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ISO. J6. VOL. XLVIII.
Erosion
Goes Well
1938 Farm
Cultivated crops
on steep, eroded areas
usually produced at a loss
only add to the
ing surpluses, according
Jule G. Liddell, state
nator of the soil
service, with headquarters at
Athens.
In urging farmers to
other crops on the sloping and
eroded arear, Mr. Liddell
week suggested that such
are usually adapted to
erosion-resisting crop s. By
growing their row crops on
more level areas, farmers can
obtain a double benefit:
Iy, bringing their crops within
the marketing quotas of the
new farm act, and, at the
same time, protecting the soil.
“Acreage reduction and ero¬
sion control may be handled
together by retiring the steep¬
er, more erosible areas to
strips of perennial hay crops,
thus eliminating row crops
from the portions of the fields
where erosion presents the
greatest problem,” Mr. Liddell
pointed out.
“Steep and severely eroded
areas may he controlled by
planting trees and developing
pastures where more woodland
and grazing land are needed.
Eroded and unproductive field
borders, especially where cul¬
tivated fields join woodland,
afford itleal locations for
ing food and cover for wildlife,
and, at the same time con troll
ing erosion.”
Liddell said that bethought
this is an excellent opportunity
to reduce erosion losses on
Georgia farms, while reducing
acreages of row crops to meet
requirements of marketing
quotas in the new' farm legisla¬
tion.
World’s Fair Car
To Tour Georgia
Atlanta, (GPS)—Georgia will
participate in the preview of
the “World of Tomorrow” to
be presented by the New York
World’s Fair in 1939. A good¬
will courier of the fair will tour
the state early in May. Follow¬
ing ceremonies at the State
Capitol, the car will tour
Georgia, participating in local
preview celebrations under the
auspices of civic organizations
clubs.
Farm Work Advanced Ahead of
Anv Recent Year, Report Shows
Advancement of farm work
to April 1 was ahead of any
recent year in most sections of
Georgia, according to a
this week by the Georgia
Reporting Service.
D.L. Floyd, chief
said that farmers were able
get their field operations
"ay unusually early ibis
following one of the
winters in the history of
8late *
”Rainfall to April 1 in
of southern Georgia was
’■’i'ght as to prevent proper
germination of
erops,” Floyd’s report
fiut rains the first week of
U) onth relieved this
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TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1938
Old Liquor Bottle
Offers Big Profit
Atlanta, (GPS)—An invest¬
ment of 90 cents made thirty-
one years ago now has a value
of $6 per month, or $72 a year.
In December, 1907, J. A. Cor¬
ley, then a member of the At¬
lanta police department, pur¬
chaser! a quart of $1.50 liquor
on a sale for 90 cents just be¬
fore salons were outlawed in
Atlanta. He bought it just to
be used in “emergencies,” hut
the emergency never arose and
he still has the liquor intact,
although the label has fallen
i ^ and the metal seal has rust
| ed away
Now lhat l ega l liq.mr has
; returned, a prospective liquor
. | dealer has offered to purchase
the ancient bottle, but the
! owner Won ’t !l. He is consid-
se
ering an offer from the dealer
to rent him the bottle to dis¬
play in his package store at $6
per month.
Cathblic Campaign
In Georgia Success
Atlanta, (GPS)—The quota
of $100,000 set as the goal to be
raised in a state-wide cam¬
paign was nearly doubled by
the Catholic Church, it was
announced by officials follow¬
ing the close of the drive. Ad¬
ditional reports received after
the close of the drive to raise
funds in Georgia brought the
total to $187,584,25.
Funds w ill be used to finance
an extend* d program in the
g e | t | g 0 f re ijg; 0 jj, education
an( J charity. The plan was out¬
lined by the Most Rev. Gerald
D. O’Hara, bishop of the At-
lanta-Savannah diocese, after
43,000 miles of travel through*
out the state since he came to
Georgia from Philadelphia two
years ago.
FOR SALE—Your choice of
seven varieties of certified A-
grade Sweet Potato Plants,
$1.25 per 1,000. Special price
on larger quantities. —R. G
PETERSON, Long Island, Ala.
FOR SALE— McCo r m i e k-
Dtering cultivator, equipped
with gee whizz, regular plows
and discs. First class condi¬
tion. Will sell for less than half
price; also, 6 thrifty purebred
P. C. pigs. —J. V. Deakins,
(Cedar Den) Trenton, Ga.
Mrs. W. F. Morrison, wbo
fell recently and broke her
arm, is much improved, we
are glad to report.
Don’t Borrow — Subscribe!
Over the nor them half of the
state and the upper Coastal
Plain areas, early April rain
.fall was exessive, causing mor
| or , egjj dama „ e to p l ant ed croj a
and making it necessary to re
plant in some cases.
“Low temperature w ith heavy
frost during part of the same
wee k accounted for some dam-
a „ e lo p eac h and apple pros¬
pects in northeast Georgia,
and injury to garden crops
over the entire northern por-
tion of the state.
The report said small grain
p rog p e cts appear
g 00t i a t this time. The
;d production of Georgia
Only Newspaper in the County
ATLANTA WILL INAUGURATE
NA‘
First Show Will Be Held in Connection W ith
Southeastern Fair, October 2-9
GEORGIANS FEATURE LIVESTOCK
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Gears:•! Commissioner of Agriculture, Columbus Roberts, looks on
while Preskrsnt Mike Benton of the Voutheastarn Ft.ir attaches Livestock
feature plate on an automobile. These plates are available without cost
at a chain of filling stations. The plate will admit cars to free parking
space at the Southeastern Fair a..d National Livestock Show in Atlanta,
October 2-9.
Atlanta is organizing its first Na¬
tional Livestock Show as the feature
attraction oi the 19SS Southeastern
Fair,* October 2-9, Mike Benton,
president of the Fair Association,
announced following a meeting of
directors.
The show will be open to all live¬
stock that can qualify, be they beef
cattle, dairy cattle, swine, mules,
work horses, saddle horses, chick¬
ens, sheep or what have you.
Attending the meeting were Tap
Bennett, of the Pine Mountain Val¬
ley Rural Community Corporation:
Dr. Milton P. Jarnagin, head of ani¬
mal husbandry. State College of
Agriculture; R. E. Davis, beef cattle
specialist. State College of Agricul¬
ture; S. E. Truitt, Fulton county
agent; E. S. Papy, fair director;
Mike Benton, Ivan Allen, vice chair¬
man of the fair association; Wal¬
ter C. Hendrix, general counsel for
the fair association; J. N. Armour,
vice president: Virgil Meigs, secre¬
tary; F. B. Stewart, director of ex¬
hibits.
Columbus Roberts, Georgia Com¬
State Report Shows
Progress in Cancer Education
Remarkable progress in
Georgia campaign for
of cancer by education is ic
vealed . . . Dr.
in a report 1 to I.
Abercrombie, state publi c
health director, by Dr. J. W.
Schereschewsky, acting
lor of cancer control for the
department. The report sh. ws
lhat 186 slate . . aid • ! cases ha'< .
been accepted 1 for tealment at
one of Georgia s several
cancer treatment
the present cancer campaign
opened. *
Dr. Schereschewsky declared
that “it is reasonable to expect
that the disease of cancer will
be arrested in many of these
patients” except, of course, 11
who were found “too far ad¬
vanced for treatment,” and
who are not included among
the 186 mentioned above.
In addition he listed 22 cases
as having been diagnosed as
I having something other than
1
missioner of Agriculture, has this
to say about livestock development
in Georgia.
“The Georgia farm program has
undergone many changes during the
last few years and nothing has con¬
tributed more to its diversified plan
than the development of the Live¬
stock industry.
“Georgia farmers are being paid
$25,000,000 annually by large pack¬
ing plants for live stock to be pro¬
cessed, every major packing firm in
the United States having plants in
Georgia. Mostly cattle and hogs are
sold. Improved herds of both are
being raised by Georgia farmers,
peanut fields furnishing excellent
grazing for the famous ‘Georgia
Peanut fed’ hogs.
“Much progress is also being
made in the state in the Dairy bus¬
iness. Herds are being improved
and kept free of disease and ticks
and Georgia Dairymen are now pro¬
ducing practically all of the fluid
milk and cream consumed in the
state, and a large percentage of the
butter, also."
e a n e e r; 30 who have re-
nor led to clinics hut on whon
«« report has yet been received;
who have been directed to
.... b whose , admission . .
it _
records have not been received,
making a grand total of
applications,
The period covered by Dr.
Schereschewsky s r e p o r t is
from November 19, 1937, the
date the cancer control cam-
. opened, ... through , April . .. 9, n
paign
The campaign is being
conducted by the Women’s
Field Army for the control of
Cancer, of which Mrs. II. B.
Ritchie of Athens, is Georgia
Commander, in cooperation
with the Medical Association
of Georgia and the Slute De¬
partment of Public !leallh.
Mrs. Ritchie received Dr.
Sin rcschewsky’s report with
enthusiasm and declared that
“such results in so short a time
prove what cancer education
(Continued on page 4)
"Square and on the Square
Ramspeck Lauds
Bill Amendments
Representative Robert Ram¬
speck, author of the postmast¬
ers civil service bill to do away
with the McKellar “spoils
system” measure, says that
without the amendment of
Senator George approval of the
hill in the Senate would have
been impossible. The George
amendment requires confirm¬
ation by the upper house of all
postmasters appointed under
civil service.
The George amendment
reads, “Postmasters of the
first, second and third classes
shall he appointed, reappoint¬
ed and promoted with the pos¬
tal service in accordance with
the provisions of the eivil ser¬
vice act and rules ol t he Presi¬
dent by and with the consent
of the senate.”
Governor Rivers
Names Music Week
Governor Rivers lust week
issued a proclmation designat¬
ing May 1-8 as Music Week.
Georgians are urged to foster
local museal talent through
programs in the, sehools,
churches and other institu-
t ions.
The proclmation was an¬
nounced last week as the At¬
lanta Woman’s Chamber of
Commerce was making plans
for musical and civic organiza¬
tions of the city to cooperate
in Allanta’s participation in
the fifteenth annual observ¬
ance of National Music Week.
Increased Revenue
From Aulo Drivers
The state estimates that the
revenue will he $1,000,000 more
in 1938 than in 1937 from auto¬
mobile drivers by elimination
of the flat tag r:.te and the
addition of a $i drivers’ license
fee.
Officials said they anticipate
$1,000,000 increase from driv¬
ers’license fees and an added
$300,000 from the graduated
scale on automobile tags.
WANTED—Man with car to
take over pofitalde Rawleigh
Route. Established customers.
Sales way up this year. Must
he satisfied with earnings of
$30 a week to start. Write
Rawleigh's, Dept. GAD-279-101
Memphis, Tcnn.
Crack! Crack! The Lid is Off;
Baseball Season is Under Way
Atlanta, (GPS)—The lid is
off! In Georgia and the rest
the nation that familiar sound
of hickory cracking rawhide
can he heard, followed by
pleasant shouts from the
crowd. There’s nothing to
equal it. It is our national
pastime. I he 1938 baseball
season is under way. For the
next five months the grand old
game will hold the spotlight in
the small towns as well as in
the big cities.
The Atlanta Craekers, Geor¬
gia’s only representative In
Class A-l baseball, opened
38th season last week at
De Leon Park before a crowd
13,561 paid customers.
opening day program
If You Can*t Pull
For Dade—
Pull Out.
$1.50 A YEAR
Big Centennial
Edition Will be
Off Press 28th
If nothing “bends or breaks”
the Big Centennial Edition of
the Times—-one in 100 years—
will he off the press and in the
mail next Thursday, April 28.
The Edition will contain
around 60 pages, bound in
Confederate colors—blue and
gray, and its columns will be
filled with all the available
data pertaining to the “Inde¬
pendent Slate of Dade,” and
pictures of scenes and improve¬
ments throughout the county;
also pictures of the county of¬
ficials and several individuals
of this and adjoining counties,
together with their biogra¬
phies. The state house officials,
including the Governor, High¬
way Board and practically all
the others have contributed
liberally and have helped much
in making the publication of
this edition possible.
The cooperation of the busi¬
nesses and citizens of the
county has been 100 per cent
for which we are indeed grate¬
ful.
Watch for the Edition! Read
it carefully!! Keep it!!!
WPA to Speed .
Ga. Fund Plea
Assurance that Governor
Rivers’ request for a 5-million
dollar Works Progress Admini¬
stration grant for an eleemosy¬
nary building program will
receive attention as soon as
possible was given Tuesday by
Lamar Murdaugh, state wel¬
fare head, after a trip to
Washington, where he confer¬
red with WPA officials.
The offer of the state to put
up $1,5000,000 worth of rental
warrants on the Western and
Atlantic railroad as its part of
the building fund seemed satis
factory, Mr. Murdaugh said.
Although no definite time
was set for granting appropria¬
tion, Mr. Murdaugh said that
he had definite assurance that
it would he rushed through
with all possible speed.
He was accompanied to
Washington by R. L. McDoua-
all, assistant WPA administra¬
tor for Georgia.
A total of 83,123 immuniza¬
tions for smallpox, typhoid
fever and diph theria were giv¬
en in Georgia in 1937 by public
health nurses, according to
Dr. T.F. Abercrombie, director
of the State Department of
Public Health.
featured by a pitch by Dixie
Dunbar, Atlanta’s gift to
Hollywood, and a hit by Gov¬
ernor Ed Rivers. Then the
game that started another
season was on.
Bidding for their ninth pen¬
nant, the Crackers play half of
their 154 games at Ponce De Le¬
on Park including 24 week-end
games arranged by President
Earl Mann, largely for the
benefit of the out-of-town
fans. Three more home games
in April will be followed by
eighteen in May, including
two Saturday games, one on
Sunday and a double-header.
There remains on the home
schedule eleven Saturday and
eleven home games.