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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31
4 GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.

An excellent opportunity to advertise
the city of Americas and Sumter coun-
~ Will be given to the people of this
section when the next annual conyen-
ton of the Georgia-Florida Nut Grow
ers' Association convenes here, in May.
The value of Sumter county lands
for the purpose of growing not only
pecans but also any other crops that
can be grown in the state is matter
OF certainty. II is not an experimental
uncertainty that will be brought TO the
attention of the nut growers OF the
two states but tangible, unqualified
success. The pecan groves of the coun-
ty are here to show for themselves
what has been done and what can je
repeated on any of the farm lands OF
the county.
Even he who runs may read the
meaning Of the exceptional opportunity
that is thus afforded the citizens OF
Americus and the entire surrounding
section to show the numerous p?ospec-
tive buyers, who will be among these
attending the convention, what We
have in the way of uneXcelled induce
ments. The town and county should
rally to the support of those who have
the management of the Nut Growers
Association in hand and help to make
it. the success it deserves to be.
There will probably be no better OPP
portunity afforded this section for
publicity during the entire year than
that which will be furnished by the
coming of the nut growers. Indica-
lions point to a record-breaking atten-
dance. 1t will require the united eff
fort of the people of the city and sec
ton to entertain these guests as they
should be. but the returns should rich
ly repay all the labor involved.
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CJames Whitcomb Riley.J

Oh, l walk with you, my lad, which
ever way you fare.
You'll have me, too, the side Of you
with heart as light as air;
No care for where the road you take s
g-anywhere-
1t can but be joyful jaunt the while
you journey there.
The road you takes the path OF love
and that's the breath of two
And l will walk with you my lad
oh, I will walk with YOU
Oh, will walk with you, my lad,
Be heather black or blue
Or roadside frost, or dew my lad-oh,
l will walk with you.
Ay, glad, my lad III walk with you,
whatever winds may blow,
Or summer blossoms stay our steps, or
binding drifts of snow;
The way that you set face and foot S
the way that | will go,
And brave I'll be, abreast Of you, the
saints and angels know.
With loyal hand in loyal hand, and one
heart made of two.
Through summers gold, or winters
cold, it's | will walk with you.
Sure, I will walk with you, my lad,
A love ordains me to,
To heavens door, and through, my lad
oh, l will walk with you,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Baltimore has a superheated mayor
atty campaign in progress. 1t VIII
serve the good end of keeping the
minds of harrased bubbles from
thinking of Easter bonnets.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Amy one reading the daily reports Of
the agricultural train can see that Tom
Hudson's talks touch the tender chords
and show profound information on his
subjects.-Vidalia Advance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

In noting the fiftieth anniversary of
italian independence, one realizes that
Italy is now more than mere geo
graphical expression.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Uncle Joe Cannon insists on run
ming for speaker again.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Between Russia and the plague poor
China is Gin it
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

It's difficult to tell where the Mex
ican revolution is at
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Even power boats have caught the
speed habit and are making a mile a
minute.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Oklahoma's white hope" is showing
up promisingly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31
4 HALCYON DAY. =

Chicago Record-Herald.)

Chicago Record-Herald)
The Office boy is whistling in the hall,
And now and then accompanying a
Jig;
His speech is very short to those who
And if they frown he does not care
a fig;
In paper covers on his desk there lie
Two tales in which the heroes slash
and Stay,
And cigarette smoke here and there
Floats in the circumambient air
Because the boss is out of town to-
day.
The sweet stenographe7 mas ceased
awhile
To pound the keys as is her daily
wont:
Her work is heaped up in a ragged pile
A blushing rose is fastened on hel
front
Since early morn she has used the
phone,
Her laugh is careless and her mood
is gay;
While duty stands aside and waits
She is serenely making dates,
Because the boss is out of town to-
day,
The postman, usually in haste,
And with few words, decides to stay
and chat;
Discovering he has time to waste,
He hangs around and talks ofthis
and that;
The Office boy jigs to while the time
away;
The beautiful stenographer
Has made the postman pant for her,
Because the boss is out Of town to-
day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Champ Clark will use neither Mis-
souri, mules nor an automobile.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Whatever good fortune comes, We
should remember the senatorial can
Gidates are diminishing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

The Democratic pie-hunters are most
conspicuous.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

The courts are trying to squelch Ma
Goodwin's matrimonial adventures.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Money talks, but it never really
uoght to use megaphone.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

The presidents message will Ge
brief. Thanks,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Colonel Roosevelt dearly loves t
keep young and in the spotlight He
dined recently with college boys
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FOR SAL


the
mHeofA America
pebby land with clay ubsol Price reasonable
fmauow
esinculi ononegoo d
No acresi o sscHons
brnsp tenant H7.5
erof alroadt
in in $1,000 Price $500
xmies of the level
good gradeof land, pntyf houes
about onhfin
Price a
graded road Good land good
arnsP
of small 22o cultivation Most Of the land is
veveLso
red pe soil clay SubsO and the best farme Sumter
htyi feet good depth
close in
w. s. & e. w. Andrews
Americas, Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Uncle Sam is after BLACK Hand
agents.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Extra sessions are very expensive
luXuries
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Still the "freproof buildings" keep
burning.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

The Mexican mystery will yet come
out.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

New York has too much Murphy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-31

Mexican cabinets are hard to find.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

tho flavor and make the Smyrna fig so
delicious.
Now these flowers about the figs on the
female trees are longer than those on the
male trees They are so long that when
the wasp puts its tail in and lays Its
eggs they do not reach to the bottom and
the eggs dry up to nothing. However. as
the blastaphagas lays she drops this pol
len on the blossoms and fertilizes the
fruit. The flowers on the figs of the male
tree are shorter. and the eggs reach the
fruit and speedily hatch. The work OF
laying the eggs on the female trees is
deception practiced b. nature on the
Wasps. but it works nevertheless. and
such lay their eggs on the flowers
of the male tree are enough to perptuate
the race for the figs of the future
The people Of California knew about
this insect and tried TO get il for long
time before they succeeded. Indeed, our
knowledge of il dates far back into anti
guilty. Herodotus refers to caprifcation
in some of his writings in the fifth GEN.
tury before Christ, and Aristotle speaks
OF it in his history of animals Ii was
we'll known throughout the orient. and
it has been carried from Asia Minor 10
Africa, so that the MoorS and .hlgerians
raise their figs in this way. In Smyrna.
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undeveioped females called workers. Inc
latter lay no eggs, but build the COMB,
gather the stores. keep the hive clean:
feed the young and do the other work OF
the hive. During part of the year there
are also present some hundreds of males.
or drones. These three types are eaSli!
recognized. even by a novice.
The queen bee mates but once IN he'
lifetime and then lays tho eggs for the
development of worker bees. If not she
lays eggs from which are produced the
males or drcues. Looking at 1t imper-
sonally il does not seem that any OF IN.
trio have Il very luxurious life, such as
q poet loves to associate with the vagrant
honey bee fitting idly from flower 10
flower To him il is. according to Dr.
Phillips. as much commercial PROPOSE
ttrn as a business man laying in his win
ter coal supply. The drone is driven out
TO starye and tho workers literally work
themselves to Gcath
The life of bee is oniy about siN
weeks DR.. Phillips announced. and
even before the expiration of that time
the workers look old and bedraggled
from their incessant toiling. Sometimes
even "a queen is put TO death if she gets
old and does not lay. 1t is a case of the
survival of the f1ttest and no one III
beehive is allowed to loaf around.
There are such a hot Of superstitlons
concerning bees that you might clear
few of them up. For instance. the most
painstaking Investigations have failed TO
determine just how beeswaX is made.
If this could he successfully manufac-
tured there would be fortunes in II. but,
like the Indian blanket, ii must be made
by the slow. tedious process of it's in
ventors. This wax Is not gathered afield.
a 80 &.
by the bees themselves. 1t is secreted
for conveyance on the under side OF the
abdomen of the bee in eight little pockets
meant for that purpose.
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old varieties and breeding new ones. They
have hundreds of different kinds and are
producing others each year. The trees
are male and female. and Uncle Sam $
match makers are marrying the best
specimens Of each variety with an Idea
that the children that come from the
seeds win have the best qualities or
each parent With this view the Depart
ment Of Agriculture is sending out thou
sands of seeds and urging the farmers
of those hot, arid regions to set out
date gardens This is comparatively
cheap when the trees are grown from tne
seeds and the date orchards once IN
bearing prove enormously profitable me
trees begin to fruit in three years, ana
the dates sell at retail for from 10 10 -
cents pound, according to quality Inc
average Weld of a Deglei Moor palm IS
mi at from SO to l22 pounds. and an esti-
mate of $50 profit per acre year IS hol
ont of the way. Even counting only -
mounds to a tree. an acre should yea
600 OF 5000 pounds year.
There is no doubt but that the demand
for dates can be greatly increased. The
California Fruit Growers Associau ton ma $
bv advertising and marketing added %
per cent 10 the demand for oranges IN
Iowa. and II is spending $loO,Tc this year
Evening star., 1911-08-20

he takes the keenest interest and the
care OF the bees occupies much Of his
morning and evening time. lie estimates
on two '.Supers or about siNty-four
pounds Of honey a season from these
hives. One shown the visitor contained
thirty-two pounds Of honey in the max
ing and. incredible as il appeared, consid
ering the size Of tile hive, 10000 bees.
TWO hundred pounds Of honey is what
Mr.. Eller expects - take in a season OF
generous bloom. But when trees bud late
and the available nectar is limited sur
plus honey IS secured only by judic.ous
manipu.ations, and often the beekeeper
must submit TO expensive reverses Ia Or
der to save his bee crop. For" said Mr..
Elier. pointin: 10 small brood hive
Evening star., 1911-08-20

prevailing wind and 10 be protected from
high winds. They should get the morn
ing sunlight, so that the bees may ne
come active early in the DAY and thus
gain an advantage by getting the first
supply of nectar Hives should also be
so placed that they will be shaded during
The hottest hours. so the bees VIII not
hang out in front OF them instead or
working And OF course. a citizen needs
10 place his bees where they will not
menace passing live stock. Some cities
hpxe laws against bee keeping for that
reason. but Washington is fortunately
exempt.
The plot on which the hives are placed
should be kept free from weeds. especially
IN front Of the entrance. These should be
sufficiently far apart to prevent bees
from entering the wrong ones on return
ing laden with honey. especially in the
spring. when they arc young and un-
familiar with their surroundings.
Bees can he nicely handled in back
yards, on scant city lots or in the woods.
As a rule no more than 100 colonies
should be kept i'm apiary and tho
latter should be at least two miles apart.
And il cannot be insisted upon too
strongly that the only way TO keep bees
is in hives with movable frames. Bees
in box hives. that is plain boxes with
no frames and combs built at the will oc
the bees, obtain for their owner only a
few pounds of inferior honey year.
The bees should always be SO handled
that they will be little disturbed in their
work And always avoid black clothing.
since that color seems 10 excite bees
black felt hat is especially TO be avoided.
THE best time TO handle them IS dur
ing the middle OF warm days. particular
ly during a honey flow Never handle
them at night or on cold wet days un-
less absolutely necessary. As 10 the va
rious other minor and yet essential de-
tails of bee keeping, each owner has to
work them out to his own salvation. no
matter how many rules he be given to
follow"
Evening star., 1911-08-20

short distance near the mouth where the
moist winds from the Gulf of Mexico
make the summer too cool to Tipen the
fruit.
1t is a singular thing that the fruit
seems 10 thrive on an alkali soil. In some
of the orchards which are now growing
the land is so salty that weeds will not
spring I'D on it and nothing but desert
plants can be grown.
Mr.. Swingle expects that the United
States will some day produce dates su-
perior to any now grown. The Arabs have
tried TO perpetuatc tn cd varieties, us
ing the shoot or suckers of the date
trees rather than seedl ngs fer planting
new groves. This has been the same in
Persia and elsewhere II is different III
our date gardens of the west The
scientists there are taking the best OF The
Evening star., 1911-08-20

trees Each is of the shape or a bell.
with a marrow mouth. minute howerS DC
ing on the inside of tho bell. In the male
tree the flowers are 80 short that "neii
the Nine Rlastophagas sticks in her tai
and deposits the eggs they are close
enough to become part of the fruit ana
they soon hatch therein and crawl forih
wasps like their mother IL one ol
these csnri dcs Is cut open before IL Is
rpe il will be seen to be fun OF grams
which look much like seeds These grams
are minute gals. each Of which contains
a tig insect When the insects are ready
~ III. tbeir way out of the gals the
mouth " the capri fiG opens ard ring
of rAale flowers situated below II begin 10
shed pollen abundan;ly. As the insects
crawl out they get coated with TINS polen
and carry Il 10 the female flowers which
line the young budding fgs on the fe-
male tree The busting of the female
flowers with pollen causes the frut 10
set and to bear fertile seeds. which give
Evening star., 1911-08-20

the desert. II might also be called tho
bread of the Sahara for in some places
tie Arabs cat but little else. the fruit
being fed to the camcls and even TO
dogs.
This date stock feed, however is diff
ferent from the fruit have III Amer-
ca. The 0aSeS have many Kinds of
dates as We have apples. There arc more
than 100 different da to palms in the
Sahara. and many others in the Persian
gulf reg on. The dates we eat are full
OF sugar. and are so soft and juicy that
they must he drained before being pack
cd. The fayorite date Of the Sahara IS a
dry date. which can be kept long time,
Evening star., 1911-08-20

to increase the sale Of that fruit in
Illinois Wisconsin and other states. The
same may 10 done with the date. This
fruit Is the great dessert food Of France
and a box Of fine dates forms tie chief
Christmas present there. The Agr!cultu-
raj Department believes that the time
will come when dates will be consumed
BY our people mitch oranges are now
and they tell me that we have the SOL
and climate which can supply any de-
mand.
Another tropical fruit which is af-
fecting California, Arizona ard Texas, as
we'll as other parts of the west. is the
SMYRNA fig. This fruit can be raised
over a great area. and there is no doubt
but that We could produce all We con
sumo Nevertheless. nine-tenths of our
figs still como from abroad, and We are
importing 4,oGa.0p pounds every year
California las long realized the money
that might be made out Of the business.
and il has tried again and again 10 20
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is confidently expected TO promote the
swarming.
Fortunately and Or. Phillips smiled
ironically, lit does not interfere with
them at all Apparently all honey bees
are deaf They have been tested with
tuning forks and all that. but were pre-
sumably unable to hear the slightest
noise. As a matter Of fact, the idea of
swarming has been completely turned
about.
Back in the days of some early Eng
I;sh king. whose name ] do not recall
he decreed that anybody happening upon
a swarm of bees could have all the honey
tney left if he first made the most out
raseous noise possible in order to give
the neighbors a chance to rush In and
share the spoils. The habit was to beat
Evening star., 1911-08-20

with the older worker bees and leaves 4
new queen and the young bees in pos
session.
NO hive can hold TWO queens, he eN-
claimed any more than one house can
contain two housekeepers. Evidently ne
knew long before Maeterlnck immortal
ized them, in prose, how very similar are
the workings OF honey bees and humanity.
So long as they remain in good hGmol
and honey is plentiful the drones are al
lowed 10 remain in idleness. As soon.
however. as the supply is reduced they
drive the lazy hees out 10 starve. Gi
coGr<e these could sip nectar f:oni the
Evening star., 1911-08-20

S;ardinC near the bees Will never make
honey for me- until they have stored sui
fcicnt to last tacm through tie winter.
The caller looked increduIoue. whereat
nc explained that the hive is divided into
two horizontal layers. In the lower OF
these the bees work until il j. TILED be-
fore they place any honey ii the upper
They seem 10 know what goes W
there viii be taken away. he insisted
"Of course. sometimes they miscalcu-
late. just as people do. and when
winter Is unusually long or severe
often the bees have exhausted their
stock by spring and have to be fed. L
generally give them sugar and water
in equal parts. And TO the young bees
I give bee bread. or rather. the older
bees do. They have a complete system
of housekeeping, and none are neg
lected-except the drones.'
Mr.. Eller has four different strains Of
Evening star., 1911-08-20
SMYRNA FIG ORCHARD At FRESNO.

into it. 1t did not succeed. however, un-
til Mr.. SWingle brought here from Asia
Mino: the blastophagas and trained 1T
10 work in the harness of the horticul-
turiSt.
| wonder if YOU have ever heard OF the
blastopha gas 1t is a little insect which
looks like a wasp, only much smaller
Its chief jon in life is carrying the pollen
from the male fig tree 10 the female fig
tree and thereby fertilizing the fruit
Without it is fertilzed the fruit is not
good. 1t will not stay on the tree and
is of no commercial value whatever.
Now the blastopha gas is like the boil
weevil in that it will feed upon only one
crop The boil weevil will eat nothing
but cotton. The blastophaSas can live on
nothing but the Smyrna fig. 1t can be
born only in the capri fig. which is the
male variety of the Smyrna fig, and the
figs OF the male tree are seemingly good
for nothing else but to serve as a breed
ing ground for this insect.
While talking about this matter with
Mr.. Swingle lie drew for me two pictures
of the blossoms of the male and female
Evening star., 1911-08-20

the valley of tho EUphrates. not far
from where the Tower of Babel once
stood. and near the supposed location OF
the Garden Of Eden. ! have taxed about
this country with Mr.. David Fairchild,
the agricultural explorer. who has gone
around the world like a watch spring.
scratching its surface for rev plants and
trees to Introduce into TIE United states
lie made special trip t. study the GATE
groves of the Persian gulf, which are
still furnishing most If that irult that
comes to America. Mr. lfarchld says
there arc something like twenty million
date palms in that territory. and that an
unbrcken date forest runs along the Shat
Evening star., 1911-08-20

flowers. only that is contrary 20 the ma
t,.re Of a drone. According TO Mr.. Eiler. it
requires just as much care to raise a
proper sort of queen for beehive q
for the throne of England In either
event one lacking in the requisites Of
dueenlncss involves the colony or the
country in many difficulties.
Both Of them spend most of their adult
lives in secIusion Mr.. r,ller can go free
~. among his bees 1T any time. lie IS
rarely stung, and attributes 1t to the tact
that he is delihf rate in his movements
and does not irritate them
They more often sting he stated,
Through fear than anger" lie is a sort
of Good Samaritan to his bees, too, for
he buys ready-made wax combs precisely
in shape and size like those the bees make
and on them they begin the work OF
making honey. This saves time and has
Evening star., 1911-08-20

bees--Italians. Carniolans. Banats and
Caucasian. The last are the gentlest
OF all the bees" Mr.. Eiler explained,
and / wish all | have were of that
sort. The strain was brought from
the Black sea. The Italian bees are
good workers. but they have dreadful
tempers. They are thieves. too, and
although certain bulletins praise them
for being such splendid honey gather
ers, IL isn't very profitable if they steal
it from another hive. and that is what
mine will do unless ! Uasch them. This
happens when their own supply runs
low don't dare go among them
without my bonnet and gloves. The
CaucasianS are gentle. but they are
NOT, az ! have read III the papers.
stinelesS The person who i'll that
Evening star., 1911-08-20

on a slield with whatever came handy.
Down through the years We have 30 Got
The cart before the horse that now even
intelligent people will rush maGly Tor
something TO swarm the bees with 50
soon as they give evidence OF leaving for
Il new home
In regard 10 amateurs who contem-
plate raising bees in their city gardens
and yards DR.. Phillips volunteered some
facts from his book on bees.
The location of hives" he said. is
OF the utmost importance. ~ rule IL
X better. Tor them - face away from the
Evening star., 1911-08-20

Their sense of location is very keen.
but they have unusually short memories
Any colony of bees can be made TO for
get their old home by being shut UP i'll
Live for three days. If brush or any
obstacle is placed before il they VIII
emerge cautiously. thus having time To
note their surroundings. and they will in
variably return to il from their nectar
gathering. You see the unusual presence
of the brush proves 10 them that some
change has been made and makes them
cautious
Another peculiar feature Il bee life
Evening star., 1911-08-20

hONEY Is Manufactured
l ! on Tops of Buildings
and in Backyards-Apiary of
Department of Agriculture
Best Ways to Raise Bees
Their Habits and Danger in
Handling Them.