marries Between
Twenty-five and Forty Js Hap
piest Because He Knows What
Type of Wife He Wants for
Keeps, Yet Is Young Enough
to Adapt Himself to Double
Harness
A YOUTH wants to know at what
.B-X ■ age a. man should marry.
That depends on many
things. On the man’s character and
disposition, on how much money he
has and on when he meets the girl,
hut it should never be in either his
first or second childhood.
No man should
marry before he
is twenty - five.
There is no true?
adage than the
one that says
that a young
man marred is a
young man mar
ried, for the boy
who weights him
self down with a
family has sad
dled himself with
! a handicap that
beats him before
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he has started to run the race of
life.
Statistics show that an appalling
number of youthful marriages end
in divorce. This is because the young
and undeveloped have no idea what
they want in their life partners. Calf
love is as beautiful as the daisies ia
spring, and it fades away just as
soon. No mature man ever meets
his first sweetheart in later life with
out getting down on his keens and
thanking God that he didn’t get her.
The girl that ravishes a lad’s fan
cy at nineteen bores him stiff at
thirty. He could no more spend a
happy evening in her society than he
could make a meal on chocolate
eclairs. His tastes have changed.
His ideals have changed. His needa
have changed. And the tragedy
cbmes in if he has married his boy
hood’s fancy and is tied to a woman
whom he cannot change.
No man should marry when he is
very young because no boy knows
how to treat a wife. It takes pa
tience, and wisdom, and subtlety to
deal with the eternal feminine, and
no very young man possesses these
qualities.
On the contrary, all boys are self
ish and cruel, and filled with an over
weaning sense of their own impor
tance, and they make the sort of
husbands who cause their wives to
salt their bridal veils down in tears.
A man should not marry until he
has had his playtime and is ready to
settle down and stay at home.
If you will run over the list of your
acquaintances you will find that al
most every wandering husband is one
who married very young. He didn’t
get his full of running around, and
dancing, and philandering before
marriage, and so after marriage he
is lured by the bright lights and
ready to chase any petticoat that
crosses his path.
No man raises such a bumper crop
of wild oats as those who wait to
sow them until they are middle-aged.
Os course, there are exceptions to
all rules, but ninety-nine times out of
a hundred the rich boy who marries
will land in the divorce court, and
the poor boy who marries will end in
the bankruptcy court.
The poor boy has no chance to suc
ceed because it takes all that he
can make, and more, to support a
SHERIFF DESCRIBES BATTLE
WITH ASHLEY DESPERADOES
Though "Covered” at Close
Range; Outlaws Chose to
Go Down Fighting Rather
Than Don Handcuffs
FORT PIERCE, Fla., Nov. 3.
John Ashley, Florida outlaw leader,
wanted on charges of murder, bank
robbery, highway robbery and pi
racy on the high seas, and three
members of his band, "Shorty”
Lynn, escaped convict, wanted on
charges of murder and bank rob
bery; Hanford Mobley, alleged bank
robber and holdup man, and "Bob”
Middleton, escaped convict and al
leged bank robber, were shot and
killed in a gun fight with officers
Saturdaj 7 night when the bandits
attempted to escape by shooting
their way to liberty.
The battle occurred at the Sebas
tian river bridge, in the north end
of St. Lucie county, just before 11
o’clock.
The officers in the party last
night were: Sheriff J. R. Meritt,
of St. Lucie county; Deputy Sheriff
O. E. Wiggins, of St. Lucie county;
Chief of Police J. M. Smith, of Fort
Pierce, and Chief Deputy Stubbs,
Deputy Lem Thomas and Deputy
Elmer Padgett, of Palm Beach coun
ty. and City Marshal Padgett, of
Stuart.
Sheriff Tells Story
Sheriff Meritt related the story of
the capture and battle as follows:
“Saturday afternoon at a o’clock
officers from Palm Beach county--
Chief Deputy Stubbs, Deputies El
mer Padgett and Lem Thomas, of
Palm Beach county, and City Mar
shal Padgett, of Stuart—came to
me here and notified me that they
had information to the effect that
John Ashley, Hanford Mobley,
“Shorty" Lynn and “Bob” Middle
ton were going to pass through St.
Lucie county by automobile that
night. They asked me to assist
them in apprehending the outlaws
as they passed through. I said that
I would do so, with the understand
ing that they work according to my
plans. This they agreed to do and
Deputy Wiggins, chief of police and
myself, together, with the other of
ficers, left Fort Pierce for the Se
bastian river bridge about dark. We
left equipped with a heavy chain
and a red lantern. Upon our arrival
at the bridge we took our cars in’o
Brevard county, just across the
river, them there and came back
to the St. Lucie side of the river.
“We stretched the chain across
the bridge and hung up the red lan
tern and concealed ourselves in the
mangrove trees alongside the road.
About 10:45 o’clock a young man
by the name of Miller and a com
panion, both of Sebastian, drove up
and stopped, when they saw the
chain and light. Close behind them
followed the car with the Ashley
gang. The Ashley car stopped be
hind Miller’s car.
“They were caught unawares, be
ing interested in seeing why the car
ahead of them had stopped when
we came up alongside.
“J A hn Ashlev saw me first, and
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER fl, 1924
wife and babies. His marriage makes
of him an economic slave forever
tied to a poor job, with heart, and
courage, and ambition taken out of
him by the fear of the wolf that is
always howling at his door.
If it is a mistake for a man to
marry too young, it is equally a mis
take for him to marry when he is
old. The old widower may remarry
with a. good chance of happiness, but
not the old bachelor, because the
widower is a domesticated animal,
housebroken, but the old bachelor
is not.
By the time a. man Is 50 years old
he has formed habits that are un
breakable, and acquired ways that
are dearer to him than any woman
can possibly be. Moreover, having
had nobody to think of but himself,
nobody on whom to spend his money
but Jiimself, he is wholly unprepar
ed to make the sacrifices that matri
mony demands of a man.
If he gets married, he is wretched
because he cannot have the things
and do the things he has been ac
customed to. He is horror-stricken at
what it costs to support a wife. He
chafes like a prisoner at the loss of
his liberty and when he finds that a
wife has nerves, and temper, and a
tongue, and has to be handled with
tact and finesse, he wonders why he
was ever fool enough to venture into
matrimony.
Nor, except in case of a
miracle, does he experience that love
that blots out self, that makes sac
rifice a pleasure and makes just
being with the adored one a compen
sation for the loss of everything else
in the world. For it is the penalty
of age that it dries up the springs
of emotion, and blights our fancies,
and makes sentiment of less account
to us than our favorite chair and
super-excellent cooking.
Hence matrimony is not for the
old bachelor. He has anticipated in
this world the joys of heaven, in
which it is said there will be neither
marriage nor giving in marriage, and
he had best remain in his self-elect
ed paradise of single blessedness.
The ideal age for a man to marry
is between 28 and 40. By that time
he has come to himself and reached
his full statue of growth, and so can
determine the type of wife that he
will want for keeps.
Also by that time he has got suf
ficiently well on his feet to be able
to support a family without living
in agonized anxiety about how to pay
the rent and the butcher bill. He
has had his little fling, and to him
home looks like a place to come to
of an evening instead of a place to
get away from.
He is still young enough to be ro
mantic, and to have his illusions. The
blood rus warm in his veins. He can
thrill to the touch of a hand and
dream of a haunting face, and the
love that he gives to a woman is
the grand passion that is the love of
a lifetime.
And he is adaptable. He can ad
just himself to the new conditions.
He can change his habits, his ways
of life, his point of view, to meet
those of his wife, and enter into and
sympathize with her opinions. Above
all, he has learned self-control, and
bow to sidestep domestic conflicts
instead of rushing into them.
For these and many other reasons,
the years between 28 and 40 are the
psychological ones for a man to
marry.
DOROTHY DIX.
(Copyright, 1924.)
grabbed for his rifle. I pushed a
shotgun in his face and Deputy Wig
gins pushed a gun into his ribs at
the same time, telling him to throw
up his hands or we would blow his
head off. Wiggins reached in the
car and got Ashley’s rifle while
Chief of Police Smith got Lynn’s
rifle.
“We made all four of them get
out of the car with hands up, and
walk around in front of the car
where the light would shine on
them.
"I then got in Miller's car, telling
the men to search the outlaws, as
I. was going after my car and hand
cuffs. When I returned I stopped
my car with lights shining on the
party, got out and went to the side
door of the car to get handcuffs. 1
did not have a key for the first,
pair, and asked Wiggins if he had
a key to fit them. I was getting
more handcuffs out of the pocket
of the door when Ashley gave a sig
nal, and the four outlaws reached
for their six-shooters. They appar
ently had not been searched for
them.
“The shooting began then and
there, and when the smoke cleared
away all four of the desperadoes lay
on the ground, dead. When the
shooting began we were between
10 and 15 feet from the desperadoes.”
Had Regular Arsenal
When Sheriff Meritt and the other
officers approached the car, Ashley
and Lynn were in the back seat,
Mobley was driving and Middleton
sat beside him. Ashley carried a
rifle and two revolvers, according to
the officers. Lynn had a rifle and
a revolver, Mobley had two re
volvers and Middleton one revolver.
They carried several hundred rounds
of ammunition.
Ashley apparently was 35 years
of age; Mobley, 20; Lynn, between
25 and 30, and M’ddleton, 25. The
bodies were brought to Fort Pierce.
Disposition of the bodies had not
been announced late today.
Ashley and Mobley figured in a
battle with officers at a “moon
shine” camp on the edge of the
Everglades last spring, in which
John Ashley’s father and a deputy
sheriff were killed, and several
members of the band arrested. John
Ashley and Mobley, the elder Ash
ley's right-hand man, were the fig
ures in a sensational escape into
the Everglades at the time. Both
had been wounded’, but their knowl
edge of the swamp country enabled
them to evade capture.
Slayer Condemned
NASHVILLE, N. C., Nov. 3.
Cheatham Evans, negro, convicted
in superior court of the murder of
Arthur Joyner, white taxi driver,
on July 26, today was sentenced to
die in the electric chair at Raleigh
on December 23, by Judge C. C.
Lyon, Ijefore whom he was tried.
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BERLIN, Nov. 3. —Police swooped
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of Berlin's communist chiefs and
arrested 43, subsequently searching
the building nnd the prisoners’ dwell
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bombs. A fas' - :?*! session was raid
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Going Into Winter Quarters [
All the chicken raisers, or those
who hope to join them, should be
r.’iciit ready to say that their flocks
are fixed for the winter. We, in
this section of the country have not
had a quart of rain in two months.
There have been all sorts of signs
and promises, but it has continued to
turn cold and not rain. It has been
ideal weather to gather the crops,
Lut the drought lias not helped pro
duction, and water is at a premium.
People who never have suffered have
no idea how the flocks and herds
suffer from the dust, as well as from
actual thirst. Even the poultry need
a good rain. As long as I dared
I took water to the chicken yards
and sprinkled a spot large enough
for them to wallow. And right here
let me offer a suggestion, I put a
little stock dip in it and it has helped
to keep them in condition.
If your house is not tight can’t
you put in some grain sacks and
■chink the cracks? Some "obstruc
tionists,” and they are everywhere,
will say they will harbor mites. I
know that, but they can be soaked,
and sunned, or have a thorough
wetting of a weak solution of Car
bolineum, and go through the win
ter, and almost anything is better
than a cold wind cutting through
a crack, to give the fowl roup.
You may be better situated than
we are, but here there is no market
for feed sacks, and they can be sewed
together and tacked along the upper
part of the open front and make the
; be tse nt ore comfortable and drier.
September is the time to begin to
feed for eggs, and I agree with Mrs.
I Helen Dow Whitaker: "The making
of an egg record, whether of 150 or
200 eggs, by the heavy types in the
pullet year depends upon: First, the
date of her first egg; second, the
■ rate of her lay; and third, the per-
I sistency of her lay. In other words,
if you wish your pullets to pile up
egg records, you must get them at
the job of egg production early in
the fall, and keep them laying often
! for as many months as possible be
fore the molt.
"To get the first eggs in Octobei
1 means March and April hatching,
with' breeding to lay back of the
■ pullets. We aim at about 180 days
i from the day of the hatch, because
this gives them time for develop
ment without forcing. I am frank
to confess that I used to bring more
; Reds to lay at five and a half
1 months’ age than I do now. I think
that the extensive range that we
now give our birds on the farm
tends towards a fuller maturity when
the birds come into lay and that
! this is especially desirable for breed
ing- stock. I have found. Red pullets
(or any of the heavy breeds) that
! come into lay, though mature, be
fore September, are most liable to go
Man Followed Her
With Threats, Woman
; Says After Shooting
; BILOXI, Miss., Nov. 3—W. J.
Rhodes, 50 years old, whose home
is said to be in Richmond, Va., lies
, in tho Biloxi hospital with a bullet
i wound from a pistol In the hands
> of Mrs. H. R. Swan, a Biloxian, who
said she shot Rhodes in self-defense
because he tormented her for several
years and threatened her life Sat
urday night when he entered her
home here where she and her two
little children reside. The woman
said Rhodes followed her to Houston,
Texas, and then to Biloxi, where he
has been employed as a painter for
! several years. She said Rhodes is a
member of the I. W. W., and prev
iously had attempted to kill her after
having followed her 3,000 miles.
' The woman said a man, gkving his
• name as Rhan, and Rhodes had
fleeced her out of her money and
r property and that Rhodes wanted
. her to marry him, which she refused
’ to do. She is being detained at po
' lice headquarters pending the out-
> come of the man’s injuries.
1 Mrs. Swan is divorced from her
husband and lives here with hep two
children, where she conducts a board-
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These directions are not much use
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