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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-23
II PAYS to FertiIize PeCanS

There are many thousands of pc
can trees in the south, and to secure
the best results from these they
should be fertilized every season. Of
course, if an abundance of legume
cover crops is grown on the soil and
turned under, the AMOUNT of nitro
gen needed in the form of CONNER
cial fertilizers will not be large.
however. with a complete fertilizer,
applying it in the same general way
that apples and peaches are fertiliz-
ed. The Georgia College of Agricul-
ture recommends that from one to
five pounds per tree is about the
right amount to give the second year
till the tree reaches the bearing age.
For this reason these people recon-
mend q mixture made up as follows:
One thousand pounds is per cent
seed meal, 200 pounds nitrate of
soda, 100 pounds muriate of potash.
This will lgiVe a fertilizer that will
analyze approximately 8-4-3. For
trees that have reached the bearing
age more phosphoric acid and potash
And these. folks also recommend
that from to 20 pounds of 1896
fertilizer be given bearing pecan
trees, depending on the size of the
trees and general soil conditions.
The following mixture will give a
1920 pounds of 16 per cent acid
phosphate, 400 pounds cottonseed
meal, 100 pounds nitrate of soda, 800
pounds muriate of potash.-L. A
Niven, in The Progressive Farmer.
NEW FARM PUBLICATIONS
The following publications were
issued by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture during the week
ended April 26, 1919:
Strawberry Culture: South Allan
tic and Gulf Coast. Farmers Bull
letin 1926.
Strawberry Culture: Western Uni
ted States. Farmers Bulletin 1927.
Digestibility of Certain Miscellan-
eous Animal Fats. professional pa
PERI Department Bulletin 613.
The Sugar-Cane Moth Borer. (Pro-
fessional paper.) Department Bull
Experiments on the Digestibility of
Wheat Bran in a Diet Without Wheat
Flour. professional paper.) De-
.partment Bulletin 751. s-..-
The Utilization Of Irrigated Field
Crops for Hog. Pasturing. Depart
ment Bulletin 752. a''
Resistant to Root-Rot. Department
Bulletin 765.
Following the Produce Markets.
Yearbook Separate 1853.
Electric light and Power . from
Small Streams. Yearbook Separate
no.
The Threshing Ring in the Corn
Belt. Yearbook Separate TIP.
Live Stock and Reconstruction.
Yearbook Separate 773.
Some Effects of the War Upon the
Seed Industry of the United States.
Yearbook Separate IT'S.
Home Mixing of Fertilizers. Year
book Separate 780.
GARDEN ENEMIES CATALoGUED
Home gardeners will find that all
Of the most common insects and dis
eases attacking vegetables are cata-
logued in the United States depart
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-23
Power Farming in the South

Anyone familiar with our agricul-
ture must realize that better tillage
il essential. By that 1 mean the
quent stirring of the soil. For a
long time we have been accustom-
ed to scrape over the surface of the
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need have occurred if the victims had.
been taught to swim.
It is just as easy to drown in shall.
low water as in deep if the bather is.
subject to the panic which paralyzesI
the Will and befogs the reason. There
is no more need of drowning in deep
water than in shallow if one has the
cool confidence Of the swimmer.
Aside from its 1ife-saving value
swimming is one Of the finest exercis-
rs in the world developing every mus
Gle and charging and strengthening
the breathing apparatus. -. -
Wherever there is a, place available,
be it sandy beach or the "ole swim
min hole" there should be some one:
installed to teach the bathers to swim
Anybody can learn who will. It is
not difficult, but just Like everything.
else it is learned most easily in YOUTH
and they are wise parents who en-
courage their children to acquire early.
this greatest of athletic accomplish
ments. I.
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.REDn TERRORISM.

American Bolshevists, or American
Anarchists, or both together-in fact,
it is hard to distinguish between them
in practice, despite the difference Of
their political philosophy-seem to be
resorting to terrorism to attain their
purpose. The bombs sent through
the mails, the May Day riots, the re-
cent attempts to blow up the homes
OF many public men throughout the
country whom they regard as standing
In their way, all this is clear indica-
ton Of a deliberate resort to criminal
violence.
1t is a confession that the propa-
ganda by which 1.-THE Reds original
IL counted to win converts has failed.
Even Bolshevists or Anarchists do not
go to the trouble of using bombs when
they can maize converts by the spoken
or written word. It is prophetic, too,
Of the certain failure awaiting this
whole radical movement.
These "Reds'' have still to learn
what the German nation has learned
through bitter experience-that civil
lied, strong hearted people will not be
persuaded by violence, and that every
attempt to coerce or terrify them only
moves them to more relentless oppo-
sition. Every bomb drives more thou
sands Of open-minded folk into the
ranks OF the conservatives and helps
to discredit and destroy the forces of
destruction.
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I would not believe in the future q
America. # the character Of any
concerns employees is such, as re-
sards intelligence and fairness, that
they will not be good sports alike II
good times and bad times, then the
workers Of this country are not worth
bothering about
Many other labor leaders take the
same position. Their views are said
to be corroborated by the conduct OF
the workmen in various concerns
where such 3 policy has already been
adopted.
The plan as yet is still new. It has
such strong support, however, from
clear-headed thinkers of all classes,
and is winning it's way so rapidly il
practice, that it will soon be possible
to discuss the matter from the stand
point of actual experience.
It seems quite in keeping with the
American idea Of democracy, and
surely will work in America, where
the spirit Of fair play is SO strong, if
it will work anywhere.
If it does work, it may prove to be
the long-sought solution for the big
gest of economic problems, ending the
century-old warfare between capital
and labor.
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MAKING WILLS.

"A New York woman, about to die,
called in a neighbor woman to help
her make a will. She only had $500
worth Of property to leave, but she
wanted to be sure that it went to the
person she wanted to have it-her lit
tie son.
Neither Of the women knew how to
draw up a will. And what did they
do2 They simply looked in an alma
nae, found standard form for a last
VIII and testament. drew up the doc
ument on piece Of brown wrapping
paper and signed it, and then the wo-
man died. A court has decided tnat
the will is valid.
This only, goes to show how easy it
is to make a will. Almost anybody
can do it, with a little intelligent or
common sense And yet the majority
ofpeople pass away without ever hav-
ing taken any such precaution, leaving
their financial affairs in, tangle and
making it necessary to distribute their
property among various people whom
they never intended it to go to, and
who may have no moral right to it.
The only sensible thing for every.
body to do who is not pauper IS 70
make will, and renew it every few
years-not with a. long face and a
mcurnful foretaste Of death, but
4cheerfully, while in full possession of
heath and mental faculties, as a mat
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COVENANT AND TREATY

Anyone who undertakes to Sepa-
from the body Of the peace treaty,
according to Senator Knox's plan, will
certainly have a big, complex dis
secting job on his hands.
It is reported that the League is
specifically referred to in the treaty
in 72 places outside of the formal
covenant itself, and that nearly all of
these references have to do with the
assignment to the League, for future
settlement or administration, of mat
ters not otherwise disposed of in the
treaty
Only few OF these need be men
toned to show the big place given the
League in the general scheme Of
world-settlement worked out by the
Peace Conference.
All the colonies taken from the Cen
trail Powers are to be administered by
mandatories acting under the author
ity of the League of Nations and re-
sponsible to it.
The League, through commissions
appointed by it, is to govern the Saar
valley for Is years and control Dan
zig indefinitely as free city, thus
solving two peculiarly difficult prob
lens.
The League is to supervise the pre-
sentation of neutrality in the zone es-
tablished east Of the Rhine.
It is required to act as a tribunal in
establishing the Belgian German from
tier.
1t is to maintain the rights of al
lied shipping in German ports.
It is to establish a court of lest
appeal to determine ripe ian rights on
the Danube and other international
waterways.
IL IS u Oil dliSS diiu 3It-
ternational labor conference next TALL!
and to create and supervise a perma-
nent world-labor organization.
So it goes. There is an immense
amount of work, constructive and ad-
ministrative, assigned to the League
by a Peace Conference which realized
its inability to settle everything it.
self, and realized just as clearly the
need Of some continuing body that
could act hereafter with the same au-
thority temporarily possessed by the
Conference.
1t looks as if cutting out that Cove
nant would so nangle the treaty as to
kill the patient Most of the experts
seem agreed that the treaty will have
to be accepted or rejected as a
whole, the League Of Nations cove
nant standing or falling with the
treaty.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-25

The Duroc Bulletin, published in
Chicago, and having a nation vide
circulation devotes at least two
pages of this issue Of June 1st to a.
write up Of the Duroc Hog farm Of
Mr.. George Palmer at CartersvilIe.s
The write-up is illustrated and shows
the extensive plans in detail. The
article was written by Mr.. Robert
Evens, Editor of the paper, who
made a personal visit to the farms,
having heard Of their fame in this
section of the country. 1t is the OPP
inion Of Mr.. Evans, as expressed in
his articles, that Mr.. Palmers' farms.
are unsurpassed. The enterprise OF
Mr.. Palmer in establishing the Pal.
mer Duroc Farms has been Of inesti-.
mable benefit to South Carolina
He has blazed the way for pure bred
livestock by showing just how pro-.
fitable it can be made. It is hoped
others will follow his example.
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be given access to these invigoratine
novels. He has something in view
beyond mere entertainment. England
is too ignorant Of American life, he
says. Fiction is a good reflection of a
nations life. # the English people
would read more American fiction,
they would know and appreciate
America better, and would enjoy the
process of instruction.
It is true, of course. And the thing
works both ways. Americans, though
more familiar with English literature
than Englishmen are with ours, are
pretty provincial and ignorant as re-
CARDS foreign literature in general.
More reading Of the past and present
literary productions of England,
France, Italy, Russia, etc., would bring
far better understanding Of the na-
tions with whom we must have SC
much to do hereafter. And with real
understanding would come real friend
ship.
A general exchange of books and
magazines among the worldpowers
would be a veritable peace league. If
all nations read and appreciated each
others literature. there would be far
less chance for the basic misunder-
standings out of which wars arise.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-25
EATING LoCUsTS.

DR.. Ethan Allen Andrews, who is
professor of zoology in Johns Hopkins
University ate handful Of Iocusts
the other day. And he liked them
He says the flavor is pleasant, and
they taste like shrimp.
He and some other experts have
been studying the insects with re-
gard to their habits-which are ad-
1nitted1y bad-and their possible
utilization as food. All of them seem
to be enthusiastic about the food pos
sibilities.
eff there were scarcity of other
foods" says Professor Andrews, per
sons who had tasted them would prob
ably think nothing of eating them in
large quantities. Those of us who
have eaten them find them agreeable
and nourishing. 1t is important, of
course, to pick them just after they
have come out of their shell, while
they are still white and tender. At
ter a few days they become hard, and
would be unsatisfactory as food
The professor is not the first man
to eat Iocusts, of course. There is the
familiar example Of John the Baptist,
who lived on locusts and wild honey.
But it has never occurred to most peo-
pie that John might have adopted that
diet from choice.
Unfortunately Professor Andrews
does not tell exactly how he went
about his gustatory experiment. Did
he "eat 'em alive" or fry the locusts
in butter. or dip them in honey, after
the biblical example, or bake them,
or make salad of them or what?
In the absence of dependable de-
tails, any man is free to experiment
fo rhimsef. It may take courage;
but did it not take courage to eat the
first shrimp?
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DRUG PROHIBITION.

A nation that prohibits the drinking
of alcohol is surely inconsistent If IT
does not also prohibit the non-me'1i-
cinal use of habit-forming drugs.
For most of the deadly drugs be-
longing in this class there are recog-
nized and legitimate medical uses.
Morphine, most common Of the mar
cotics, is properly used, by a physi-
clan, in rnultitudes Of cases to dead
en- intolerable pain. Cocaine, whose
consumption in the United States
comes second in the list, also has its
proper uses, particularly in medical
and dental surgery.
Third in volume Of sales is heron,
a derivative of opium, closely related
to morphine, which is said by experts
to be the most dangerous drug in the
whole list. 1t is the most common
dope" used by victims who do MT
use cocaine or morphine. 1t seems
to be especially attractive and especial
ly devastating to boys and girls.
A committee Of experts, after a
thorough investigation of the drug sit
uation throughout the United States
made at the instance Of the United
States Treasury Department, reports
that in its opinion the medical need
of heroin is negligible compared with
the evil effects of its non-medical use.
The committee therefore suggests "ab-
solutely prohibiting the manufacture,
sale, distribution or administration OF
this most dangerous drug.
This recommendation surely de-
serves serious consideration by the
present congress. The drug evil has
been diminishing Of late, according to
the committees findings; increase OF
drug addiction was reported in only
IA cities and counties, with decrease
in 627. The Harrison antl-drug act,
as amended, is expected to have a
wholesome effect in restricting the
traffic to legitimate needs. There is
general belief, however, that alcoholic
prohibition will result in a greater
demand than ever for narcotic drugs,
and corresponding stimulation of the
underground traffic, If h,roln can he
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-25
BIG NAVY PLANS.

When Secretary naniels first rec
commended, last winter, a new naval
building plan calling for the expendi-
ture OF, s6o0,000,000 Of additional
money in three years, he himself did
not clearly explain the purpose Of the
proposal, but there were two explana-
tons suggested. One was that the
United States would have to possess
navy as strong as any other in the
world if the plan for a peace league
and general disarmament came to
nothing. The other was that it was
desired to bring the American navy to
equality with Great Britain's in order
that, when a peace league was form
cd, the two Anglo-Saxon powers, being
also the two foremost naval powers,
might enter on equal terms upon the
task of policing the seas.
It appears now that the former
supposition was the correct one. The
big navy plan was meant to make the
United States perfectly capable of
taking care Of herself if the old IN
ternational method were continued,
making it necessary for every nation
to take care Of its individual self-1e-
fense. There was probably something
of the Showdown" spirit in it, too.
It served notice on other powers that
the United tSates could, and if neces-
sary would, outbuild any of them Or
all of them together.
This explanation, at any rate, seems
deducible from Secretary Daniels re-
cent action in withdrawing his recon-
nendation and returning to the com
paratively modest building plan laid
down before the war His action
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SWIMMING TINE.

IT can't swim! I can't swim" cried
the panic-stricken bather as he found
cred i'm water which he thought was
over his depth. This said his friend,
watching his struggles from the bank,
.'is poor time to brag about it"
An ancient story, but one bearing a
moral which renews itself every year
as swimming time comes around.
Every summer brings record OF
deaths from drowning which never
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suggests that the administration, a
least, is satisfied that the League o1
Nations will go through, and that il
will be an adequate substitute for. biz
naval armament in our future system
Of defense.
Whatever anyone may think OF
that, there is TO question as to the
force of the appeal made just now by
the prospect of saving s600,o00,oo0 at
one stroke. The nation is getting rath-
err weary OF war bills and the pros
uect of diminished armament by sea
and land is one Of the most telling
arguments in behalf of the League OF
Nations.
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STARLIGHT BY THE POUND.

Astronomers do queer }things-es-
pecially at eclipses. They travel the
earth over TO observe the sky wher-
ever a solar eclipse is due, and at
Singapore or the north Of Japan, or
out in desert somewhere, or on top
of a mountain, they set up their in
struments and work and work and
calculate, and look just as hard as
they can. and take photographs as
fast and keenly as they can, tor the
space of seven minutes or so while
the conditions are favorable. Then
they go off and study these results
and compare them with those obtain
ed by other astronomers, and after a
few years produce quite amazing
theories to account for the foundations
of the universe.
Lately they have been coming to
the conclusion that light has weight.
It seems, according to the Publica-
tions of the Astronomical Society Of
the Pacific, eff the hypothesis in one
form or another represents the truth,
then rays Of light proceeding from
stars which are seen very nearly in the
direction of the sun should be defect
ed from their straight-line courses, as
those rays pass close to the sun and
through the suns Eravitational field. :"
Two British expeditions which were
sent out to observe the total solar
eclipse of May 20 devoted practically
all their energies to this one point.
What they learned has not yet been
given out-but it will be interesting,
no matter what it is
The time may come when light IS
retailed by the pound instead of by
the kilowatt, and eager lovers may
stop at the drug store on cloudy
nights, on their way to call upon fair
naidens, and purchase a few moon
beams by the ounce.
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dispensed with in legitimate medical
practice, as the committee says, it
would undoubtedly be a blessing to
prohibit it altogether.
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EMPLOYEES AS PARTNERS.

John P. Frey, one Of the most in
fuential leaders of the American
Federation of Labor, has been strong
ly urging that workers be given a
voice in the determination of their
industrial fortunes" BY this he
means giving the employees Of any
concern a place on the board of IL!
rectors or Other governing body, and
letting them cooperate with the eni-
ployers in determining working con-
ditions, wages and the policies of the
industry in general.
Mr.. Frey was asked whether he
thought the organized workers, if they
were taken into the business so to
speak, and given a chance to examine
the books and help run things, would
not take a selfish, one-sided attitude.
Would they be willing, for example,
to abide by the result in hard times
as we'll as in prosperous times? Would
they accept cuts in wages, when pro-
fits go down, just as they would de-
mand raises when profits went up?'
Positively yes he answered. BY
the very fact of the employer granting
a position Of partnership in industry
to his employee. the latter is given
sense Of loyalty which he did not feel
before.
'He will stand the gaff as we'll as
the employer. If did not believe this
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FREE TRADE IN LITERATURE.

.. Maybe American fiction is not so
hopeless, after ALL An Englishman,
writing to a New York newspaper, ex-
presses frank and admiring appre-
citation of this much-berated branch of
American literature. There is d vi
COR and robustness about it, he says,
(which is refreshing after the mani
ties of some of ou. British novelists. >
He pleads for an arrangement by
which Englishmen in general could
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These substitute drinks haven't
any 'kick" in them. The patron is
expected to furnish the kick.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-23
MYTH IS SELECTED
 AS ITALY'S PREMIER
New Cabinet Organized, With Tomaso Titoni in the Important Office
 of Foreign Minister.

Rome, June 23, (By the Associated Press. )-The new cabinet chosen to succeed the one headed by Vittorio Orlando which resigned last week, fol- lows:
 Premier and minister of < interior, Francesca Nitti; foregn office. Tomaso Titoni; colonies, Luigi Rossi; justice and worship. Signor Mortara; war lieutenant General Alberioci; finance, Francesca Tedesco; treasurer, Signor Schanzer; marine, ad interim, Rear Admiral Sechi; instruction, Alfredo Baccelli: public works, Signor Pan tano; transport, Signor De Vito agri- culture, Signor Visccchi; industry, commerce, labor and food, Carlo Fer raris; posts, Signor Chizenti; military assistance and pensions Signor Daco- mo; liberated provinces, Signor De Maya.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-23
JEWEL ROBBERS HELD
When Arrested They Threw Pepper in > Policeman's Eyes, But He Suc-
 ceeded in Holding Couple.

Greenfield, Mass, June 23.-John Sphero, aged IS of New York and Ar thur Morse, 23, of Boston, Were ar- rested here today for robbery of q. 5ewelry store after a struggle in which a patrolnan was temporarily blinded by cayenne pepper Cutting a hole in the plate glass window of Foster Rros store. the young men took threetravs of rings valued at several hundred dol lars Patrolman F. D. Woodward ar rested them. Morse threw ieiier' i, the officers eyes but the patrolman kept his grip on the two. They We're found guilty and held for sentence