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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-10-22
They Like Our Spirit.

The progressive farmers Of Lee
county viii, hold a fair at Leesburg
on October 31st, and we judge from
the premium list which is published
i the Lee County Journal that it is
to be the real thing an exhibit Of
farm products, including live stock
and poultrA.
Such fairs are not only education
al, but tend to stimulate COM
mendable rivalry between farmers
which inspires county pride. If
Lee county keeps up these county
fairs for a few years Lee will become
one of the most prosperous agricul-
ural counties in the state just as
surely as cause produces effect.
When it comes to level, fertile
lands no county in Southwest Geor-
gia has any advantage over Lee, and
we are glad to see evidences of the
fact that the people Of the county
are beginning to take on a progress
sive spirit which means much for
the county's future.
Dead counties don't hold county
fairs; it is only the live ones that
undertake such enterprises. Hur-
rah for Lee!-Alhany Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-10-22


Of 4 farm demonstration agent
next year.
That was the unanimous sentlni-
emf Of the farmers at the meeting
held here last Tuesday morning.
Many talks were made giving hearty
praise o. the work, and it was de-
cided that the grand jury should be
asked to recommend that the coun-
ty commissioners appropriate the
$500 now needed for the work.
VIXEN this motion had been made
by Mr. ]. r. Long there was inns
mediate and enthusiastic approval
Of it. Judge Ware Martin made .
rousing and earnest appeal for the
continuance of the farmdenonstra-
ton work in Lee county.
After outlining thefunds already
available, which consist OF 500
that the federal government will
pay and 5000 pledged by the Ga.
Southwestern and Gulf railway,
whose lines traverse the eastern gee
ton of the county, Mr.. Martin said
that he thought it was very plainly
and clearly the duty Of the county
through its grand jury and com
nissioners to supplement this fund
with an additiona! $500, which
would complete the $500 needed
to secure the services of an agent
throughout the entire year 1915.
There were new crops to be planted,
he argued, with Which the farmers
of the county are unf lmiliar. They
need instructions in the culture Of
these crops. Mr.. Martin declared
taat no better use could be made Of
the county's funds than for this
purpose, and he added that some
Of the county funds are used for
much less meritorious causes now.
Mr.. Robert Pryor also champion
ed the cause OF farm demonstration
work vigorously, and he paid de
served tribute to the services during
the present year of Mr.. r. Fl Kent
farm demonstration for this county
and Terrell. Mr.. Pryor and other
speakers pointed out the fact that
many farmers in the county would
avail themselves of Mr. Kent's SER
vices, If the county should contrib
ute to the fund Every speaker en-
thusiasticly endorsed the work Of
Mr.. Kent. Among the other speak
ers who plead for the continuance
of demonstration work were Messrs.
Guy Pryor, II. l. Long ST., ]. R.
Long, d. C. Jones and ]. G. Pruitt.
A petition was signed by all pres
eut, asking that the grand jury rec
ommend the appropriation Of $500
if possible, otherwise as much as
they could give for the work. BY
unanimous vote the meeting went
on record as commencing the york
done by Mr.. Kent and pledging
themselves to make good the $500
neaded, if he would consent to serve
the county as demonstration agent
next year. Mr.. Kent took the mat
ter under advisement, and he will
give his decision later.
Reports from Rel Bone and Cho-
kee districts indicate that about 50
per cent Of the white farmers Of
these districts have enrolled in the
Lee County Cotton Growers Asso-
citation. While reports from other
districts were not so good, it was
said that the full IS per cent of sig
natures should be secured in each
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-10-22
Examinations For Carriers
Will Be Held Here Nov. IA
Applicant. win Ne examined 70 iiIl vacancy here

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open
competitive examination on the
date and at the examination places
named above, as result Of which
il is expected to make certification
to fill the vacancy in the position Of
rural carrier at the place named a.
bove and other vacancies. as they
may occur on rural routes at post
offices in the above-named county,
unless it is found to be in the inter-
est Of the service to fill any vacancy
| by reinstatement, transfer, or pro-
motion. The compensation of
rural carrier is based upon the leng-
th of the route and ranges from
IS lS4 to 81 cooper year.
Age. is to 55, on the.d date Of the
Examination. The maximum age is
waived in cases Of persons honor
lably discharged from the United
States military or naval service.
An applicant must have his act
ual donicile in the territory sup
Piled BY a post Office in the county
for which the examination is an
nounced.
The examination is open to all
male citizens Of the United States
who can comply with the require
ments.
Application Form 1341, and full
information concerning the require
ments Of the examination, can be
secured from the secretary Of the To-
cal examining board or the post
master at any Of the examination
points named above, or from the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion Washington, D. G.
Applications shonld be properly
executed and filed with the Com
mission at Washington. As exami-
nation papers are shipped direct
from the Commission to the places
Of examination, it is necessary that
applications be received in ample
time to arrange for the examination
desired at the place indicated By the
applicant. The Commission will
therefore arrange to examine any
applicant whose application is re-
ceived in time to permit the ship
ment of the necessary papers.
An eligible register for the posi-
tion Ct rural letter carrier for each
county will be maintained. A per-
son must be examined for the cOun-
Ity in which the post Office that sup
plies his home is situated. AS re-
suit of such examination he may
become eligible to appointment as
| rural carrier at any post Office in
such county. A rural letter carrier
I after one years satisfactory service
may be transferred to the position
of clerk or carrierin a first orsecond
class post Office, to the position of
railway mail clerk, or to other posi-
tions int'le classified service, sub
iect to such examination as may be
required by the civil-service rules.
JOHN A. McILHFNNY,
President.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-10-22
My Dear Sir

| AA ArStNA h~At
On account Of the extra work that
| have had to do this month and
last, attending Agents meeting at
cambridge, measuring boys corn,
and account Of bad weather, ! am
that / have not had time to make
and submit a summary Of the work
done during the month Of Septem-
Der, which follows;
During the month | visited "a
farmers, wrote 40 letters, and tray
eled 1873 miles in interest Of the
work. In addition to this consider
able time has been given to the fill
ing out Of corn club blanks or help
ing the boys to do this, and meas
uring their acres Of corn.
/ have made repeated efforts dur
ing the month to get my demon
strators to put in small areas to vet
,h and burr clover with the result
that a large number havedone so in
the latter case, not so much to Craze
but to raise seed FOR another year.
The conditions have forced us to
plant a smaller area than we once
thought advisable, manure heavily
50 as to get as many seed as possible
to sell and plant. tits now too late
Ito plant bur clover unless the seed
are soaked for four hours in cold
water. put in boiling water for one
minute, put back in the cold water
and reinoculated before sowing In
this way we can get stand in from
two to three weeks, We have plenty
time to SOW vetch, although It as
well as oats will do better if sown
now. I sincerely hope every farmer
lin the county will try at least one
acre of vetch III his oats. Surely
their financies will allow this and
this will show whether or not it
will be profitable on our soils. They
will regret doing so, am quite
sure. We are sure never to know OF
the advantages ofthese crops On our
paticuIar soils till we once try them
incubation for both crops as well
as for alfalfa has been sent free to
all who have asked for same.
Pasture crops for stock hogs re-
ceived attention during the month,
which was the time for sewing rape,
rye, etc., and it is not too late to do
this yet. No farmer who raised hogs
should be without these two crops
and think the most Of our farmers
are going to become hog raisers at
an early date. They fully realize
that no condition will make good
home raised meat take the position
that cotton nov holds.
am glad to say that this office
can now direct any farmer where
he NAV buv any variety of good
field selected seed Of any standard
variety Of corn or cotton that he
may wish to plant at reasonable
ptices, without having to send out
! Of the counties Of Lee and Terrell.
We are no longer at the mercy Of
seed houses, but have built our seed
houses at home. This Office will also
be glad to give any information rel
alive to the best grades Of seed oats
to be had in the two counties at
reasonable prices.
| have been making a desperate
efforts to have the boys corn and
pig shows in the counties meet with
success. These boys are our future
farmers and the results will depend
OH their efforts and your encourage
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-10-22
Small Fund Is Needed For Fair;
Exhibitors Are Enthusiastic
While the expense Of the fair will be made small possible
money is Exhibitors coming from all
sections Of county.

Wider and more enthusiastic ap-
proval Is being given each day to
the county fair that is to be held
here October 81, From every section
Of the county comes information
that farmers and their wives will be
present at the fair and will make
exhibits Of farm products, livestock
poultry, canned goods and many
other things.
Through an error in The journal
recently it was announced that the
fair would last two days. This should
have been one day, as the fair Will
be held only On October 81, which
is Saturday. The error in anl."unc-
ing the time of the holding OF the
fair arose from the fact that Farm
Demonstration Agent Kent re-
GU ste | 1.-THE farmers to have their
livestock exhibits here on OCTOBER
30, so that the stock might have
time to be at their best after the
journey that some Of them must
make to get here.
The Journal will not publish any
more. names Of exhibitors until ait
er the fair is held The few names
that have appeared in The Journal
is not one tenth of the names OF
those who will exhibit, ii may be
said, as a large number ofadditions
al names have been received. Many
exhibitors, especially the ladies, do
not like to have their names an
nounced, as they wish to steal a
march on their neighbors in making
exhibits. Consequently The Journal
will not print any further lists I'M
til after the close Of the fair, when
the name of every exhibitor will be
printed in the paper, with list Of
the contests in-which each partici-
pated.
In order to reduce the expense
as much as possible, every Lee coun
ty citizen who can do so is urged to
aid in building the pens that are
needed for the livestock. The fair
will be held at the county court
house. Though nearby stables have
been generously granted for the use
of exhibitors, it is understood, there
will be need of pens for livestock,
especially. Contributions OF lumber
and help on the part Of those wl-o
can construct these pens is earnestly
sought. Exhibits other than live
stock may be brought to Leesburg
at any time during the few prior to
tie holding of the fair and placed
in the courthouse building 1t isb :
ter, however, for all exhibitors who
ca to bring in their exhibits just
priorto the openi g of the fair,
ei5her the day before or ealry on the
morning of the fair. In that way
they will be sure that their exhibits
will be cared for by themselves per-
sonally.
The Journal has received requests
for the condition and requirements
relative to the exhibits. In reply to
these requests we can only state
that these conditions will beas libe-
raj and flexible as possible. The
main requirements are that the ex-
hibits be native Lee county produo is
and that the claims as to weights
etc be bona fide. On account of the
fact that this is the first year of the
fair it has been thought wise to en-
courage every one who will TO ex-
bibit, consequently restrictions will
be few.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-10-22
lee County Has Approved Demonstration Work!
Summary Of Work Accomplished Last
Month BY Demonstration Agent Kent
Mr. Kent put in vigorous months work for farmers q Lee County
Much good accomplished during the year BY him.

ment. We hope every citizen will
lend helping hand. These shows
will be held at Dawson on the Both
and at Leesburg on the 31st inst.
We extend to all a cordial invita-
ton. Respectfully submitted,
r. III. KENT,
Demonstration Agent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-21
LIVING ADVERTISEMENT
Glow of Health Speaks for Postum.

1t requires no scientific training to
discover whether coffee disagrees or
not.
Simply stop it for time and use
Postum in place of 1t, then note the
beneficial effects. The truth will ap-
pear.
six years ago was in a very bad
condition." writes a Tenn. lady. 81
suffered from indigestion, nervous
ness and insomnia.
IT was then an inveterate coffee
drinker, but 1t was long before | could
be persuaded that it was coffee that
hurt me. Finally decided to leave 1t
off a few days and find out the truth.
"The first morning / left of coffee
had a raging headache, 80 decided
/ must have something to take the
place Of coffee" (The headache was
caused by the reaction of the coffee
drug cafeine.)
Having heard of Postum through
friend who used 1t, bought a package
and tried it. l did not like 1t at first
but after I learned how to make 1t
right, according to directions on pkg,
/ would not change back to coffee for
anything.
when I began to use Postum
weighed only 1T lbs. Now l weigh
ITO and as l have not taken any tonic
In that time l can only attribute my
present good health to the use OF Pos
tunn in place of coffee.
"My husband says I am a living adj
vertisement for Postum"
Name given by the Postum Co., Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum must be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes delicious bever-
age instantly 30c and soc tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds Is
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-21
FACE iTCHED AND BURNED

1888 No. Union ST., Aurora, IlI.-"My
ailment started with a little pimpIe
and it always itched and burned ter
r1bly. l scratched it and in a few
days my face was all covered with
sores. 1t ran up to my eyes and the
day after / could not see out of my
right eye. l was unable to get any
rest. couldn't go to bed, being
afraid of getting the clothing all
soiled, although I had my face all
bandaged.
Il was given two Jars of salve but
1t kept getting worse. 1t was some
thing like running sore because
every time l used some of the salve
| had to wrap bandages around my
neck to keep the water and pus from
running down my body. | wrote for q
sample of Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment and in a few days l received
these and washed my face with the
Cuticura Soap and put on some Cuti-
cura Ointment and the next morning
my face felt cool and somewhat re-
lieved. After using the sample I
bought some Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment at the drug store. l followed
this treatment just twenty-six days
and after using one cake of Cuticura
Soap and two boxes of Cuticura ONT
ment l was cured" (Signed) George
Miller, Jan. 1, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-21
WASTED WEALTH OF COUNTRY
All Kinds of Game Has Been Indis-
criminateIy Slaughtered Through
out Labrador.
with a shudder

The fish, flesh and fowl Of Labrador,
writes DR.. Grenfell in the Wide World,
have been exploited to the last degree,
and no semitic or practical effort has
been made for their protection or re-
Mobilization. Our auks, curlew, ducks
and many other birds have become
either extinct or dangerously depict
ed. Our deer, owing to forest fires
caused by carelessness and unrestrict-
ed slaughter by Indians, as well as
white settlers, have so far diminished
as to bring semi-starvation to doors
where once there was always plenty.
The destruction of seal herds has
brought families once affiuent to mis-
cradle poverty. For some reason our
unrivaled herring and mackerel have
left US altogether. The salmon catch
is only shadow of what it once was,
and even the returns Of our still val
liable cod fishery show increasing IN
certainty in quantity and distribution.
The growing number of trappers, the
lack of protection, or the destruction
of their food supplies, has made the
annual winter fur hunt INSULT cient to
maintain in comfort all who prosecute
it, and that in spite of the immense
increase in the price Of pelts. Seals
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-21
Potato Attacked by Powdery scab.

Importance. AS far as is known, it is
not generally distributed in the United
States, although it has been found
in one or two localities. Every eff
fort should be made to prevent the
spread Of this new disease by the
destruction of all infected potatoes.
1t causes the formation of round pus.
tules with raised edges, which may
vary in size and number. (See illus
tration) If they are numerous, the
whole surface of the potato may be-
come covered and the eyes destroyed.
These pustules contain when mature
or at harvesting time a brown dust.
This powdery substance consists OF
countless small spore balls. which
may remain alive in the soil for
several years and infect the future
crops
The question now before the de-
partment of agriculture is whether
this scab is of such a dangerous char
acter that the exclusion of potatoes
from all foreign countries will be
justified. Such a quarantine would
involve Canada and probably nearly
all European countries not already
under the wart-disease embargo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-21
ATTENTION 1O SETTING HENS
ter and Corn-Dust With Insect
Powder to Kill Vermin.

A sitting hen should have plenty of
plenty of corn to keep up her body
heat-just about all she can eat. If
confined closely don't forget her grit,
and bit Of fat meat occasionally will
help her to keep warm. Be sure to
dust her with insect powder, at least
twice, to get rid of all lice, Give her
just what eggs she can cover nicely,
remembering to take into considera-
ton her size and the cold weather.
Better give hen II eggs, which she
can cover nicely, than to give her Is,
which she cannot keep warm.
If you have trouble in getting hen
to sit where you want her, move her
after dark; then cover her closely SO
the nest will be dark all the next day,
and so the hen cannot stand up. Put
an egg or so under her and leave her
alone over the second night. After
that she will usually sit contented.
Gentleness and kind treatment are
necessary in the successful handling
of sitting hens. Any roughness
shown causes them to become rest
less and untrustworthy on the nest
rendering them liable to break their
eggs, if nothing more. Keep them
quiet, comfortable and well fed; give
them as much chance to exercise as
you can, and If the eggs are good you
will get pretty fair matches even in
very cold weather
If your sitters are wild and inclined
to fly from the lest every time the
attendant comes INTO their presence,
try hanging a curtain IN front Of the
nests until they get settled down to
business. Sometimes, particularly so
with Leghorns, it is necessary to leave
the curtain hanging all through the
period Of incubation. Always go to
the nests Of the Eighty hens after
dark. If you have no special sitting
room and must have other hens lay
ing in the vicinity Of your sitting
hens, collect the eggs after dark.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-21
GREAT VALUE OF FERTILITY
Rotation VIII Enable Us to Grow
Crops for Time, But Children
VIII Pay the Penalty.

The fertility Of the soil is not like a
bank account, which is tangible, in
sight, can be drawn out at one or
more times or at will of the deposit
ors, says the American Cultivator. The
soil is an investment with many quail
flying conditions, viz: Available plant
food, physical condition and moisture.
These are in great measure under
the control of the farmer. Inasmuch as
no plant has the ability to make some
thing out of nothing, each crop grown
of necessity must take available plant
food out of the soil, which never comes
back in most cases. In figuring the
cost Of production, the value Of the
plant food taken should be charged
against the crop, just as much as that
added in way of manure or chemicals.
In our experience in footing the cost
Of production we have charged the loss
of plant food against the crop grown In
proportion to the yield. In the legumes
we have credited the crop with the
added nitrogen. And that is not all
the improved physical condition of the
toll has value that cannot be meas
ured.
If we are not going to charge the
crop with the lost fertility, then we
should not credit it with the added. Ro-
tation of crops may enable US for a
time to grow profitable crops, but,
sooner or later, our children or their
children will pa7 the penalty. Fertil-
ity means a valuable asset in the
farmers hands.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-21

and whales are rapidly approaching a
similar fate.
No mines are yet opened; 70 timber
properties yet developed, and no use
is made Of our unlimited water power
Only handful of visitors come to en-.
Joy the wild scenery, the unique
natural conditions, and the invigorat.
ing atmosphere, though our fjords
rival those of Norway, and have the
additional attraction of being virgin
and unexplored. No charting has been
done, and at that time, as already stat.
ed, there was not one light on the
coast from the straits of Belle isle
to Hudson's bay to render navigation
safe. 1t is little to be wondered at If
adequate tourist steamers do not ply
in our waters. In fact, Labrador is in
that melancholy stage of evolution
that must inevitably overtake every
country until attention is turned to
the development of industries that
man does not share with the tiger
and the shark.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-21
P0WDERY ScAB OF POTATOES
Farmers OF United States Lose Over
S3o,ooo,ooo Every Year From
Disease of Tubers.

That the farmers of the United
States lose over thirty million dollars
every year from potato diseases is a
statement that the United States de-
partment of agriculture considers AS
under the mark rather than other
wise.
The list Of parasites responsible
for this loss is a long one Early
blight, late blight, scab, blackleg, wilt,
powdery dry-rot, and others are al
ready widespread, and new troubles
are discovered every year. Several of
the worst plant diseases have come to
US from foreign countries, and it was
to exclude these unwelcome visitors
that congress passed last year a quar-
antine law under which potatoes from
the British isles, Germany, Austria,
Newfoundland, st. Pierre and Mique-
lon are now excluded on account of
the wart disease, a dreaded pest
which transforms the tubers into ir-
regular, unrecognizable, black, warty
masses.
Powdery scab of the potato resem-
bles to the unframed eye the common
scab, but is in reality markedly diff
ferent disease, apparently of greater