The Washington herald., 1908-07-15
Solving Z Peach Problem.

Peaches are getting ripe down South
Great train loads Of luscious C-amens
are coming North from the upper sections
OF the Empire State OF the South. while
The beautiful liberia Is just beginning
10 move from the lower sections Here
tofore the peach growers have had
hard time Of It getting the necessary
help when the tine TO gather and ship
the crop arrived. but II a scheme recently
inaugurated IN Sumter County. Ga, IS
followed generally throughout the peach
growing district. there viii be no trouble
this year On the contrary. the output
should be unusually profitable
Witness this news item from Americus.
printed in the Macon tGa) News:
with spi-it c1ulnendable. host Of young ladies
here came nobly % the relief Of rle orchard men
yesterday Al ere Of the large orchards II vas de-
sized by the owners 20 PACK and ship ten carloads
that day Other help not % be had and the
Dtach gr0Fers we're faced with a serious dilemma
-'BeieTiuE that the girls would assist them IN
s1cl ene--eucy- the arpeaF for help was made, and
vas met with ready response.
Five farm wagons were loaded Up with some Of
to Tire packing house where great piles Of EIbertas
wl-e IN readiness Def and dainty fingers not
few q thsm o-uaueated with flashing soitzirez
packed the luscious fruit into crates. and the cars
were loaded on sche5ule time for shipment 70 New
IlrE N0t only was it source q pleasure for the
fair peach packers thus render assistance II tine
Of need, but neat SIN was earned by each ore al
the price Paid pe- crate"
Now. that was a lot Of peaches that
should have sold at fancy prices. and.
we have no doubt, did, if the truth con-
cerning them was known, The story is a
tales they tell down there Of the self
sacrifice and heroisn OF the girls Of the
'6gs- IN those trying times. the young
womanhOod is said 10 have kept the war
going at least a year or so longer than
IL naturally would have lasted. by the
sheer force Of its determination and
pluck No real daughter Of Dixie in
those days would wear anything finer
than the cheapest homespun. in order
that the boys in gray might have a few
additional comforts and necessities at the
front
Happily. however, this more modern
display OF the Dixie girls WILLINGNESS 10
lend helping hand whenever a crisis is
upon her country is fashioned in more
pleasing setting, fortunately. It is a story
that carries with Il nothing but sunshine.
sweetness. good cheer, and-peaches!
Who wouldn't willingly pay a goodly sum
more for peaches pluc1ed by fairy hands.
and packed by rose-lipped lassies Of the
sunny South. in preference to those
packed by the hands OF ordinary mascu-
line labor? Who VIII deny that the
peaches herein considered were rendered
al the sweeter and more paIatabIe by
The treatment they received from these
dainty and bewitching patriots?
As for ourselves. ne would walk nine
blocks out OF the way any old July day
when the asphalt is mushy and steam
Ing hot TO secure a basket Of such fruit
An eminent astroIoger" predicts that
NIr. Roosevelt VIII be the next President
Of the United States. claiming that he
read Il in the stars" So far as he can
see. therefore, the Roosevelt boom is
Sfricf1.- IN IN the 1f-