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CUT COTTON LfiSO,
EffERTJIlSES
D. W. Watkins of Ciemsor.
College Tells Farmer*
Need of Reduction.
ALTER TENANT SYSTEM
'I'HBfiE should oe t deem-se in the
a Vttal cot tun acreage to restore *
balance to oar farming «>eu-ru, a*.
to D. W. Watkins, fts*>*tan.
extension director, Ulemacm col leg-
8. C., wbo discussed the 'Catting o.
j be Cotton Acreage" ti the Radi'
Short Course over WSB. A” seta, Tbto
'wo weeks' course for farmer# of ihe
*<Hti beast wtus conducted by the Sear#
Roebuck AgrjcuJtorai Foundation B
• o-uperation with the Soli I w|»r</re
ment Committee of the National Fer
tillxer Association.
“Not only should there t»e a d>
'-reuse in 1P27, bat in future year*.’
said Mr. Watkins, “but w hen it corses
to saying who to to do the reducing
we find there are several difto-rei,
chugs** and cooditiona of farmers wit
which to deal There are the fanners
ail too few. who own their tend, fare
inteHto-utii- tt.te.iig uUf arid and wicie while riiev U.ey are a-v sc- «
back in years tike lb!*,. manage to keej
t,.eir beads above water and continue
their independent, self-supporting way
Thi* eiasa already produces 80 to to
per cent of their living on the farm
They do much of Uieir'vwn work and
utilise labor saving machinery. They
will not have to reduce a* touch a
other*.
"It to the duty of the landowners
and other# responsible for financing
agriculture to bring about a differed
tenant system, '"'enauts should b*
led and required to give more atten
lion to producing a living for them
aeive* and to soil and fans Improve
meet. This will automatically reduc
their cot urn acreage and will be
beneficial to thewaelvea and iand
owner*.
‘The Uglit to at last beginning to
dawn on all of tus In the southeast
that we must be more seif-contained
end lees dependent on one source j:
income. The sou'hern farmer must
iearii to have hi# fields covered with
a green crop every winter. Our mild
open winters permit of the loss o1
more soli fertility than to removed bj
<-rop«. Northern *Ai» are frozen and
not subject to this lom. Ail thes*
thing# have a direct bearing on the
acreage In cotton In the tout beast.
The grower who follow# these jroii
cies <-an cootintie to grow e*.ttoo, and
after providing for a wslf-sustaining
system of dlversfflcadon. may in fou >
out of five years produce cotton at «
profit.
"The year 15127 to not a year U
gamble on cotton production, but for
the grower wb<> uses the best seed and
,he best method* and the best side
lines and who reduces acreage am!
cuts production r-<ait#, there 5# Lop'
for 1&27 and thereafter in cottoi
growing. Such a farmer cannot b,
put out of bu*!nes» because he to th*
veteran and expert who put* the othet
kind of grower out of business."
HEALTH CERTIFICATE
AND MARRIAGE
The proud and loving father and
mother will advise their daughter
against marriage to the suftor If he Is
afflicted with such diseases as tuber
culosto and cancer Even sentiment
will not deter them In their desire
and attempt to protect their loved one
aud her progeny from the probability
of becoming victims of such affile
lions. Society will not only uphold
them In their action, but even demands
i lust the lives of Its members be safe,
guarded
On the other hand, however, It
would seem that parental counsel Is
not given relative to venereal diseases,
uuch as gonorrhea and syphilis and
fliat society with eyes half closed con¬
dones and even sanctions them as If
to say It can't be helped and let sen
tfment have sway. ;
It Is to be believed 1
that, If we
would pull the mask of false modesty
from these so-called social diseases
and teach of their prevalence and the
affliction and untold long suffering j
that they will bring not only to the
parents but to the offspring as well,
then the young man and young woman
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will voluntarily present to each other
a health certificate showing a sound
mind In a sound body.
But since social custom holds that
ft to impolite to speak of these diseases
end their terrible consequences, It be-
1 awes society to offer the safeguard
tor the protection of all who would
otherwise become unfortunate victims
of these diseases.
The remedy as seen by our State
Hoard of Health Bee In following the
lead of some of our sister states in
the much seeded legislation of making
U"- presentation of a health certificate
prerequisite for the application and
l Kuiag of marriage licenses. Such
legal measures will not work a hard
ship on those who are physically fit
for marriage Those afflicted with
such diseases should not be permit¬
ted to infect their wives or husband*
end bring untold suffering to the lnno
ctot and perpetuate this scourge to
burnt:nttjr. i- .
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AN INVES.'TME’-T IN PUBLIC
HEALTH.
Mosey expended tai Public Health
by tfcis State represents one of the
best, jf »ot the best investment the
State can make. The State Board of
Heal'li under tfc* State Commienonar
of Health, Doctor T. F. Abercrombie,
through the various divisions, to doing
a large and important work for the
State of Oeorgia.
The State S&nftertasa for Tubereu
losie to a division of the State Board
of Health and m tbit particular in¬
stitution your Board of Health to cornr
ail in its power to solve the great
problem of caring Tuberculosis. It is
teaching her people how to take care
of tfceuxselve# and Low to save the
future generation.- from this scourge.
Tuberculosis is practically always
bob' rat usd in childhood. That to to
say. the infection or entrance of the
genu into the body occurs in child¬
hood. The development of the disease
may not take place un ! fl later in life,
and the rmnh from overwork, lntem
jeraace is alcohol, exercise, or social
fund ton. Crowding an adolescent
hoy or girl m school, oometimes re
suits in kindiing a childhood infection
Into an actv* Tuberculosis. The In
fectioas dtoeafi^- in childhood, measles,
whooping eou*&:. scarlet fever, grippe,
may be the factor causing the devel
uptnem of the active disease.
{ The most dangerous period, so far
as taking the disease, is before the
tge of IS. This to not to be construed
- a statement that the infection
«*f » ot **t'--It life, but by far
the utetority of infection* take I*<ce
» m l]b * nm lrfte< * >' e£!T8 of iife - !t to
j a lfcct , hst M j*, sure to Tubercu
„, ti , , n aduU Ufe lf ife ,, akely to re
kuM in infection than in childhood
i and infancy.
The ben protection against infec
j *.ioB it a strong iw:stance, which does
; not necessarily mean strong muscle*,
| but healthy fuactioning of all the or
; gaaa of the body. A clean, regular
: life, with moderate exercise; a clean
healthy body makes for this proper
functioning and stronger resistance to
disease of all sorts. A body weakened
by excesses of any sort, by disregard
' of proper bathing, proper exercise,
proper eating, by had moral habits,
too little sleep, is a body already liable
to entrance of tubercle bacilli and otb
w dtoease-causlng germs
Should you be one of tcas<- per
sons who has already been infected
with tubercle bacilli m a result of
ignorance or disregard of hygienic
laws, or of false counsel, you should
at once set about to repair the damage
already done. The way to go afcoyt
bin to to consult your physician dhd
lake hi# advice at once. He will prob
a **ly advise you to take Sanatorium
ireatmeBt at once. If you bav* been
pronounced tuberculous, make applica¬
tion immediately to a good Tubercu¬
losis Sanatorium and enter there at
the first opportunity. I>o not delay
kmg'-r than necet-ary. Time here
means life or death Tuberculosis to
curable In direct ratio to the earllaess
sf diagnosis and treatment
Taking patent medicines only loses
ime. . at<-nt medicines, cod liver oil.
ii ixure-i, .-.nd reruns do not cure
Tuberculosis. All advertised cure* for
Tuberculosis are advertised and sold
to improve the pocket of the manu¬
facturer, not to care the patient.
The State of Georgia ha* establish¬
'd a Sanatorium where you can be
cured. You need not leave the Em
■wire State of the South to be cured.
The State bears the largest part of
be financial burden The charge for
board and treatment to less than half
he actual cost to the State And if
,pn are not able to pay, the State
will pay all cos's. You should pay
your share In order that the Stats
Sanatorium may care for a larger
nurnb‘*r of people who would not be
able to lake treatment at all on ac
ounl of lack of funds.
Back your State by keeping physic¬
ally fit yourself. Help keep others
well. Help those persons la our Com
monwealth who cannot pay for their
treatment. Help the State Tubercu¬
losis Sanatorium, by your own inter¬
j est and by keeping the Legislature In
i ieres ed to the extent of appropriating
sufficient funds to care properly for
a larger number of sufferers, from Tu¬
berculosis.
Remember, the State whose people
are happiest and most prosperous, Is
; the Plate whose people are the heal¬
thiest Do your bit and do it now, In
this investment in public health.
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TUBERCULOSIS NOTES.
' The death rale In tuberculosis to d*
creasing in the United States, but i*
still much loo high. Much needs to
be (lone—Georgia needs a larger and
more modern Sanatorium—and badly
needs a Sanatorium for negroes. The
State Board of Health has each year
recommended that these two tmprove
ment* be made—they are urgently nat>
esasary.
The public should make insistent de¬
mand upon the coming Legislature for
the erection of a larger Sanatorium for
whites with provision for treatment of
negro tubercular patients. Forty-five
per cent or more of Georgia’s popula¬
tion is negroes, and they suffer with
and spread tuberculosis to a greater
than the white race, Any anli
tubercuolsis program which does not
take 4 into "*'’ serious consideration '•™’ s ’‘’‘ ira ' inn ,hfi the no ne¬ ’
gro tuberculate is doomed to failure
at its inception.
Tuberculosis is not inherited. This
is a disease that is caused by infection
with a specific germ which always
comes froai another case of tuberculo¬
sis.
Childhood to the usual time of life
«nen tuberculosis to contacted—Suit
•me may not break down with the di»
-use until later life.
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x 0 state cun thrive while Its ett
:-i-ns waste their resources of bealtl
bodily energy, time and brain powes
«jty more than a nation may pios|«
that waste* its natural resources. A;
ply to the Georgia State Board tv
Health for pamphlets and other info;
'nation. Ask them any question aioa
these lines.
Vital Statistics are funuamcuU! U
e:iy constructive vteion.
The State has a right to a fils ol
its cutsets.
TH£ CLEVELAND CWLRtfcU, CLEV ELAND. GEORGIA.
This Thrifty Home Brings
Joy to the Rent-Weary
, um , ~z 413m“ A M.
l^OTt A is this THE ettrarflre fatally of two-story, four or five gfct-room there
house of beveled siding and slate or --'an¬
gle root.
(ran of the Interesting feerure* of
this bouse is that *v«ry room ha# a dooLto
erpoeure, while the tiring room has Three
side* exposed. Extra windows not si
In the {dan may at slight expense be added
at either end of
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Declared Nearly Flawless
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Declaring it to be nearly flair I*? <. lbs jury >f she Southern California
chapter, American Institute of Architects, av „rd j the i ghest honors to the
St. John's Episcopal church of Los Aogele*. it •»- designed by Pierpont
and Walter S. Davl*.
Court**? of th* Richmond (Va.) Tir..ai-DUp-lch,
AWARD OF THE SOUTHERN
RAILWAY’S CORN CUP IN 1025
Selecting the Prize Winning Corn in the 1928 Contest for the Corn Cup offered
by the Southern Railway System.
IWT ftooe SHAH
«autw»* w# ‘i*t «-w
Atlanta, Ga.—The handsome silver
eup offered by the Southern Rail¬
way System to the grower of the beet
ten ears of corn, produced in eight
states of the South and exhibited at
certain state and district fairs, was
first competed for in 1925. It was
shown at most of the fairs within
the territory and did much to stim¬
ulate competition among the corn
growers of the South.
The ten ear exhibit adjudged to be
the best shown al each fair was put
up in a sealed package by the ofil
clals of the fair and forwarded to
the General Agricultural Agent,
Southern Railway System, Atlanta,
Ga.. with a letter certifying the name
and postoffice address of the grower
and exhibitor of the eorn and the
county In which it was grown. Twen¬
ty-seven lots of corn which had won
first prizes at the fairs were forward¬
ed to Atlanta.
At the invitation of Southern Rail¬
way System, Mr. John R. Hutcheson.
Director of Agricultural Extension.
Blacksburg, Va.; Mr. E. B. Ferris, Di¬
rector of the South Mississippi Branch
Experiment Station, Poplarville. Miss.,
and Mr. C. A. Cobb, Editor of the
Southern Ruralist, Atlanta, Qa, me!
in Atlanta on December 7 to select
'he best one of the twenty-seven lots
of corn and award the cup. Each teu
tar exhibit was given a number and
the judges had no means of Knowing
where It wag grown or by whom it
had been exhibited.
It 1* doubtful whether go many uni¬
formly good exhibits of corn had ever
before been gotten together in the
South All of them were good, but,
after carefully going over each ex¬
hibit and scoring it on the schedule
of points governing the award, the
Judges unanimously agreed as to one
to which the cup should be awarded.
It was then found that, this exhibit
had been grown by William Patton
Boland, a 1C-year-old Corn Club boy.
of Pomaria. Newberry County, South
Carolina, and had been awarded the
first prize at the South Carolina Slate
Fair, at Columbia. He was accord¬
ingly awarded the cup for 1925. In
this type afford^
light and mass-ventilation, it would be well
to protect It again#: the extrt ies of cold
and beat by irsttiiatton with <efotw for the
walls and n*fL Such Insulation will also !
cut down outride r>'<toe# to a -roarir.'d de- j
(tree, as in addition to Its Si.-u? -mz prop¬
erty. ‘tdofex to* an efflrievt has the f ound much desdener. j
The iirieg room desirc-d j j
open firepit.- e and cleverly arranged book
shelve* ft ashing the entrance to the dining i |
room. The ren port* may he put either to
the ride or the l,a‘*fe of the house, according j
to demands the builders of the - wi-Les lot. or to conform to the j
Institute, Civ--, ago,
New England Atmosphere
With 1926 Improvements
■TitAT ft 0C£.
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ing the ,. Bring , and , entrance porches
lot without spoiling around can be built on n wide or nai
row u architecturally
The house is sturdily built and 1ms an exterior of wood siding exeer
for the unusual stucco panels that start at the level of the sec-nd floor wit
erably ;, : -,,f_
moss green, in keeping with the
window shutters. A house of this com¬
pact style is very easy to beat, especially
when the specifications cal! for insulation
throughout with ceiotex. which prevents
heat leakage, and keeps the house cool in
the summer.
The living and dining rooms are here
combined Into one large room flooded with
light by windows on three sides. The two
bedrooms on the second floor each have
double exposure and an extra large closet
In which a window may be placed.
©, Celotechnlo Institute.
awarding the prize the judges said:
“The committee of Judges feel that
the exhibits assembled in the South¬
ern Railway Corn Contest were very
creditable throughout and that the
Southern Railway Itself, especially t*
Development Service, Is to be heartily
commended for this forward step it
has taken toward the development of
Southern agriculture.
“We feel that offering the trophy
to distinctly in the interest of the
farmers generally throughout the en¬
tire southeastern section of the coun¬
try and are of the opinion that the
contest is worthy of the continued sup¬
port of the farmers and agricultural
leaders in the Eouth. We were pleas' d
to find so large a number of exhibits
representing so wide a territory, in¬
dicating the wide-spread interest In
the contest.”
The - up was formally presented to
William Pftton Boland in the Gov¬
ernor's office at Columbia on Decem¬
ber 23, by Governor Thomas G. Mc¬
Leod of South Carolina.
In conformity with a concurrent
resolution adopted by the legislature
of South Carolina, the cup was put
on exhibition in the lobby of the
State House. It was shown at Charles¬
ton. S. C., during the meeting of the
National Foreign Trade Convention in
that city, Aprii 28-30, 1926, and was
taken to Washington, D. C.. and shown
during the meeting of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, May
11-13, 1928, where it attracted much
attention. By Invitation, young Bo¬
land took the cup to the White House,
where he was congratulated by Pres¬
ident C'oolidge and where photographs
of the president, the cup winner and
the cup were made on the White
House lawn.
It is interesting to note that the
corn which w-on the prize in 1925
was a variety originated in Georgia
and improved by Mr. T. M. Mills,
Counry Agent, Newberry County,
South Carolina, a real expert in seed
selection and production. The v triety
is a single-ear. d white dent trite of
fair uniformity and good qualify, It
to a heavy producer
A NY - one who ha? ever motored throng
1\ the quaint sleepy towns »t Net
England has fallen in love with the smal
house* that abound in That sect to
of the country—neat, white, unpreter
tl us and with a touch of reserve ahor
theta. Just such a house to the on
pictured here. It is equally adaptab!
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