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PAGE TWO THE FARMERS' FORUM FARMING PROBLEMS OF TODAY By I. C. McAULIFFE If wtrybody In ih* world should sud denly ptoji All their work And go to fa n Sn«c on the plaim of h hundred yours Ago they couldn't supply the j<r* acnt demand for tijfT Imltural prodi*'-. Whore smprov *d machinery la unknown arid modern method■< are not pra< ’lced the people are tut if naked and half *l.nrv#*4 today. YH In aplte of all thla the cot lon field* of th# Ho nth At thla season of the year present# ih« mm* apper.i.w*. that they d»d when th»» Decmroilop of Indepen dence waa signed Tha limifl alow and tedious prone*# of hand pkklrtf la Indulg'd In hy thous and* upon thouaanda all over »ha cotton hell. The aamo old plck-aack and the aam* old plan of weighing out In the field. I *own In Georgia the old-time white oak apllt F>iiek*t la vanishing and the hitrlap spread la taking Its pin* •*. Thla la due to the fact that the forest# have been destroyed and tlie few original tract* wtill standing liava been stripped of all tha fins whlt«i oak. Thla la the situation that confronts the cotton turmor and he la now the tag«d for' all tha worlds opplaltlon. From the inland points of fCurope on throughout all the world peopl* ar# trying to obtain tha fleecy staph* »*. a lower prlr* Th*- price that la paid In backaches and phy steal exhaustion docs not cuts* Into the bargain which tha dealers propose 10 make at the expanse of the farmer. Mo matter If there are child labor laws over the Month none of them cart be enforced In cotton picking time Everybody that pan be marshaled Into the field* must j 4ar»d thalr aid to tha Imperative work of j |be country. j It aecma that thla Is not right. It may ha the cynical view of the man who ha* lasted and tom bed the r< • lity of the elf j nation from every standpoint of tha w<>rk From Afar It may look different but when the sweat of tha Urow la ehod through a series of long summer days, ♦be uncertainty /if the production, and at laaf tha unending task of picking come* ground the aspect appear* In a different J Ugh t. Everybody 1* mote or lea* prej udiced whan they have to combat with ! the fearful raatitlcM of m struggle, but! Surely none *an In more Justly so than In# Southern farmer. Nature has thrown a mantle around tha cotton plant that seems to protect ; It from the danger* of over-production ; Tha stories that are *ent out concerning 1 euch theories are vague Imaginations of , n oorninerr-Inl world conjured up for th* j purpose rtf extorting dollar* from the j common run of men whs earn them tty I honest toll out In the fields, estranged ' from the Intrlcs* lea of the commercial world and unused to the artifices of the ijkliplmnMt In trade. THE POULTRY CORNER SOME POULTRY DISEASES AND THE REMEDIES Oop Hound Arthur Rail, th* depart ment authority, rt#»* rtt»#a thla *Um<tlt »* fallow* Th»" orop aomrilMU'* hrconti with faml and It# thin mua oubtr w«ll» btHome «Hat#itd«*d himl par* ttally |Mr«lyr.»fl an that thn nui . not h# rnptird. or tli«> oprnlng Into th* I lower fuiophaptia may hr <*o in a ologaad [* with a foqthar, a #tn»w, or mutta olhar auhatano which thr hint h.m * wallowed '■ Thr « r<»|» la pi rally «tl»trn«h,| ntul thr niHN nt f« r«1 1 * tathwr hard and linn In l*otlt »*»*e* th* Ivmptnma air thr aapir «t»i iraatmanl ahmild Im» conduct* «k) on tha a.nna prthdplta For tCMt* mmi pour on a fourth to oti«* half ounca of malted lard It awrret Oil down tha throat and ww*ull>ult»»a tha tontenta of tha ofop with tha hand In am h « w.*> »*» to tand to liraalt up tha moaa I‘nlfM I tha imar.iaa te flatted the root an ta of tha rrap will usually pa a* away In a ; saw houra . Fot 1* f* w day* faad should , *ha llmltad la quantity If tha forr*otn« mat hod ta inalfartual and oprration ha aomaa naor»aa*y, clip away tha listthara ► from a portion of tha rrop and with a r %#ry sharp lintfa, lanoat, or »-a«or niaka an fractal on about I I i tnohaa lona through tha aaktn amt tha wall of thr fff<P Than « irafully raitiovo tha con tapta <tf tha crop with tha flngwr, tha hahdia of a aptvm or aoma othar rantan* ot*Jart and a.ah out tha crop a tth warm watar V*** tha ftn*af, wall Wllad, Into tha « - pt <«ua to »aa that ir > la *•> obatru* tlon aw up tha wall #f rrop ft *t and th "> tha - 1 aWt |aln| whtta atilt llwan thraad Swing car#* ful not to aaw tha two mamhraua* to gathaf, and In a few daya tha wound will h* haalad Faad altering tv on wtmlo at aloft until tha wound heals, and do not give an) watar lor tw«nt\ four houra • rdarrfraa Thla la oauaad by worn* |r fttatlon of tha illtwitlvf lyilrm and may Pa dua to tha quantity f tha frr.t tha quaitn f tha head * drinking watar, pr to climatic nidlt na to w* the p»w' haa been aapoaad Theca la n gen oral daproaalon. PPUghflSgt of plumage and a loa» of appal He. and oanatb fra* quant aipuialon of aoft, whitish, yellow lah Of iraanlah oacramant. th- drop, plnpa beoernin* nioi c liquid otit *o*v#ra dftarrhao |a present When tha affect ton ta at all partous tha aiorcm. .» may he* noma willed with mm-ua or blood It i» Import«nt that tha null ba nought owl and f—loved hra that the btrda have rom for table quartan and that tha) are not exposed to draft, cold nr dampnaaa. If tgj(< n oart> , dterrheo can olien t*e cheeked by raiurlni the amount of i animal ford and fndlni Ut§>>ly on dry i Wh.it a pity it is that such must go •i* year after year. Often, when the farmer has disposed of his crop, and the ; product Is In the hands of the dealers. | ihe situation change*. A careless battik j for supremacy start#, and the result la j that prices Hoar upward from the ordl ; nary level prevailing during the cotton <**r.* on. Only n few of the resl farmers . over profit by these advances, for nearly Iways th' rop fjr sold before the pa j rlod of high p?Pcs arrive. For one, here is an advocate of a a 1» S Isfartory price. Ten to twelve cents j permit* of growing cotton profitably un der present conditions, and the farmer* who are forced to sal] below 10 caata * will simply be robbed by spinners and speculator*, and the money that la Juft* jly thalr* will be diverted Into other, | channels and eventually find It a way to ©that serf ion v, enriching other commu nities, while dace 'la hy decade the cdt ton belt goo* on without ns reward. Hut. after all, the Mouth i* making Its strides, and within a few years It seems that supremacy will be established. The unllmitlnr power and the gradually ac ciimulnttng capital will make itaelf felt throughout the world. This matter of marketing the crops bring* up new question* which ahould re ceive consideration at the hands of the faimers. The matter of hauling the crop to market Is one of stupendous Impor tance. and there is an endless task on hand for fotir months. It means hard work for the horses, and where tha roaus nr# bud It menus that these, along with j thaw» gons. will fare hard also. There l is nothing more disagreeable than the • vpoaure* one haa to undergo out on the road In bud weather. When bad rodda nr* added it make* a state of affairs that l* almost inconceivable, and only those who have undergone the trying circumstances can ever appreciate tha situation fully. lisfek some eight or ten years ago I knew a splendid gentleman who started out to farm on the most approved plans. Ho bought fine rattle, he had splendid pasturage *nd an excellent plantation Nearly everything seemed to favor him In his work But for the first y*-*r he had to buy his feed as well us hAul hla products to market Tha first winter aas passed, but with the second came the trying period of wet weather that always conns along about the last of the haivest time. lb* had his wagona all ranged In the road and the long Journey tft market was begun When roads are bad a half distance almost twenty mile* had to dogon miles seem a long way, but In this be traveled Along toward evening the wintry winds begun to blow, and as u4s+*t feed eliminating thr nmlat manh. Give table spool if til of nmat tollva) oil aa a laxative to carry off any Irritating mat* tcra that may bo In the Intestines . In **'•«« caaaa give & to 10 dropa of lauda num to each bird. tlapaa— Gapes la rauaed by the piea • nee of small worm* which are a ttn<3 ti ed to the lining «>f the trachea or wind pipe. where they cause much Irrltgtjon and often death to young rhtekena t Japes usually occur when the chicks front two to alt weeks old. Heparate the well from the atek birda and clean the coop* pen*, feed and water dlahpa , by dlatnfei ting with a five par rent so lution of carbolic arid bomethnea the ’ worms can be removed from the trurkew I by Inaertlna the clislo«inut<*iit «\f the worm feather while others will t»e etprllod and some will be drawn out with the l*v coughing or snessing. I'lacwf tbo chicks on a piece of piper, so tb.«4 the worms may be caught and burned. Weealng <frostbite) If the comb at wattles of f.'*l» becomes frosen, and It I* discolored before It th»w*» out. spplv *now or tuld water to remove the froet. for this grnduel thawing wilt often save i the bird s life Tneti apply vaeettna to the s dee ted parts twice a day Scaly I.eg* This Is caused by a mite which burrows under the scale? of the feet and shsnkft and It Is considered I to be Infectious, but does not spread | rapidly It Is noticed must frequently In old fowls The s< ales can be removed i hr stviktng the feet and shanks In warm I *"V»P> water and by rubbing or brushing i 1 them off with a toothbrush or nailbrush After the scales have been removed sp* I 1 ply sulphur ointment »>r equal parts If ' | melted lard «nd keroeene The frequent J | application of keroeene has also been j found effectual without the previous i in [ Chicken To* or Sors Head Thla la a | contagious dtarase caused b> a fungus I »nd tHiuts In chickens, turkeys, pigeon* , j *nd sometime# in geese It Is quits prev I <1 nt and 'ery destructive among young! ebb ks in the southern states. The dls* eass «D|H#n as an eruption of jsellow I t'-Mtulies about the beak, nostril#, eyes, j •and other parts of the twad The»a nt%d-I j ulee reach their full development In d\e to ten days when they emit a Wfatery • discharge Which Igter changes to a thick yellowish matter As the dtsmase prog ' regies the birds grow thin and weak ano ; death results In cases of epoctapeou* j erv the nodules dry up snd form a 1 cnat which later >HikN s away Ths • A LEB9ON LEARNED. And I learned amid the darkness By the spirit’s sight to see, Learned that angei hosts were ready In my need to come to me. Learned to welcome pain and trials. Wings to hear my soul above. Learned to know that round about me Are the arras of ChanFeleaa Love. —lda L. Lewi*. advanced the temperature dropped to freezing. Before home was reached, on the return trip, everybody along was thoroughly frozen, so to speak. That farmer laid down hla life r»n the occasion. Within h week tic was In bed and by tha corning of the spring time h" wnm sleeping in a grave on the green hillside That was only a price paid for I bad roads. Only the life of a struggling man, seeking to make two blades o* i grass where only one grew before. A : man who studied out the scientific points ; but who neglected to think about the reality of the conditions confronting him i at the time This Is Just one of a thous | and tale* that could be told about bad ! roads mean that a community Ih on the j !e*a pulls put on to the faithful mules and the consequent loss in stock. Good roads mean that a community in on the progressive shin of life and that there ! win be a noticeable advance made where ‘ ever such progrenHlve methods are ad vocated and carried out. The communi ty that Is burdened with rough roads at | this season Is to be pitied. People who • drag along In the name old rut without i a knowledge of Just what good road < 1 mean never knew what they are missing 1 Folks who reside In aecltlona where el*- j Kant roads are found wouldn’t go to the ; bad roads if farms were given them un less they knew that Improvements would : readily t>a forthcoming. When all the crops are off. take a day ; looking around and nee what Improve- j rnenta can be made In the road around i home. A little work there will greatly enhance the vs hie of the place and no doubt will mean much to the appea r .inc« of the place. Folks are getting to where thev think 1 something else besides of a mere living They want to sec the country go forwiixd and they w;int to see other folks pleased with progress being mad**. Tha •nan who j doesn’t do his share Is In a poor wav and wins but little commendation from tha common run of tollers who keep oa working while the idlers sit by and crit icise. This Is the age of activity, and the spirit of the times call for co-opera tbn In every work where Individual v*el fn» and public good Is involved. Home and Farm. DUST BOXES MUST BE PROVIDED IN WINTER If Brit Results Are To Be Obtained Some Atten tion Must Be Given. It Is necessary to provide dust boxen for the fowrls during the winter months If they are to he kept from lice.lf the soil lu tho yards Is naturally dry and porous, abundant opporf unit lea will be had for (he dust buHu; during the warm summer months, but during the late fall, winter and early spring some artificial provision must be made A comparative ly small box will answer the purpose ‘f I the attendant Is willing to give a little attention to It each day. These l»ox* % s ! should be placed so that they will re celve some sunshine on each bright day, and be kept well tilled with loose earth. ' Hoad dust procured during the hot. dry months from much traveled roads has . no superior for this purpose. Probably , there Is no wav In which the poultry j man can better combat the body-louse 1 than by providing dust boxes for his 1 fowls If the hitds are kept In confinement | do not feed too much trash lit the lots, 1 The accumulation of potato and appb peels and other kitchen rufuse causes | odors that are bv no means conductive of good health of t I parasite causing It penetrate* the skin of a healthy Individual either through an abrasion, through punctures caused bv bites of lice, etc . or less fri «iuently through the normal skin The disease is most prevalent during warm, damp, wrather and consquently inoet fatal to lots hatched chicks Tl>e folowing preventive measure" should be employed: keep affected birds from the premises keep toe houses clean and dry and hatch five chickens early i Meg birds may be treated by vpptyint carbolic ointment of gl>cerlne containing two per cent carbolic acid, to the affect !ed parts twice a day The sores m*v 1 also be bathed with soap and water to loqaefi th# crusts and subsequently •p*>nged with s solution of copper sul phate ton* half ounce to out qn¥ft of j aster) When other treatments are uv [availing, tincture of lodine may be spar* ( I ugly uaesl limber Neck This disease as Ha name indicates, is characterised by the limp condition of the nerk the fowl prvctk • | ally losing all control of the neck mus* | cleg, so that the head reats on toe ground This condition occurs m warm weather •and is caused by the fowls eating d- THE AUGUSTA HERALD CONCENTRATES FOR FEEDING By J. C. McAuliffc. Cotton seed meat should ho in great demand the coming season on ac fount of the high prire of grain. It wt-rms almost an impossibility to think of r’estern rattle feeders using 75 cents corn for fattening eattle for market, when cotton seed meal, one of th“ best concentrates, can be pur chased at anything like the present price. This great product of the cot ton belt now represents virtually all ■ the profit there Is In growing cotton when the fleecy staple is selling at j prices now ruling. It seems that the whole country should realize Just what it means to have such a grt-„ food at hand and if such value was attached to the product as It justly merits there 'would.be a revolution in prices with !in a couple of weeks. A western ex change speaks of cotton seed meal in i this connection, but does not give any rriore Importance to it than to any oi! meals, while as a matter of fact cot ton seed meal is really the one great food when It comes to cost and value. However, even southern farmers must come to appreciate this great product for its feeding value. There are hundreds of farmera in every sec tion of the south who do not put a real estimate of value on cotton seed meal. It Is time that folk at home were buying, or rather using their own material and quit buying high priced stuff from other sections. The exchange In question, the Farmers' Tribune, says: Indications point to another year of high grain prices. Corn is quoted at 78 cents a bushel on the Chicago market as w„ are writing. For De cember delivery the price of 65 cents, and for May delivery 64 cents. While the latter figures are specula tive and may not be a true Index of ] prices during December and May, there are no present indications that i corn will be cheap. We do not pre tend to be able to forecast the mar ket either of corn or of beef, but we wish to call attention to the fact that the higher the prire of corn or other | farm grains the cheaper, relatively, er ( , the go-railed concentrated feed ing stuffs, such as oil meal, gluten , meal, cottonseed ineal. blood meal, tankage, ete. These products do not ; fluctuate in market value nearly so much as do the more common grains. They do, of comae, lo a certain extent i respond to corn and other grain prices, but the difference in their highest and lowest market valuations ar ( , much less pronounced than are | tho fluctuations In the value of corn, ! wheat, oats and barley, for instance. | When corn Is 35 cents oil meal can HENS THAT LAY IN WINTER. THE PROFITABLE KIND Thr farmer or poultry man, who secures eggs from his hens during thi' winter always comes out a win ner and there are many ]K>ints that should be considered alotiK this line just at present. The Country Gen -1 tleman rocs into the details of the uuestlon In yuite an approved way . and says : "Pullets of the American varieties I and other kindred kinds, hatched [ prior to May 1, should begin to lay | the latter part of November, provtd Mir they have been well fed and cared ! for mi to the present time, and are forced from now on to a complete finish Smaller kinds, such as Left horns, Mtnorcas and others of the Mediterranean breed should lay by the end of November providing they were hatched prior to June 1. The re sults will prove whether they have been pn>|>« rl> grown for the punsise or not. Kew pullets of any kind hatched after June 1 will prove prof i Itahle *rr producers during the win I ter These hatrhed since June 1 had belter bo kept to themselves and led for rrowing Into strength and vigor] rather than be housed with the laying pullet* and fed as they should be for eRR production. From now till the winter begins, those intended for winter egg produc tlon should he fed all the rich tat forming und muscle-producing food the\ will cat. Make them grow flesh snd feathers as fast as possible for the sooner they have completed tlielr growth and grown r. now coal of fea'hers, the sooner will they b- I tin to lay. hielcct the poorest of all you have Rivwn to >.*» to n mket for the buck i-trr wlp i he calls. Ito not tiermil I «tii cm to take the cream of your tVsk swiii. nold on to these tor von own winter selection. The poorest 1 ;ha- von have are ot the least value jio von vet they should be of epn 1 - alne or market poultry. The htick II , ui pi the verv be d you eonus’.rd f|e«h In which a r toln ain*, has ,; ‘i ,i This po!*«n censes partial I .lysis of lh» birds Maggots eaten t'V fAtv '** .ta not (hf vltseos** sxoapt tt th-jr conu-ln * * poison th«*y have ob l«.un»4 fnvm »t - 4t-c*y\ns flesh. The »«•"? nnfl most rffei-ttve tnammt - of « Mirse. never to leave dead fowl" 1 .-r other Holnuili ground, but to N»ry or | a ! • ' ':ifui of cus’or ull u» aont<Umc« effective. i Conducted By J . C. McAULIFFE ( usually be bought at $27 to S2B per ; ton, while when corn is 70 centß a i bushel oil meal may nearly alwavs be purchased at from S3O to $32 per ton. i The reason why prices of concen | trates do not fluctuate to the extent observed in the case of corn is be i cause th e feeding value of the former Is not so well understood by farmers and feeders. The feeder ceases to buy concentrates when the pric e goes beyond a certain point, which is not always true > n the case of corn. The j great majority of cattle feeders who use concentrates at all do not feed to exceed one and one-half pounds of oil meal a day, or its equivalent In other similar by-products to steers on full feed, while but a very few feed to exceed three pounds per head per ; day. The great majority of cattle feed ers throughout th e corn belt do not make use of concentrates at all ex i cept during a few weeks of the finish ing period. And this is a mistake as corn alone .is not profitable fatten ing grain, especially when the rough age consists of (timothy or wild hay, corn stalks or fodder corn. That this is true has been demonstrated many times hy our experiment stations and needs no further proof. Not only have our experiment stations shown this by carefully conducted feeding trials, but many of the most success ful feeders hav e also convinced them selves of this fact and are gradually | becoming larger consumers of these , products. THE DOG TAX IN WESTERN KY- A report from Paducah, Ky., states I five hundred dogs In McCracken coun ty have been returned for taxation I this year, and as not a single sheep 1 claim has ever been filed againßt the i fund, the county achool will receive | the dollar a bead tax receipts. This , Is the first time dogs have been as scssion in tho county. More dogs are assessed by the city of Paducah than are assessed in the whole county. 1 I The Adventures of Charles Edward. j Harrison Rhodes, the author of , "The Adventures of Charles Edward” has returned from abroad to assist in the production of his play, “A Gen tleman from Mississippi,” under the management of William A. Brady, | with Thomas A. Wise as the star. Jt is not impossible that. "The Adven tures of Charles Edward,' which b.ts I been as popular ir. England as it. has | in this country, may also be drama j tized. FOR PROFIT AND PLEASURE have if he can possibly get them, but remember that holding first for breed ing purposes of the best you produce leads to success in Ihe business. There is no reasonable excuse for feeding surplus cockerels beyond the period when they are sufficiently well grown to sell to market. Select ns many of the best cockerels as you will need for your own use and to sell for producers. Send all the rest to I market as quickly as they have grown to a sufficient size. Remember grain is scarce and high, and • the more they eat the less profitable will then growing prove to be. Dispose of sur plus cockerels always each year as soon as they can he sold. The question of keeping the old hens should he considered. Healthy, vigorous hens In their second year should produce 7, r > per cent, as many eggs as they did the first. Those that were not profitable as pullets will be quite unprofitable as two year-old hens. Those that were profit able as pullets should be kept ns two-year-old hens, from the fact that they will produce more than enough eggs to pay their keep, and eggs for hatching from two-year-old hens tha are fine egg producers are the best. These hi ns should he selected from the far: that they have been great egg producers themselves. All the r. st of the yearling hi ns should he sold to market before they begin to moult, or else retained until they have finished Ihetr moult. This, of course, adds h useless cost to the carcass be cause the -arrass will aeldom bring more after the moult than it would have brough* prior to It. Moulting continues for an irregtt lar pe-iod; lime fowls complete their moult in thirty days: others continue (mm 70 to i*n days Those that finish in the shorter period are usually the best egg producer* the coming win ter: those that continue the longer period have Irs- one-fourth of the year, and usually lose another mon’h before thev begin to lay. The method* that have been re commended for hastening the moult have proved In most Instance* quit, unsatisfactory. The best method Is proper care and attention, with plentv of got d. wholesome food, the weed ; lug out of undesirable stork, and re taining only those which have the rtreng’h and vigor to respond reaj- II to nature's law ani reasonable trea in at. Clearing House Certificates In removing the cases o' unused Certificates from the cellar of the Georgia Railroad Bank today, quite a number of the Certifi cates were lost; many being found on the streets afterwards. This notice is given the public to warn them against these Certificates from anyone, as all ninety-seven dollars oj those issued last year have been redeemed, Augusta Clearing House Association By RUFUS H. BROWN. Manager. September 8, 1908. • . i • Are You Sowing Your Publicity ‘Wild Oats?” : . Do you advertise on the “hit or miss” plan? Has tha , whole matter of publicity seemed to you a complicated “guess?” i And have you been content to "guess wrong” a good deal of the time? Have you figured the thing out as one of life’s lotteries —in which, if "luck” is with you, an occasional prize may be • drawn; but in which, most of the time, "blanks” are to be your J portion.? 1 Do you "try" about every sort of plausible "advertising” plan or scheme that is presented to you—tie up your appropria • tion to dead walls and bill-boards and "dodgers" and “novelties" ! and the various Hinds of fo-de rol that look as though there “might be something in tt? Well, there are a great many ways in which to “adver- I tise" There are a great many ways in which to “to spend an < advertising appropriation” without “advertising,” too! If you ' have “sown your wild oats’’ as an advertiser, “settle down” and confine yourself, for a time, to “newspaper publicity”—and com mence to make some money—to get some returns from your In- < J vestment. It can be done —in that way. A very wise man once * wrote—and the thought ought to be worth a lot of money to you— * 1 , “THAT MAN IMPROPERLY BLAMES THE SEA WHO IS A < SECOND TIME WRECKED.” * And, it would seem, that advertiser improperly anathema- ■ tizos his “luck" who continues to “sow wild oats” In an adver • tising way! J , IF YOU WANT RESULTS, j TRY HERALD ADS. AWHILE. j George E. Payne & Co., 1106 Broad Street. Wishes to announce to his friends and former patrons that he has established a soft drink, cigar and tobacco store next door below his old stand, and he solicits their patronage. Hope’s Big Navy People who are not without either optimism or imagination like to “think in pictures”—to paint, in fantastic shapes, the hopes, the fears, the apprehensions of life. Mankind has long been accustomed to construct “MENTAL SHIPS” —to think of a cherished plan or hope as, “When my ship comes in!” The man or woman of buoyant temperament has “mental ships" sailing in all seas—and some of them are "coming in” every few days! If your “ships" are sailing according to the “PUBLICITY CHARTS'’ a good many more of them will “come in" on time and with BIGGER CARGOES. If most of your “ships” have found their ways to "Davy .Tone’s Locker," or to the graveyard of the seas, you may be gin the building of an entire NEW NAVY OF HOPE bv be coming a close reader —a student—of the advertisements. IN TODAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS—so full of “chances," “op portunities”—you may find some “ships’' whose whole cargoes are consigned to you: and other “ships” ready and waiting to set out on long or short voyage* freighted with your hopes and prospects. You Mav Choose For Yourself EITHER “Hard Times” or “Good Times” FOR IT HAS COME TO BE A PERSONAL PROB LEM WITH EACH BUSINESS MAN. The “hard times” are over, generally speaking. They are not over for those people who are content to have them rontinue. With the advent of Fall activities In business will com* to each merchant, to each man who is conducting a business, the oppor tunity to say a long good bye to “hard times,” or to cling to them a little longer. It Is to he, largely, s test of courage—the making of thla choice. A test of advertising courage—mainly. The stronger business men will choose good time* as a mat ter of course—and will proceed to make the choice effective by a campaign of res! advertising. There will be better bigger more" ef fective advertising done this Fall than ever before. ’ v Th* afraid-merchant will wonder “where the money is coming from to pa;, the bills " He will. In some rases, decide that hi must not “take the risk " That will be HIS DBOSION FOR "HARD TIMES’’ In preference to "good times," so far as he, personally, is concerned. Prosperity Is now a personal Question. Your* l« a per. _ •onal question with you. This It both true and important. ' Use THE HERALD For Results in Augusta. SUNDAY, SEPT. 20