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Graham Mightowek
General Merchants
We carry a full line of Buggies, Wgons.
Hrness, Hay Presses, Engine and Clinder
Oils, Lumber and Shingles and will be glad to show you through
at our general Store. Also we operate a modern all steel Murray
Ginnery with cotton cleaner attached and buy cotton and cotton
seed in connection with same and extend a cordial invitation to any
one needing anything in the above mentioned lines to come and
get our prices before bus ing.
MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEADQUARTERS WHEN INTOWN
Graham & Hightower
ALAMO, GA
J SERIOUS FOE IS
THE MOLE CRICKET
But Department of Entomology Says I
It Can Be Suppressed by
Careful Effort.
Atlanta, Ga. —The mole cricket, [
which is causing much trouble to I
farmers, particularly in southeastern I
Georgi, is believed to have been ;
brought into Georgia from the |
West Indie, and for the past til- I
teen years it has been gradually mak- I
ing its way to the interior wherever I
it can find sandy loam or peaty soils. '
which constitute its favorite and al- ;
most exclusive abode.
The mole crickpt is a brownish-col
ored bug about one and a quarter
inches long with six strong and well
developed legs. Its fore-front legs are
highly specialised and these, together
with its head, constitute its burrowing
apparatus with which it tunnels
through the ground very much like
the mole, whence its name.
The mole cricket -mates in the early
spring, and the eggs are deposited
from April 15 to June 15, an important
fact in connection with the work of
their extermination. Only one brood
occurs during the year. Each female
will deposit from twenty to sixty eggs
in an egg chamber or cell leading off
from the main tunnel and within about
five inches of the top of the ground.
The eggs hatch within twenty-four to
twenty-six days. The young cricket
reaches the adult stage within eight
to twelve months.
Eats Many Kind of Plants.
The mole cricket’s food consists
both of plant and animal life. The
cricket will eat the eggs of its young
or feed upon another of the same
species, but its principal food is com
posed of the young and tender roots
of growing plants. The cricket does
not confine its feeding to one particu
lar plant. It will feed on practically
all truck crops, such as lettuce, pep
per, tomatoes, turnips and potatoes,
and upon pastures and lawns which
suffer severely.
Young sugar cane Is also a much-de
sired article of diet. Both the potato
vine and potatoes themselves are eat
en. The cricket severs the vines of
tomatoes, potatoes and peppers just
below the surface of the ground. As
much as fifty per cent, of a field of
potatoes has been destroyed by the
crickets eating into the tubers.
Probably tire mbst effective method
yet presented in controlling the mole
cricket is to plow the breeding areas
two or three times between April 15
and June 15. This exposes the eggs
in large numbers to the sun which
kills them, or they may be eaten by
insectiverous animals.
In the case of young and tender
plants, preventive measures have of
ten been employed with good effect,
such as placing around them tin, wire
gauze or paper cylinders. A very
good tin cylinder is made by melting
the top and bottom off a tin tomato
BLASTS FROM RAM’S HORN
There is a lot of preaching being
done that the devil likes to hear.
The man who does the least for the
church often tries the hardest to
run it.
It will pay to try praising your
wife awhile —even if it does frighten
her at first.
Os the entire alfalfa plant, accord
ing to Kansas bulletin 155, the stalk
comprises 60 per cent, and the leaf
40 per cent., whereas the quantity of
the protein in the stalk. is only 40 per
cent., while the protein in the leaf is
60 per cent. Moreover only 20 per
cent, of the fat Is to be found in the
stalk, while 80 per cent, is in the leaf.
It is, therefore, very important that
alfalfa be harvested at the proper
time, and carefully handled bo that
all the leaves will be saved.
When possible to do so it is best to
cut alfalfa late in the afternoon or
evening. Dew or rain on the freshly
cut alfalfa will not injure it. Where a
tedder is used, it should be started in
the morning as soon as most of the
dew is off and before there is any dan
ger of knocking off the leaves. It is
often advisable to go over it more
than once.
Alfalfa hay is harvested and cured
in much the same way as clover, ex-
Save the Alfalfa Leaves
%
Proportion
Stalk | 60
Leaf | 40
Protein
Stalk | 40
Leaf * | 60
Fat
| Stalk | 20
' 1 80
cept that it should be cut as soon as
the young sprouts or shoots start to
grow at the base of the plant.
QUIET THOUGHTS
I A. seat in a crowded car is worth
{ two in an empty one.
The breath of scandal is the 111-wind
that blows nobody good.
Don’t strike a man when he is down.
I Even an idea will seldom do that.
i The fellow who is fired with enthusi
asm is seldom the one who is fired by
the boss.
, All ths world’s a stage, with mighty
few intermissions to go out between
I the acts.
The people who live up to their
Ideals are generally satisfied to re
main poor.
All men are fools, but they wouldn’t
I be reminded of it so often if they re
mained single.
Love in a cottage is ail right, pro
vided it also supplies a town house
' for the winter.
Intimate know-ledge may be a mag
nifying glass, but some men positively
dwindle under it.
. There must be some sort of neutral
i ground between a marjied man’s
I warning and a bachelor’s advice.
It w-ould take nothing less than
brass knuckles and a blackjack to
knock the conceit ouj of some people
It doesn’t tpke many statistics to
prove that the man who lives wrong
can’t die right.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA.
MB
H as « Uis y Ma Kao at S
HOTEL ANSLEY
ATLANTA, GA.
Open June 30, 1913
The South’s finest and most
modern hotel. Fireproof. 306
rooms,
Rooms with running water and
private toilet SI.OO per day.
Rooms with connecting bath
$1.50 per day.
Rooms with private bath $2.00
per day and up.
Finest Rathskellar, Case and
Private Dining Rooms in the
South.
J. B. POUND, Pres.
J. F. LETTON, Mgr.
CHAS G. DAY, Ass’t Mgr.
County Directory.
COUNTY OFFICERS:
ORDINARY. W. R. Kent-Court Ist
Monday in each Month.
CLERK SUPERIOR COURT, J. D.
Brown.
SHERIFF, J. F. Wright.
TAX COLLECTOR, J. A. Martin.
TAX RECEIVER, W. T. Hadden.
TREASURER, Daniel Pope.
CORONER J. J. Brantlev.
BOARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
J. F. SIKES, Chairman.
J. A. CLEGG
THOMAS KENT,
W. E. CURRIE, Clerk.
Court Ist Tuesday in e: eh month.
SUPERIOR COURT:
E. D. GRAHAM, Judge.
‘JkW. A. WOOTEN, Solicitor.
Court convenes Ist Monday in March
and September
' STOP IN ATLANTA
AT fiOTEL EMPIRE
Opposite Union Depot
on Pryor Street.
Renovated and refurnished throughout
Reservations made on application.
Hot and cold water, private baths,
electric lights apd elevator.
First class accommodations’ at ex
treamly moderate rates. European
plan 75 cents up.
JOHN L. EDMONDSON,
Proprietor!?
Church Directory
FREE WILL BAPTIST—First Sunday and Sat
urday before in each month.
PrayermeetinK each Eriday night.
B. F. HORN, Pastor. Plainfield
MISSIONARY BAPTIST—2nd Sunday in each
month, and Saturday before.
Rev. R. PHILLIP HUNT, Paator, Alamo. Ga.
METHOUIST—Fourth Sunday in each month
Sunday School 3-30 each Sunday afternoon.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening
J.E. SUMMER Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN—Third Sunday afternoon,
4 «’clock.CHAS. M. MONTGOMERY Pastor
SOME POSTSCRIPTS
More than a billion bricks were
used in Greater New York last year,
most of which came from brick yards
along the Hudson river.
An electric signal light that pierces
a fog better than anything yet tried,
the invention of a Californian, draws
the carbons apart periodically to
stretch the arc, giving out brilliant
flashes.
One French inventor Is hanging the
cylinders of his aeroplane engine be-
Idw the shaft to add stability, while
another Is trying out a propeller with
six blades, instead of the two com-
Force of Habit.
"Have you ever noticed that oculists
are high-tempered?”
“No. Why should they be?”
“Merely because their business de
velops an eye-rate tendency.”
FOR VOUR
Blacksmith and
Wheelwright work
GO TO
J. C. Brooks
Horseshoeing and General Repair
Work. Prompt and courteous
treatment to all.
Your patronage solicited
J. G. BROOKS
Proprietor.
Money io W!
Will lend money on improved Real Estate,
both farm lands and city property.. I represent
one of the strongest companies doing business
in Georgia. If you hate a good farm I can tend
you money. Ido not claim to have the
Cheapest Money in the South
but believe that you will find my rates reason
able, at least as low as anyone making loans m
this territory.
See me before placing your application else
where. I alv/ays have time to discuss the pro
position with you. Office in, Telephone Ex
change building. Mcßae, Ga.
Hamilton burgh.
In ALAMO WEDNESDAY OF EACH WEEK
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH.
ROUTE OF THE ROYAL PALM
No. 1 Northbound—No. 2 Southbound
A New Steel Train—Free Reclining Chair Cars, Pullman
Observation, Compartment and Drawing Room Sleeping Cars.
Dining Car Service —Meals Served a la Carte.
OHIO-FLORIDA SPECIAL
No. 13 Northbound—No. 14 Southbound
FLORIDA SPECIAL
No. 5 No-thbound —No. 6 Southbound
. Between Macon, Jacksonville, Cincinnati and Chicago.
KANSAS CITY-FLORIDA SPECIAL
No. 23 Northbound—No. 24 Southbound
Between Macon, Jacksonville and Kansas City.
NORTHBOUND— No. 1 No. 5 No. 13 No. 23
Lv. Macon 3:35 A.M. 2:30 P.M. 5:40 P.M. 4:10 A.M.
Ar. Atlanta 6110 A.M. 5:00 P.M. 8:10 P.M. 6:50 A.M.
Ar. Chattanooga 10:55 A.M. 9:35 P.M. 1:05 A.M. 12:45 P.M.
Ar. Cincinnati .. 9:10 P.M. 8:00 A.M. 11:45 A.M.
Ar. Chicago 7:25 A.M. 5:00 P.M. 8:25 P.M.
Ar. Birmingham 5:20 A.M. 12:15 Noon
Ar. Memphis .... 8:00 A.M. 8:45 P.M.
Ar. Kansas City 10 : ^0 A.M.
SOUTHBOUND— No. 2 No. 14 No. 15 No. 6
Lv. Macon . 12:30 A.M. 2:15 A.M. 10:50 A.M. 1:30 P.M.
Ar. Jacksonville. 7:40 A.M. 9:20 A.M. 8:10 P.M. 8:10 P.M.
Ar. Brunswick .. 8:30 A.M. 8:30 A.M. 5:45 P.M.
N. B. Schedule figures shown as information and are not
guaranteed.
For complete information apply to nearest Southern Railway
representative or write to:
J. S. BLOODWORTH, Traveling Passenger Agent, MACON, GA.