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About The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1914-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1914)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30. RAISE ROCS FDR COTTON IN 6A. United States Government Ad vises Farmers to Grow Live Stock as a Money Crop. Washington —Four measures are be ing recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture to the far mers of the South in order to remedy the conditions created by the collapse of the cotton market. These are: 1- The reduction of expenses by the production of more food for the family and more grain and forage for the livestock. 2 The substitution of other money crops for part of the cotton acre age. 3. The raising of more livestock. •J The addition of humus to the soil in order to make fertilizer less expensive. The first thing to be done, say the government specialists, is to plant winter crops to be used partly for winter and spring grazing, partly foi spring hay and grain, and partly for cover crops to be turned back into the soil for fertilizing purposes. These crops should Include oats for grain, and oats, barley, or rye for hay, and any one of these for winter and spring grazing or for humus value. Al though October and November are the best months for planting these crops in the cotton country, the time may be extended into the winter. The winter crops should be followed by summer legumes, such as cowpeas, soy beans, etc. Fall and winter vege tables should be planted for home use and for the market. Hogs are recommended as the best form of livestock to grow. Imme -1 diata steps 3hould be taken to in crease the profits from hogs and hog products by the planting of crops for winter and spring grazing, to be fol lowed by summer and fall crops for the same purpose. Growers are also being warned to take rigid precau tions against hog cholera. If strict quarantine measures are adop ed and if the animals when threatened are in oculated with anti-hog-cholera serum, growers should suffer little loss from this source. Hogs, however, can not be grown profitably when they have to be fed on grain $1 a bushel. A succession of pasture crops is therefore of prime importance. For Georgia, rape, rye, vetch and bur and crimson clover are recommended with cowpeas, Bermuda pasture, alfalfa, velvet beans, arti chokes, and, above all, peanuts to fol low. The chief difficulty in the way of planting these crops is that all avail able labor is now needed in the cot ton fields. This emphasizes all the more the extensive use of machinery and implements which will minimize the need for human labor and set the hands free to do other urgent work on the farm. GEORGIA APPPLE CROP STATISTICS Washington, D. C.—The 1914 apple crop of Georgia is estimated at 1,- 896,000 bushels, according to a report of the federal department of agricul ture issued recently. The yield in 1913 was 900,000 bushels and 1,400,000 bush els 'in 1912. The condition of the crop at the present time is 78 per cent of normal, and the average condition dur ing the past ten year period has been 51 per cent of normal. The apple crop of continental Unit ed States is estimated at 230,249,000 bushels for 1914, while the yield last year was only 145,400,000 bushels. The average price being paid to farmers for apples at the prevent time is 62 cents per bushel. . THOROUGHNESS OF THE GERMAN MILITARY MACHINE SHOWN ..Amsterdam. —No better illustration can be given of the far-sightedness and thoroughness of the German military machine than the elaborate re-building operations in course of completion at Liege. In the comparatively short time since its forts were wrecked by the in vader's artillery, Liege has been rebuilt into a modern German fortress, and Is to be used as an object lesson for stu dents in the German military schools. It is built as though the Germans expect to stay. All the Belgian forts have been re paired, with a single exception; much of the old artillery has been replaced with Krupp fortress cannon of the latest type, and even the landscape has been remodeled with a view to defense. All the newest ideas of German and Aus trian military experts have been em bodied in the placing of ordnance, in the erection of ramparts, in trenches, observation places, highway mines, sec ondary batteries, and block houses. There is an intricate system of con necting works between the various main points of the outlying defenses. Great attention has been paid to the use of villages and forests for concealing forti fications. The trenches are flat with the ground so as to be visible only from above, and are protected with concealed barbwire entanglements. The trenches are drained and partially covered for protection against rain and snow, while the width is ample enough to allow car riage of stores and ammunition without Interfering with the troops. A considerable part of the hard labor involved In completing the trenches is done with a "military traction trench digger," which cuts a furrow about three feet wide and three feet deep. Most of the old Belgian forts have been entirely remodelled; some have imtn raised, some lowered, with a view to greater efficiency of shell fire or to 'increasing the sweep of country which their guns can command. Ther are sev eral false batteries cleverly constructed to attract aeroplane or cavalry attack. The town is dull and quiet. All shops end cases are required to close at S o’clock In the evening. Newspapers are at a heavy premium, Do your Christmas shop ping early and avoid the rush. There’s no time like the present. It will pay to say “I saw it in The Herald.” INDOORS' Cv /. Btos8 tO 5 ) jr/ 9^en we *kens even a strong constitution as shown In nervous symptoms, lan guor and repeated colds. SCOTT’S EMULSION is helping thousands every day; its rare oil-food enriches the blood, aßpa aids the lungs —It is a strength-sustaining tonic Yf lf free from alcohol, try it. /] sf MUST* MINISTERS ID MEETING MONDAY Money to Belgian Relief Fund Be Sent Through Salvation Army. Elect Officers Next Monday. The regular weekly meeting of the Ministerial Alliance of this city was held in the pastor's study at the St. John M. E. church at noon Monday. It was reported that SB6 was raised at the Union service Thanksgiving Day, held at the First Presbyterian church, and it was authorized to send the ■money, which is to go to tne Belgian Relief Fund, straight to the Belgians through the Salvation Army, which is in direct touch with them. Other matters of vital interest lo cally are in a formitive state. Some interesting announcements may he made, however, within one or two weeks. At the meeting next Monday officers of the association will be chosen, several of the local ministers having recently been removed to other charges, among whom were some of the association's officers. SENTENCES IMPOSED IN POLICE COURT MONDAY Small Docket, Only Twenty- Four Cases, Appeared Before Judge Irvin Monday Morning. Number Dismissed. In Recorder's Court Monday morn ing Elbert Howell, colored, was sen tenced to pay $lO and costs or serve 20 days in the City Stockade for rais ing a disturbance in a house on lower Reynolds Street, on Saturday night. Marie Lilian Holmes, colored, was given $lO or 20 days for fighting in the street. J. H. Rambo, white, was sentenced to serve 30 days at the stockade for loitering. J. E. Hilton, white, was fined $25 for firing a pistol at 3 o’clock Sun day morning in a house on Jones Street, and was bound over to the City Court on charges of carrying a pistol without a lioense and of carry ing a concealed weapon, under bond of $l5O and SIOO respectively. Blanche Ross, a white woman, got $lO or 20 days for cursing an old lady. The following received sentences of $3 and costs or 5 days for being drunk: O. L. Lofley, white; Pat Ed wards, white; A. F. Padgett, white; and W. J. McKnight, white, (the lat ter's sentence was suspended); Henry Hampton, colored, sentence suspend ed; Robert Warren, colored, and John Grady, colored. A number of bonds were forfeited. ATHENS BOOTLEGGERS BOTTLES GET SMALLER Atlanta, <3a. —From Athens comes the sad news that the depression In the ready cash market has reduced the size of the bottles carried In stock by the bootleggers. The police of that city note that the traveling blind tigers are now handling their white lightning in half-pints instead of the accustomed pints, and argue from that indication that hard times have struck at one of the county’s most important industries. Atlanta has not been troubled with blind tigers for a long time, either because the clubs supply the demand or the quality of tiger liquor is so bad that all the regular customers died. Christmas Dollars follow the path of least resistance. They go where the attraction is greatest and the invita tion most urgent. They are repelled by lassi tude and indifference. Make Christmas Shopping Easy ! Tell the gift-seeking public about your wares, not simply when they happen to pass the store, but every evening when they read THE HERALD and are alert for Christmas suggestions. Be Sure to Say “I Saw it in the Herald.” It Will Pay. Try it. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA, AUGUSTAI BUSY COMPLYING UN IRE “WAR TAX” Stamps Must be Procured From Atlanta or Savannah. Government Has None Here. Deputy United States Revenue Col lector H. W. Perkins was in the city Sunday and was asked for informa tion regarding how and where the “war tax" stamps can be obtained. He stated that they must be procured from either the collector of internal revenue, Hon. A. O. Blalock, Atlanta, or from the office of the deputy stamp clerk, care of the Customs House Building, Savannah, Ga. Mr. Perkins Is compelled this week to attend U. S. Court in Savannah. The “war tax” goes intf> effect on Tuesday, December Ist, after which time ail legal documents, bills of lad ing, telegrams, bank notes, etc., and druggist articles must bear the “war tax” stamp, as required under act of congress, passed on account of the war in Europe affecting this coun try’s revenue. All day Monday the office of Deputy United States Clerk Skinner in the Federal Building was crowded with people asking information as to what is taxable under the new act and where the necessary stamps could be obtained. The filling out of blank forms, etc., is not required under the ' war tax," but is required under the “special tax,” wdiich became effective November Ist. Mr. Skinner has the blanks. Thirty days grace was allowed those subject to the “special tax” and if returns are not made by the end of that time all delinquents are subject to fine as pro vided for under the act. The thirty days grace Expires tonight. DEATHS KENNEDY, MRS. RUBY.—Died yes terday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the family residence, 1815 Fenwick Street, in the 19th year of her age, following an illness of several months. Funeral services were conducted from the Pearce Chapel in the Wrightshoro Road this af ternoon at 3:80 o’clock. Rev. Thomas Walker officiating and the interment followed in the Pearce Chapel cemetery. Deceas ed is survived by her husband, Mr. W. E. Kennedy, one daughter, Mabel Elizabeth; her mother, Mrs. C. M. Wilkinson, and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Avery and Mrs. Wil liam Grimes of Garfield, Ga. SHERMAN, MR. WILLIAM.—Died suddenly at Ills office in the Bon Air Hotel as the result of heart failure. The body of deceased was shipped to his home In Poughkeepsie, N. Y., this after noon at 2:40 o’clock, for funeral services and interment. WiM ABOUT ft NEW OVERCOAT? Our stock is replete with most attractive Top Coats of every description. Prices are very low. We have the famous Alco and Society Brand Suits and Overcoats, and many others. Always pleased to show you. M£ CREARY’S \j. / ¥ 1 Prescribed by doctors for n'metoen years. . v } p / y Heal your skin with Resinol NO matter how long you have been tortured and disfigured by itching, burning, raw or scaly skin humors, just put a little of that soothing, antiseptic Resinol Ointment on the sores and tho suffering stops right there I Healing begins that very mfn ute, and m almost every case your skin gets well so quickly you feel ashamed of the money you threw away on useless treatments. ReHnol Ointment and Resinol Soan >rn sold by all druggists. ijupji I /A thirst is a 1 / great blessing /if you can get ’ Chero-Cola. Drink it from the bottle through a straw. Always uniform. Perfectly delicious, i nChero-Colal READ THE “WANTS” One of the Most Important, Instructive, Interesting and Attention Holding Series Ever Issued. Starts in the Herald Today By C. V. GREGORY Author of “Home Course in Live Stock Farming,” “Making Money on the Farm,” “Home Course in Modern Agriculture.” Mr. Gregory Deals With the Follow ing Subjects^ 1— The Growth of the Cities and the Increased Cost of Living. 2 Restoring the Balance. Back to the Land. 3 How the R. F. D., Telephone, Trolley and Good Roads Are Modernizing the Farm. 4 The Modern Farm House. 5 Social Life in the Country. 6 Farming—the Young Man’s Opportunity. 7 How Some Men Have Succeeded on the Farm. 8 — The Country Girl’s Career. 9 The City Man as a Farmer. 10 — The Farm as a Place to Grow Old. 11— Rural Education —The Agricultural College. 12— Rural Education —Secondary Schools. 13— Rural Education —The District School. 14— Bringing the College to the Farmer. 15 — The Mission of the Country Church. 16— What Co-operation Is Doing for the Farmer. 17 — The Farmer and the Government. 18 — The Country Town. Be Sure to Read This Interesting Story Starts in TODAYS Herald THREE
