Americus times-recorder., 1920-06-06
BOYS And GIRLS
URGED TOENLIST
IN CRITICAL time
Details Announced for
Contest to Save Cotton
Fields

Alarmed by the menace of the boil
weevil, which has appeared in great
numbers in the cotton fields of this
section, and convinced that their
damage can be greatly diminished
oy reducing their numbers as much
as as possible at this time, a co-onara
I'VE movement of business interasts
u " Aaimerlcus, working through Georce
" Marshall, county farm agent g.
urday put under way a plan for fbo
enlistment of every boy and oirl nf
Cnis community in great boiI wae-
wi destroying contest. For tba host
deGoTds ea3 made cash prizes aggregatino
9,, 9E5o VIII be paid. All particiDatine
VIII De rewarded in addition at tbs
late OF one cent by the owner of the
cotton helds, each for every weeviI
caught. Here is the prize list.
FIRST PRIZE-$50 in cash
SECOND PRIZE E-S45 in cash
THIRD PRIZE-S4O in cash
FOURTH PRIZE-s35 in sn cash
FIFTH PRIZE-S30 in cash 'n
SIXTH PRIZE-S25 in n cash
2EE 2TE I EMIH PRIZE-$20 in cash.
MIS5HI, MMISHIH PRIZE-$15 in cash
MN Ninth PRIZE-$10 in cash
TENTH PRlZE-$5 in cash.
IN All Must Register.
a., me only conditions attached ara
si'at all participating for the nri1as
register, the whites at the Cbamhe eS
u ~ commerce and the colored with =
n. otailWorth, colored farm agent for
thNs district. Registration Of nan,es
must be made before Wednasda~
morning at O'Clock. N"y
only the fields of owners reouos+
ing 4, h,eip Will be visited by the n;cLers
me contest will begin "Wednesday
lInorhlng Ig and continue until Wedne:y
uay evening of the following waeis
uhless the supply of weeviIs 10 e~
nausted sooner. Trucks and conven
anees Oh various kinds will he ~
sIued 70 transport the parties fron,
ana pack to the city each dav, % Tba
weeVlI plckers will work in nartias
~ Ihuer supervision in specified fiaids
II II Is planned to take them to tLc
Helds each morning at o'clocI e rn
Curh 10 the city for lunch and a br;of
rest, then return to the fields a.
rev hours in the afternoon.
The weevils are to be collectod h.,
Ime contestants IN receptacles and
UlVdgnI =; tL IN TO the city and checked
-. through Agents Marshall and Stall
with or tneir assistants, who viii
heep records for use in awarding the
pll@es ana IN arranging the paw for
ele Plckers. 1t is planned to have a
weeVll burning celebration each
Seiilag the doWn town in the center of
Suggestions yesterday favored the
closing of all business houses in
Amerlcus on Wednesday, the omen
ing day of the contest, and of ali
employees and business men going to
tne cotton fields themselves and as,
slstlng IN picking the weeyils No
ueIhlte action in this direction de-
Veloped during the day, however.
-, Money For All.
Inc contest, with the liberal cash
prizes and the attractive pay in addi-
tlon for all work done, is expected to
appear TO large number of vouno
peopie-boys and girls alike. Since
me closing of school several hundred
Oh these have spare time which thew
can devote to this useful purpose for
lew days, earning money for them
serves and assisting their home county
IN time of emergency. Intellioent
youngsters, who can follow direc+ions
from 8 years old up to maturity are
asked to join in the contest
What may be done in the wav of
picking weevils may be judged from
Che report OF Emory Griffin, who
few days ago offered his farm hands
cent each for all weevils captured
on his l00-acre field while plowing,
Up to yesterday he reported $500
weevils caught.
W. Il. Taylor, manager of Church
wells store, was one of the prime
movers behind the weevl picking
| plan
We feel thai it is most important
that the weevils be destroyed now.
before they multiply so greatly and
before their damage is done" said
he. 1T is extremely important that
we make a good crop of cotton this
fall, for if we do not we as a county
are going to be in a bad fix. On
the other hand, at the price the crop
is going to bring, it will be highly
worth while to make every pound
of cotton possible. We are willing
to spend money to help this move
ment along"
Other merchants, readily assisting
in furnishing the rrize money and ex-
pense fund of putting on the con-
test, expressed themselves similarly.
Farmers Aid Asked.
Details of the movement were be-
ing worked out yesterday by Mr.. Mar
shall He is arranging for trucks
and drivers to TRANSPORT the weevil
pickers to and from the fields and
lining up the farmers who desire to
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