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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-23
Commissioner of Agriculture
Writes Letter To His Friends

the stable, your actual food, in fact,
practically everything that entkrs
INTO your cost of living and operat-
ing your farm, has gone sky high.
Again l ask in the light of these
facts, is 20 cent cotton anything
wonderful? 1t certainly is not. Cot
has simply responded to conditions
and general demand just as every
orther commodity. Do not let the
idea that you have got something
remarkable carry you away. Make
foods along with your cotton and
you Will continue TO get a good price
for everything you have to sell.
In the current markets reports l
note prominent London statisticians
have just reiterated their estimate
that the worlds consumption of cot
ton for the year 1861 would be
14,750,000 bales, and that the effect
of this was to steady a declining
market in which cotton nas recent
iy been made the football of specu-
lation. If a 15,000,0 goo bale con-
sumption estimate steadies the mar
ket, what ought we have a right to
expect from an official government
estimate yield if not more than H.
800, goo bales? Here is a deficit of
$3.50, 200 bales, and if it was not
for speculation, cotton would not
only go to 20 cents and more, but
would stay there.
| am about to leave the Depart
ment of Agriculture, but wish to
say before leaving, it has been
great pleasure to me during the past
three years often to mingle with the
farmers of Georgia and learn direct
ly from them how and in what way
| and the department could be of
benefit to them and to the agricul-
tural interests of the State. 1t is
my hope and purpose to continue
this work in your behalf.
In leaving the department | want
to call your particular attention
to my annual report for 1916 just
published, and would be glad to have
every farmer in the state secure a
copy of it from his oil or fertilizer
inspector or by writing to the De-
! partment, and carefully read it. 1t
is a report of my stewardship for
| the year. | have been entrusted
with the expenditure of your money,
and in it, | am glad to state, you
will find every dollar of it properly
accounted for.
You will find among other things,
that the Department last year turn
ed into the State Treasury for the
use Of the State, $166, 1876 over
and above all salaries and operat-
ing expenses. You will find other
facts and statements of direct ana
personal interest to yourself.
1t has been my constant aim and
effort to make the department as
much of a helpful agency to every
farmer in Georgia as was possible
under the law, and | trust / will
be pardoned for such self-gra tiff
cation as the results may justify.
l thank you.
j. D. PRICE,
Commissioner of Agriculture of Ga.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-23

tion showed that the coming of the
boil weevil and the consequent fall
ling off in the cotton crop had
greatly depressed farm values. At
ter the tick had been eliminated,
the increased profits from live stock
We're sufficient to restore the price
of land to its former level
The farmers OF Mississippi have
not been slow 10 realize the new
opportunity. Fifty-one counties in
the State are now free from ticks,
and into these a large number of
pure-bred animals for breeding pur-
poses nave been brought. Both the
grand champion international bull
and the grand champion interna
tional Junior heller are owned in
the State, and one Mississippi herd
has won more prize money than any
other herd of the same breed. Not
every farmer, Of course, can go in
for stock of tails character, but the
Improvements in the general run Of
cattle is very marked AS long as
the tick remained, little or no pro-
gress was possible because of the
susceptibility of imported breeding
stock to the fever conveyed by the
tick.
Improvement in the quality Of
the herds is also opening up new
sources of revenue. In Mississippi
for example, fifteen creameries are
now in operation, and through these
the sale of more than / 100000 lbs.
of butter have brought the dairy
men over 100000. Baby beef
clubs, too, have been organized in
many of the tick-free counties
These are having marked influ-
ence upon the beef industry. One
boy said that before he joined the
baby beef club he did not know
what a fat calf was, for his father
never had any such stock.
more DIUlll from DGlter I'VE SlOCh
is a prospect that is especially well
come at a time when the boil weevil
has demonstrated its ability to in
terfere seriously with an agricul-
ture based entirely on the produc-
ton of cotton. Under any circum-
stances a single-crop system is dan
gerous. but with the boil weevil it
is imperative that there should be
more than one source Of income. BY
decreasing the cotton acreage but
not necessarily the production of
cotton, it is possible to overcome
| through extra care and labor, the
damage done by the weevil, and in
| addition more land is available for
the production of food for the fami-
| ly and feed for live stock TO make
the latter profitable, the tick must
he eliminated. Since the boil wee
vii insists on coming in, the far
mer in self-protection, is insisting
on the tick going out. u. S. De-
partment of Agriculture.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-23

OLINN . MI UNI,
To the Mayor and Council of the
City of Marietta.
Gentlemen:
| make the following report for
the month Of January, 1917:
PECLNTDTC
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-23

FOR SALE-Top Buggy or Phaeton
with rubber tires, all good as new
together with set of harness. w. A.
Coursen., All Polk street. Mariet-
ia. m-2.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-23
JANUARY REPORTS
Of CITY OFFICERS
SECTIONS REPORT.

sEXT0N's REPORT.
TO the Mayor and Councn OF the
ci+y of Marietta,
Gentlemen; n. .on
40 month of January, 1917;
-. rrnonts, NONRESIDENT, white )
Intorments. resident, colored, .
Total
hold Clerks receipt for S1l.00
Cor work during the month.
Respectfully submitted,
S. NJ. BRUCE, Sexton.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-23
TREAsURER's REPORT.

no 20 Honorable Mayor and Council
Of the City of Marietta.
make the following report for
the month of January, 1917.
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand last re-
mort sS,62775
Deceived from Clerk 3,132.41
noooivad from Marshal 341.5O
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-23
S12,OO1.66
TOTAL

TOTAL $4,000. IS
DISBURSEMENTS
Paid vouchers from No.
386 to 433, and 1872 to
1856. inclusive, amount
ing to S6,5lV.lo
Balance on hand 3,691.5l
TOTAL $4,000 sc
Respectfully submitted,
B. V. GREER, Treasurer.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-23
MARSHAL'S REPORT

To the Mayor and Council of the
City of Marietta.
Gentlemen:
| make the following report for
the month of January, 1917:
Cases made Sc
Cases dismissed 2
Cases worked out on streets
Collected in cash from II
cases fined S $3.50
Collected from AZ bonds
forfeited 1860
TOTAL S241.50
I 0old Treasurer receipt for the
above amount.
hold Clerks receipts for
$7.54430 on ad valorem tax fl fas.
Respectfully submitted,
w A BISHOP Marshal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09

The Choral society of the First Bap-
! fist church was entertained Saturday
evening in the Blinn and Everingham
studio, at 909 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09
SPAIN NEAR REVOLUTIO
Pope Informed King AIfonso's Throne
l. in Danger Now.

Rome. April confidential re-
ports reaching me vatican say that
the situation in Spain is so critical
that sensational developments, not
even excluding 4 political upheaval,
are feared TO be inevitable.
1t is the prevailing conviction in
vatican circles that SPANS monarchy
is in peril because even if a revolution
is dverted or repressed, the situation
will not be permanently improved and
complications are sure to follow
It is well known that King Alfonso
Is pro-ally but the army is pro-Ger-
man. and Spain IS overrun with Ger
man agents whose propaganda car
ried on regardless of expense, has Sc
cured the sympathy of the conserva-
tives and reactionaries.
SPANS economic condition, while
bad. does not warrant the recent la
Dor troubles which rendered necessary
the proclamation Of martial law. They
served as a preteXt in the hope that
the government would resort to meas
ures Of repression which would lead
to a revolutionary outbreak
The pope is in personal cOmmuni-
cation with King Alfonso and there
is every reason to believe that the king
will follow a conciliatOry policy, but
efforts toward a peaceful solution are
likely to prove unavailing as Catalonia
is expected soon to proclaim itself a
republic. Dozens CT vague rumors are
reaching Rome and sensational deveI-
opments are expected in the near fu-
fJra
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09
U. S. FOlLED GERMANY
Kaiser Sought West Indies as Yep and
U-BOat Base.

Copenhagen, April 9.-The United
States main pur pose in purchasing the
Danish West Indies from Denmark
was to defeat known German plans to
establish a Zeppelin and submarine
base there.
1t was learned on the highest au-
thority here today that months ago
when the United States began care
fully appraising the possibilities of
conflict with Germany, this scheme of
the imperial government to seize the
islands and esta blish a base of opera
tons against the United States came
to light 1t was his reason that i'm
PEELED America to open negotiations
with Denmark for transfer of this
strategic position to the American flag
Whether Germany planned forcibly
to seize the islands, or to purchase
them from Denmark was not clear
Denmark because of geographic posi-
ton, is dominated by Germany and
for reasons Of national safety, would
undoubtedly have acquiesced in what
ever course Germany demanded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09
BILLY HITS HOMER
Evangelist Sunday Scores at
Opening Game.in Gotham.
Challenges the Devil and All
His Broadway Allies.
EVERY DOLLAR To RED CROSS
Answer s.tO SkunkS Who Say
I'm Out for the Money.
'COme on, You Triple Extract OF
Infamy. I'm Here!-
EVERY DOLLAR TO RED CROSS
BY GEORGE MARTIN.

New York. April Billy Sunday
scored a home run in the first inning
of the biggest game he ever played on
Gods nine" in his fight to win New
York
The ringing cheers of sixty thousand
welcoming voices today resound thru
every gIittering Granny of the great
white way. IL was a smashing initial
victory And as the stocky .-Grenadier
of God" reached his cIenched fists
heavenward and yelled defiance to
Broadway and the devil, the enemy
was perturbed- First off he stole the
foes thunder by announcing that not
one cent OF New Yorks gold would
he take for himself.
Every penny, whether I. get five
thousan ds, or five hundred thousand
said Sunday, iii give to the American
Red Cross and the Y NJ c. A work
ers among the troops"
Crowd AppIauds Frantically.
It was a knockout
That's my answer to the skunks
who say I'm out for money he YELL
ed
The crowd went wild
Clad in a serge suit, a blue bow tie,
white tango" shirt and patent leather
shoes, Sunday Ieaped into the arena
and, after the manner of Napoleon led
surprise attack after attack
Twice the great throngs amid the
the giant tabernacle, jumped to their
feet and howIed with inspired emotion
Then came the climax
Leaning far back and cupping his
hands as he hurled his rasping voice
into the mammoth sounding board
that threw his words into the farthest
reaches of the tabernacle, Sunday is
sued his def:
Burns Up the Devils Own.
Come on, you God-forsaken degen-
crates; come on. you forces of in
iquity in New York that have made
the church the cuspidor and a door
mat to wipe your dirty feet on; come
on. you traducers; some on, you
triple extract of infamy; come on, you
assassins of character; come on, you
sponsore of harlotry; come on, you
defamers of God and enemies of the
church; come on, you buI-necked,
beetIe-browed, hog-jowled. peanut
Drained, weasle-eyed. four flushers,
false alarms and excess baggage.
In the name of God, I challenge
and defy you. It's mighty easy to7lfe
about a man when he isn't on the
job. I'm here now. Come on.''
Then whirling to patriotism. Sun
day again brought the crowd to its feet
with his plea for the flag.
Lambasts German Militarism-
You CHASTITY. hideous, infamous
Prussian militaris- l." he shrieked
stand up. The women and children
you have murdered cry for help.
And I say to you people that even
today the Germans would be pounding
at our door if it had not been for the
answer made by the men of England
and France and Italy.
German Imperialism is doomed. and
the guns of the United States are go
ing to help dig it's grave"
He waved the flag and the crowd
hOwled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09
JOINT WAR COMMITTEE
Both Houses Consider Bills for Cen
traIized Congressional Board.

Washington, April "A joint reso-
luton for congressional Joint COM
mittee on the conduct of the war"
was introduced simultaneously today
by Senator Weeks of Massachusetts
and Representative Madden of Illinois,
both Republicans.
The committee would be composed
Of six members of the senate, iuclud-
ing four Democrats and two Republi-
cans. and six from the house, evenly
divided between Republicans and
Democrats. The resolution provides
that the committee shall be known as
the joint committee on the conduct Of
the war and shall sit during the ses-
sious or recesses of congress. shall
confer and advise with the president
Of the United States and heads of
various executive departments and
shall report to congress from time to
time in its own discretion or when re-
quested to do SO by either branch of
congress.
The committee would be clothed
with the widest powers of investiga-
ton, compelling testimony under oath
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09
Warnings Sent Out to Kansas
Farmers Today.
Conserve and Safeguard Pro-
ducts Says L. L. Hussey.
KANSAS MUST Do HER PART
Minimum Fire Damage Is Urged
by Fire Marshal.
"a Hungry Army Is a Whipped
Army" Is Slogan.

Fire waste warnings were sent 10
Kansas farmers today by L T Hus-
sey. state fire marshal He appealed
to the crop raisers to conserve and
safeguard every product of the farm
and TO reduce this years waste and
losses to the minimum. This policy
must be followed. he declared II the
nation is to be the expected factor IN
the world war.
Hussey's appeal to the farmers was
to safeguard their growing crops. con-
serve grain ira implied under foot and
wasted during the harvest Above ALL
the fire marshal declares, Kansas
farmers should protect their crops IN
fields and in granaries against loss DN
fire In view Of the tremendous short
age in the world grain crop. every
bushel OF corn, wheat or other grain
conserved or guarded against loss. adds
to the national support and multiplies
the wealth Of the state
Kansas Must Do Her Part.
Let the people of Kansas take
warning" said Hussey in his warning
to the farmers This state is one Of
the greatest food producing sections
OF the nation. Kansas must do her
part She will furnish her share Of
men for the trenches and she must
furnish her share Of the food to make
the armies Of the nation victorious.
IF America and the cause of human
llEe1OUE are 10 VIII THIS ndLIOLl tlAL7L
conserve its resources. and above all
it must conserve its food supply 4
hungry army IL a whipped army \
hungry nation is nation with defeat
staring it in the face one OF the
heaviest drains on the food supply
OF the United States is the fire waste
Damage Over Country
Every effort must be put forth to
meet this condition II famine is TO be
averted. All reedless waste must be
elimina Ted. In this country one of the
heaviest drains on the food supply IS
the fire waste. Millions upon millions
of dollars worth of American food
stuffs in field and Sranary and store
are CONSUMED every year by fire \
recent Dlaze in an Illinois elevator
ruined 100000 bushels Of corn and
500. OG0 bushels OF oats. That was the
work Of a single fire. There probably
is not an hour Of the day or night
when priceless food stuffs are not GO
ing up in smoke somewhere in the
United States. In these days OF trial
here Is d foe that must be reckoned
with.
In August. 1914, Lloyd George de
Clsred that the war would be a con-
fict Of resources and that the last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09
Red Blood
and Courage!

What drives the men right up TO the
trenches in this war is courage. and
it's red blooG that puts the heart" in
the mel Did any one ever see a
pUny. thin blooded man ever rush into
the fight with any chance Of winning
out2 With rich pure blood you can
face any hardship. reach any goal,
But you are handicapped in the race
of life without It Every tissue. bone.
muscle. should take from the blood
certain materials and return to it GER
tain others. This process insures per
feet health When the poisors ac-
cumulate in the blood. perhaps the
face breaks out in pimpIes or boils ap-
pear on the Eeck. and We feel Ianguid.
tired. our vitality is at a low ebb, and
we easily catch cold
It's time to take an Alternative ex-
tract and bIood-purifier taken from
Natures forests. Such a one is made
up of Colder Seal, Blood and Stone
root, Oregon Grape and Queens root
extracted with glycerine and made
into sugar-coated tablets or liquid
and this has been sold by druggists for
the past fifty years as DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery It's always
efficacious in the spring when the
blood is run down and you need q
wholesome tonic. Try this OId-fash-
toned but reliable remedy, without al
coholi
If you are occasionally troubled with
rheumatic pains or lumbago. pain in
the back. toes or muscles of the body
this is due to uric acid stored in the
system The liver and kidneys do not
act properly. For such a person. I
advise taking .Anuric double
strength) three times daily for a week
or two. This Anuric throws out the
uric acid which accumulates. and if
taken occasionally will prevent or cure
rheumatism and govt There is no diff
ficuIty in obtaining Anuric at any
drug STANDARDIZATION ent-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09
RICHARD OLNEY DEAD
CIeveIand's Secretary of State Sue
cumbs at Home in Boston

Boston, Mass, April 9.-Richard Oh
ney. secretary of state during the
Cleveland administration died at his
home Sc Fenway, late last night, il
was learned today. He had been Ill
for some months.
OIney was 50 years Of age and had
been in poor health for the past four
years President Wilson offered him
the ambassadorship to Great Britain
at the beginning of his administration,
but Olney declined on account of his
advanced age and resisted all plead
ings- He likewise refused the pres
dents proffer of governorship of the
federal reserve board
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09

million pounds sterling would win the
victory Three years of war have
proven the truth of his statement"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09

Bank clearings in the United States for
the week ending April ). as reported to
Bradstreets aggregate S59G7 .36a, 90 against
s.. go az, 900 the previous week and 81 SO
~, 900 the corresponding week last year
Following are the returns with percentages
of change
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09
A LA CARTE PATRIOTISM
WINS HIM A FREE MEAL

Chicago. April g. - Raymond
Wray is pronouncedly patriotic
Late last night he entered a restau-
rant in Oak Park and ordered a
meal One of the items carried
on the menu was German fried
potatoes He renonstra ted with
the proprietor who is a foreigner
and took all the bills of fare in the
restaurant and substituted Ameri-
can for German in the potato or
der. The owner of the restaurant
agreed that the change was an i'm
prOvement and refused TO accept
pay for the meal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09
BY FIRE
Col RooseveIt's Oyster Bay Home Had
Narrow Escape

oyster Bay. N Y April Colonel
Theodore RooseveIt's home, Sycamore
Hill. was menaeed when fire COM
pletely destroyed the residence of
George T. Maxwell. a few hundred
yards away at the hills base.
1t was only bv hard work that the
woods reaching from the Maxwell
place to the Roosevelt house were
wet down and made impervious to the
sparks and fire brands which were
driven thru them by a high wind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09

Ladies--If you are
in need of a maid or
domestic, try the State
Journal want columns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09
CHECKS UP Wife
John Washbunn Charges Her
With Marrying Another Man.
Cross Petition in Divorce Suit
Gives the Details.

When Ermina Washbunm filed suit
for divorce from John Washbunm she
overlooked some important particulars
according to the answer and cross pc
ton filed today in the district court
by her husband. For instance, he says
she overlooked the minor matter of
having been married to another man
since she left her husband and before
she filed suit for divorce
That is one charge made by wash
bunm in his cross petition His wife
filed a petition for a divorce alleging
nOn-support and extreme cruelty She
also charges that he left her without
means She says they were married
in Topeka, November IS, 1906 and
lived together until June, 1915 Her
husband says they were married in
Holton, and not in Topeka, and that
they lived together until July, 1916
Washbunm says that while they
were living at Horton last July he re-
turned home for meal at noon one
day and found his wife under the in
fluence of liquor: that when he re-
turned at night she was gone and did
not return home until morning Then,
he says. she told him she had spent
the night with another man.
Made Up Again.
He left her then, Washbunm says,
and she and a man were arrested for
misconduct Then the couple made
up and lived together for ten days
along last October. But, Washbunm
says. she claimed to have received
word that her mother was sick at
Mayetta and left Horton to go there
They have not lived together since
Washbuum now says tFat his wife
was married to another man at the
time they made up" in October. He
alleges that she married a man at
Falls City, Nebraska, July 81, 1916
Just a short time after they separated.
In her petition Mrs. Washbunm al
legged that when they were married she
owned eighty acres of land and she
asked that she be granted the land in
full Washbunm admits that, but he
states that he also had eighty acres of
land when they were married and that
she persuaded him TO sell it for $4,000
and spent the money putting improve
ments upon her land Now he asks
for a half interest in her eighty and a
divorce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09
FILIPINO REBS LOYAL
Veterans Now Want to Help L. $.
Whip Germany.

Manila. April Filipino veterans
of the revolution are pIedging their
loyalty and cooperation TO Gov Cen
eraI Harrison The authorities are
registering Germans.
The German club here has been
closed Sailors from the German ves-
sells a Cebu and Zamboanga have been
confined to camps as measure of pre-
caution Bridges and public buildings
are under guard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-09
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The Crocus.
You teach a pretty lesson
In your homeIy. flower bed
A ray of sweetest sunshine
In darkening hours to she'd
So bloom on lovely crocus
With your emp of yellow gold
Till your wea ker. sister flowers
Their cups, TO Us unfold
Mrs A f A. Topeka