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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
Don't Pull Fodder
PAUL TABOR, Field Agent Agronomy,
Georgia State College Of Ayr.


Pulling fodder is like pulling grass
for hay. A good feed is secured but
at tremendous cost of labor. Also
the yield of grain is decreased by the
removal of the leaves before they have
finished their task Of filing the ears.
The increased yield of grain where
the leaves are allowed to mature is
usually more than enough to pay. for
the fodder. Hundreds of Georgia
farmers have learned this and are
now substituting cowpea hay for the
costly fodder and many more will do
so if they will give it a fair trial
this year. Comparisons can be made
by stripping some rows of their leaves
and leaving others alone, and at har.
vest time noting the condition of the
grains on the ears. Seed planted from
fodder stripped plants show up poorly
so that the loss is not confined to
one season.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
Plant a Patch Of
Alfalfa This Fall
Should Be Preceded BY cowpeas And
Lime
ANDREW M. soULE, President Geor.
gia State College OF Agriculture

ANDHEW m. SOUIE, President Geor-
gia State College OF Agriculture
One desiring to sow alfalfa in fall
should undertake to prepare the land
as soon as possible. We prefer the
cowpeas as an improvement crop to
use on land intended for alfalfa be-
cause it will mature in sufficient time
to be turned under to good advantage.
This should be done when the peas
are in good condition to make into
hay. 1t would be good practice to
put at least two tons of crushed raw
rock ON the land before sowing the
legumes. If this has not been done
it is suggested that as soon as the
cowpeas are turned under that at least
two tons of lime be applied and har-
rowed well into the soil. The land
should be worked as a fallow from the
time the peas are turned under until
September Is or October i. If there
is a good season in the soil at that
time, SOW the alfalfa, using about
twenty pounds of recleaned western
grown seed per acre, and inoculate it
very carefully. Sow on cloudy day,
as strong sunlight will often kill the
bacteria of the inoculating material.
We would fertilize the land with two
sacks of cotton seed meal and 400 to
900 pounds of acid phosphate These
ingredients should be mixed together
and put on the soil before the seed
ing is done. Harrow the fertilizer into
the soil. Some potash could be used
with excellent advantage under alfal-
ia, but it is now impossible to secure
it by reason of the European war.
Therefore, one must take the best
of the existing situation and use such
fertilizing material as is available. The
alfalfa should not be grazed or cut
during the fall.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
ROUTE c IS MADE To
FURNISH MORE FOLKS


Twelve white families and six ne
gro families will be served by length
ening Route c out from Americas
which goes in the vicinity of Myrtle
sprigs, according to the announce
ment of Postmaster D. F. Davenport
today.
This gives additional service for
this section which is greatly appre,
ciated by the patrons. Gradually, the
government is bringing the rural free
deliveries to a high state of efficiency
and service.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
MRS. BOLTON HAS A
PRETTY PARTY.

Mrs. T. E. Bolton entertained de-
lightfully Wednesday afternoon at a
pretty party at her home on Barlow
street in compliment to Miss Flora
Denham's guests, Miss Converse, Of
Valdosta. and Miss Jones, of Birming-
ham. Four tables of forty-two were
arranged in the living room and din
ing room which were thrown together.
The seasons flowers made the scene
very pretty. Two courses were serve l
Sandwiches and tea, and cream and
cake. Miss Ruth Kendrick of Tenille
and Miss Louise Blackwell, of Column
bia, Ala. were the dainty misses who
served. The guests were Miss Con-
verse; Miss jones'; Miss Janet Hatcher,
of Atlanta, and her hostess, Miss Sara
Sheffield; Miss Mary Eliza Sheppard.
Miss Mary Parker, Miss Mary Glover.
Miss Eugenia Parker Miss Mitch
Payne, Miss Lallie Carter, Miss Kath-
leenDavenport Miss Julia Anderson,
of Montgomery, Ala, the guest of
Mrs. w. R. Lipscomb; Miss Flora and
Kathleen Denahm.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
CHARLES iYAsH SOON TO
OPEN STORE IN THE CITY

The storehouse at 100 Cotton avenue
owned by Eshton Buchanan, has been
refioored and otherwise remodeled, So
as to make quite difference in the ap-
pearance of the building. 1t has been
rented by Chas. Ayash, and he will put
in an up-to-date line of fancy and fam
lily groceries and will be ready for bus
mess on Friday. August 25th. Mr.
Ayash is we'll known in Amoricus, hay
ing been with his brother W. A. Ayash
for several years, and, no doubt, he
will get his share of the patronage.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
Peach Tree BOrar--
Fall Time To Fight II
J. w. FIROR, Field Agt. Horticulture,
Georgia State College Of Agri.

J. w. FIROR, Field Agt. Horticulture,
Georgia State College OF Agri.
The peach tree borer lives most
of its life as worm embedded beneath
the bark of the tree, usually just be-
low the surface of the soil. Here it
starts as very small worm, eating
away the life of the tree, getting larg-
er and larger until it undergoes a
change into pupa and then moth,
which lays eggs for more worms to
carry on their destructive work on
the peach trees. The moths lay the
eggs on the trunk and branches Of
the trees during the summer, most
of the eggs being laid during July,
August and September. The eggs
hatch in from 10 to Is days and en-
ter the tree. By frost all the eggs
have Matched that will hatch. At
frost time the worms are small, and
all that will enter until another sum
mer, have bored into the trees. This
is the best time to fight them
Draw the soil away from the trunk
of the tree to depth of four inches
or until the roots are exposed. Search
for the entering holes. With sharp
knife follow these holes until the
worms are found, and then kill them
The borer holes can be found by OBJ
serving the presence of a thick sap
gummylike in appearance. This sap
has come from the tree because of the
borer's injury. There may be a num-
Der of borers in a single tree. The
worker should get them all before
leaving the tree. A small white worm
lis often found in the sap. This is not
the peach tree borer and it does no
damage to the tree, but lives on the
sap.
Peach tree borers do a great deal
of damage and many people have lost
heart in the growing of fruits because
of them. The question may be asked,
"Why let such a little thing as a
peach tree borer get the best of one%
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
MISSES DENHAM GIVE
DANCE FOR VISITORS.

Misses Flora and Kathleen Denham
were the charming hostesses Tuesday
evening at a dance at their home on
Fielder street, in compliment to their
guests, Miss Annabell Converse, OF
Valdosta, and Miss Katherine Jones, of
Birmingham, Ala. Pretty flowers
made the Denham home attractive ana
the pretty strains of music furnished a
delightful evening with dancing and
conversation. Punch was served.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
MISS COBB GAVE AN
INTERESTING RECITAL.

Miss Elizabeth Craig Cobb, well
known here, who is now studying at
Brookfeld Summer School Of Singing,
Brookfeld Center, Conn, gave a lee
ture recital of songs and texts by
Southern poets on Mnoday evening,
August 21st. Mrs. Gaia Aaarup Green
performed at the piano. Miss Cobb is
the talented daughter of Captain and
Mrs. John A. Cobb, and the following
program was rendered;
Text by Edgar Allan Poe:
"Israfel" .......... Oliver King
Text by Paul Lawrence Dunbar:
THE Birth of Morn. ..... .Leoni
Text by Robert Loveman:
April Rain" ........ Woodmau
Texts by Sidndey Lanier:
"A Song of Love" ......... Gov
May, The Maiden !. Carpenter
"Suncet" .............R Russell
Texts by Frank Stanton:
Toward the Sunrise" Obey Speaks
Morning" .........O Obey Speaks
"An Evenings Song" Obey Speaks
Until Gods Day" Dudley Buck
"a Song of Seasons" 49,. .Hawley
II Il
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
CONVENTION
BE HELD AFTER PRIMARY

The senatorial convention for the
Thirteenth district to nominate sena-
tor who will be furnished by Sumter
county, will be held after the primary,
and Chairman r. L. Greer, of Macon
county, and Secretary Zach Childers, OF
Sumter, are arranging the affair.
M. B. Council, the well known plan
ter, is without opposition for the SEN
ate.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
RECEPTION FOR THE
OFFICIAL LADIES HERE.

The Americas Chapter Daughters of
Confederacy will give reception
Thursday afternoon, August Gath, at
the Windsor Hotel, from $50 to $50
in honor of the Reunion.
Those invited are the Daughters of
the Confederacy and their visitors; the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton; the official ladies and their hos
tesses.
AS the sponsors and maids will be
in the receiving line, they are asked to
be at the Windsor Hotel Thursday af-
ternoon at Sis.
No invitations will be issued except
through the press.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
Get Machinery Under Cover

L. C. HART, Professor of Ayr. Engi.
neering, Ga. State Col. OF Ayr.
Do not leave farm machinery out
in the field where it has been used,
but take it at once into the barn
or machine shed Clean up the i'm.
plement, oil the bright surfaces, clean
out the oil holes and then plug them
with wood or cotton waste to keep
out the dust. 1t pays to take good
care of farm machinery. Farm ma.
chinery pays best when treated best.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
FORMER AMERICUS MAN is
HERE AS A VETERAN NOW

J. H. Maddox, Of Greensboro, Ca, an
eld Confederate Veteran who enlisted
in the war from Americas, is in the
city for the first time since the seven.
ties. He has many relatives here and
be is renewing acquaintance. Mr..
Maddox is loud in praise in the growth
of Americas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
SOCIETY NEWS
++++++++++ +t++4++***++++
EDITH CAVELL.

= + = = + + + = + Z =
= EDITH CAvELL.
= = = \ \ \ \ \ 4 4 y \ 4 :
The world hath its own dead; great
emotions start
In human breasts, and make for
them place
In that hushed sanctuary of the
race
Where every day men come, kneel
and depart.
OF them, o English nurse, henceforth
thou art,
A name to pray on, and to all 4
face
Of household conservation, such His
grace
Whose universal dwelling is the heart.
C gentle hands that soothed the sold
ier's brow,
And knew no service save of Christ
the LORD!
Thy country now is all hi mainly!
How like a flower thy womanhood
doth show
In the harsh scything of the Ger
man sword,
And beauties the world that saw it
die!
BY G. E. Woodberry, in the Feb
ruary Scribner.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23

Mary Elizabeth Mcleod, Miss Rouse
Hamilton, Miss Genevieve Prather,
Miss Mary Ella Davenport, Miss Cor
della Gatewood, Miss Caroline Worthy,
Miss Melva Clarke, Miss Pearl Lott.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
IiARDMAN CLUB FORMED
FOR SUMTER WEDNESDAY

A Hardman club has been formed in
Sumter county. the leading spirit be-
ing DR.. ]. R. statham. The meeting was
held this afternoon in his Office over
Hooks Pharmacy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
SERVICE AT CALVARY
CHURCH THURSDAY,

Thursday, August Gath, being the
Feast of st. Bartholomew, there will
be celebration of the Holy Commun
ion in Calvary church at 900 a. m. on
that day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23


The Woman's Build
ing will be teeming
over with handsome
exhibits of art and cul-
mary skill. Fine prem
iums for all woman'S
work. Extra pre- M
iums for fancy work
by little girls. Write
for information.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-23
F. B. ARTHUR
REAL ESTATE and NSURANCE

If you wish buy exchange your property
will property attention
you policy Oldest the United States see
company The Mutual Life of N " for the
past years
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-21
Fastest Swimmers,

Few people have any idea Of the
rapid pace attained by some fish. The
dolphin and porpoise are perhaps the
swiftest of all. The latter fish has
been seen to dart round and round q
steamer proceeding at between sew
enteen and eighteen miles an hour
Probably a bonito IA fish of the mack
erel family at its best could move
for some distance at 40 miles an hour
Salmon. too, and trout swim very fast,
particularly when accomplishing their
annual spawning migration upstream.
Herrings, in shoals, move at a steady
ten or twelve miles, but mackerel
much faster. Whales. though not fish,
can swim at great speed. When ex-
cited they will dash along at as much
IS seventeen miles an hour, but or
dinarily four or five miles an hour is
their speed. Seals. again, are much
more speedy. and certain eastern wa.
ter snakes glide along at terrific We.
locities.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-21
Explaining the Case.

At an English provincial court re-
Gently a workingman was charged
with violently assaulting one of his
mates. The assault was not denied,
but the evidence clearly proved that
the defendant had received great pro-
vocation.
Il shall have to inflict small fine,'
said the chairman, though think the
complainant was very much to blame
in the matter. and deserved all he got.
His action was scarcely what one
would expect from one Christian to
another
But he isn't Christian" protest
ed the complainant.
Indeed" calculated the chairman.
severely. Then surely you cannot
claim to be one?"
mo, sir; I don't" was the unex.
pected answer. I'm a bricklayer. and
SOS he."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-21

Marie, who, now sixteen, still dressed
in a boys furs, and wore her short.
cropped, flaxen hair about her ears.
Old Andrew thumped his fist upon
the table.
I've brought her up as boy he
said. She's been son to me- That's
enough. I'm not open to argument"
MacFarlane thought it shame. He
began to pass that way more often.
Each time it was clearer that An.
drew could not live very long. He
had meant to breach the subject again,
but when he came for the fourth time,
Marie being now nearly eighteen. to
his surprise it was the old trapper
who brought up the matter
Il haven't long to live, Robert" he
said. I've been thinking over what
you said to me, and-I guess you're
right, Bob. But she don't need no
schooling. Books she's had aplenty.
guess she could hold her own with
any Of them so far as schooling's con-
cerned. But whatll come to her af.
ter I'm gomez"
You ought to take her South" said
MacFarlane.
She wouldn't want to go South, y
answered the old man, 1T may be |
made a mistake in bringing her up in
the wilds. But it's become nature now,
and it's her life. Bob, l want to get
her married to a good man. You're
only forty, Bob. You never married.
What would you think Of Marie for a
wife,"
AS he finished speaking the girl
came. She was dressed as a woman
now, and she blushed shyly when Bob
looked at her The officer had never
thought of her in that way. His heart
leaped.
Think it over Bob" said old An
drew when they parted. There's
plenty Of time. Let me know when
you come back next year. won't be
dead by then"
When he had gone Andrew asked
Marie:
How would you like to marry
Bob"
The girl Looked at him drearily. "a
never thought of marrying, father
she answered
But you went always have me
child" he answered, as gently as h,
could. And you can't live alon,
here
She began to cry, and Andrew sale
nc more. But the next day she cam,
to him and consented.
The following spring Bob came back
With him was young man of TWEEN
ty-two, whom he introduced to tn
old trapper. He did not think |
necessary to introduce him to Marie
This is Mr.. Milvaine, an English
man." he said. He takes the fac
tors place at the Fort next month
I'm showing him the country"
Old Andrew grunted and nodded
!, MacFarlane continued:
, I've been thinking over that pro,
osition Of yours all winter, Renfrev
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-21
THE SUPPLANTER
BY n. M. EGBERT.

Marie Renfrew had thought she was
a boy until she was nine years old
Then she learned the truth about her
fathers obsession.
Ten years before Andrew Renfrew,
tired of the struggle for life in the
cities of eastern Canada, had taken
his wife and household goods and
moved to the north Of Saskatchewan.
There he had become trapper.
They lived entirely alone in the
wilderness. Their little sod cabin held
a good deal of happiness, none the
less. Both were satisfied, the woman.
because she loved her husband, the
man, because some primitive strain
in him came out and answered to the
call of the far North. Besides, there
was Marie, their only child.
Then Maggie Renfrew closed her
eyes for ever upon the earthly scene,
leaving the desolate man alone with
the child. And because he had always
longed for son, he brought her up
as a boy.
Her only companions were the In
dams who came, rarely enough, to
the little place to offer furs-for An
drew had started small trading post
now that he was getting too weak to
trap. Once in a great while, too,
some officer Of the police would Off
saddle at the little cabin for day or
so and bring news of the outside
world.
You ought to send that girl South
to school," said Robert MacFarlane
the second time he came, looking al
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-21
THE FLUID SOUL
BY GEORGE ELMER COBB.

Dan Nevens, roofing a one-story
garage, uttered a string of very repre-
hensible words as his pile of asbestos
shingles, swept by his careless elbow,
went sliding down the slant! His fell
low workman, a novice at the task,
Ned Walworth, put out his foot and
halted the moving mass and re-
stored it to it's rack.
Still Nevens continued to rave out his
rage perversely. A bland-faced, kind
ly-eyed old man, standing below
watching the work in process, moved
nearer He was the owner of the
garage and the beautiful mansion and
gardens in the front of it.
My friend" he said quietly, Il see
you have not the fluid SOUL
"Whatcha mean" growled Nevens
savagely.
Just this your soul Is solid. won't
do. l have discovered new theory.
! call it the liquid SOUL Why? Be-
cause such a spirit is ready to diff
fuse. Give OUT is the cry of crea-
tion-but give out good. What
Smiles, blessings, kind words, sun
shine. Give out, expand. Under
stand?"
Il don't" muttered Nevens stub
bornly.
Your soul is petrified, shut in
each day it narrows until some OF
these days when you can't feel love
friendship, humanity, you'll regret
soul FOSSIL not liquid"
is his soul liquid?" challenged
Dan, nudging his elbow contemptu
ously towards Ned Walworth, his com
panion in labor.
1T u.s. announced Mr. Roscoe bland
ly, his eyes shining commentator
and benevolent. He's in some kind
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-21

you are in pain, in trouble she
spoke in low musical tone-I can
see it in your eyes,"
Il have met with an accident in
working on your fathers garage"
faltered Ned He could not help but
answer the probing, earnest eyes. MIR.
Roscoe asked me to have my hand
cared for
She was down the steps in flash.
Her soft white hand clasped his arm.
You must come with me, you must
be attended to at once
AS if captive led in chains, for the
life of him Ned Walworth could not
resist her. 1t was all like a dream.
Entering a room, she washed his
wounded hand without a CULVER of dis
taste, dressed it, all the time speak
ing in tone like rare music, and
finally led him into the library and
to its most coy chair.
You must wait and rest-father
will be sure to want to see you. l
fear you are not much of workman"
she said, with glance at his hands,
soft and well-formed as those of q
woman.
Il shall have to become one or
starve!" he replied seriously. Il made
n failure at literature and turned to
real labor"
She nodded to him as she was called
, by someone to another part of the
house. He was feeling comfortable
now. A soothing, homelike feeling
! came over him. He picked up one Of
the numerous periodicals scattered
over the table near at hand. A quick,
gratified flush crossed his face. He
read and reread an article surround
ed by heavy pencil mark. He looked
up to find Miss Roscoe in the door
way, her deep, fathomless eyes fixed
upon him.
You are pleased at something"
she said in her president way.
Il wrote that article" explained Ned
somewhat proudly.
"Oh, did you, indeed?" she cried IN
pleased way. Father, you know
is financing humanitarian magazine
He was especially taken with that ar
ticle. What beautiful thoughts you
must have!"
Ned felt like one in a dream when
he went home. Mr.. Roscoe had asked
him to be sure to call the next day
indicating that he wished to talk with
him about his literary proclivities.
But Ned Walworth did not see the
Roscoes for many a long day after
Bardell, who had swindled him out o.
all his savings. The man, terribly ill
had sent for him. The fluid soul
impetus impaired by Mr.. Roscoe sen
Ned to the stricken mOneyless in
crate. He nursed him for two weeks
became i'll himself, and recovered t.
find himself in hospital with Mr.. Ros
coe his benefactor and daily visitor
and fully aware of the great sacrific,
he had made.
Those days of convalescence whel
he was a welcome visitor to the RIOS
coe home! Oh, the renewed hope an,
ambition when he found that Mr. RIOS
coe was ready to offer him an editc
rial position on his pet publication
And then Lois, loveliest Of women
She seemed to read his innermos
thoughts, and unclaimed him. An
the fluid souls commingled, and low
love was the impetus that sent Ne
}, and Lois out into the world hand
Il hand, to bring their fellow creature
a new propaganda of universal ha
Q mony!
Copyright 1916. by w. c. Chapman