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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-27
President of State College Of
Agriculture Says Now Is
Time to Combat SCourge
of Cotton Field

Now is the time to fight the Dol
weevil with more deadly effect thar
at any other season Of the year, de
clared DR.. Andrew M. Soule, presi'
dent of the State College of Agri-
culture, in Atlanta Thursday after
noon.
Fight him." said DIR. Soule, "by
blowing under the cotton stalks in
the field. And pillow them under now
Don't wait for the frost to drive the
boil weeVil out of the soft bollS into
winter quarters. Plow him under
before he leaves the cotton stalks.
practically all nf the cotton ha
been picked, so the stalks are use
less. 1t won't pay to burn them
because that would destrop from 4C
to so pounds of nitrogen per acre
and all of our lands are deficient y
nitrogen. 1t would be better TO plow
up the stalks and let them die and
rot in the field, than it would do
to burn them, but blowing them up
won't be as effective as blowing
them under.
'Plow them under deep. Bury
them and smother them. Hit the
boil weevil while he is down. 1t
may not be good sportsmanship, but
it's mighty good economics.
My opinion is based upon a care
full survey, that so per cent of next
years crop Of boil weevils can be
destroyed by blowing under the cot
ton stalks. When the frost comes,
the weevil at once leaves the soft
bolls and still on the talks and hunts
winter quarters. He gets under
bark on dead logs, under bark on
stumps in the field, under the shin
giles on the farmers house and
barn, and gets into the hay barn,
gets anywhere he can keep warm
and dry.
"And when a pair of boil weevils
come out in the spring and start
propagating, they, can and do pro-
duce in one season from seven to
eleven million weevils. So that ey-
cry time pair of weevils are plowed
under now, and destroyed, we have
destroyed from seven to eleven mil
lion unmatched weevils that will prey
upon us next year.
1--WE have the ploWs, the mules,
the tractors and the labor to ploW
under the cotton stalks. We have
the time to do it before frost comes.
But we have no time to lose. PloW-
ing under the stalks will not only
destroy thousands of boil weevils.
but will improve the soil of every
field where they are plowed under.
THE crop of weevils now in the
soft bolls, which will never open and
are therefore, useless are what
might be termed the seed crop. They
are the carry-over. They will go
into winter quarters if not destroyed
now, and will come out next spring
and begin to multiply with their
prodigious rapidity, and again dew
astate our cotton crop.
1.-The time to fight the weevil, as
[ said before, is when he is down.
Fight him after the cotton is gone
for him to feed on. Fight him by
destroying, wherever possible, the
places in which he can take refuge
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-27
OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE OTHOMAS

To share a friends trouble is to
serve hkm and to serve; ones self.
A disinTereSted, unselfiSh desire to
help another is distinctly pleasant,
and no reward of industry is COM
parable with the happiness which
results from it's qualification. At
sixty one can help, he knows hoW.
Men in trouble need an opportunity
to lay out their difficulties for in
spection and examination. None es-
capes chagrin. At no period Of life
has one fortitude enough to al
ways endure without repining.
Troubles become heavier the long.
err they are borne. They must be
cast upon another from time to
time, in order that a brief rest
may be had. It requires little for
titude to bear another's Affections,
and at sixty we live to have them
shifted for a moment to our Shout
ders. Some day we will ask a lit
tie service of another, and as 18TH
Of us understand that one may
still be manly even when he seems
frail no loss of mutual respect can
follow.
$50 it is that we make more in
telIigent use of our friends, and they
of us, at so than before. We have
experience enough, wisdom enough
and sympathy enough to be of mu-
tuaI service when service is most
needed.
ITO be merry with a friend is to
become saner, more JUST more dis
eliminating, for a gently humorous
mood dissolves all Vapors and en-
ables us to see clearly. 1t softens
asperities and disarms prejudice. Its
basis is sympathy, and by sympathq
alone can we understand anOther'S
point Of view.
"At so one is competent to perform
and allow these mutual services, be-
cause the blood has begun to cool,
vanity has lost it's power, and reason
has begun to hold undisputed sway.
What we are and have we have
learned to appreciate, not by COM
mon and vulgar standards, but by
those principles which time. and sor-
row haxe extracted from life, and
if these principles have been con-
firmed by another's life and another's
point of view, they afford a sure and
pleasant basis for friendly confer
ence-a common prejudice is bond
Of union.
Never a week passes without some
reader Of this paper writing to me
about something that I've written
that helped them. From the depths
of my heart / thank them. Like a
blind spinner" ] send my shuttle
back and forth, asking guidance
from that source from whence COM
eth all help. The basis of every life
must be that integrity, that love for
humanity that subjugation Of self
that comes as near our Savior life
as humanity can attain. We must
outgrow our selfishness, or we can
not become the sort of individual de-
picted by the writer I have quoted.
Do not stop by measuring your
friend or your enemy let us hold up
the glass and see ourselves.
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DDalyIDerediD59d0iCe
PFIopely Girl5AtKome)

I am writing to you for little ad
vice. L am an old bachelor, age be-
| tween twenty and fifty. have dark
hair, fair complexion, brown eyes
and am real good-looking when ]
am dressed up. I am in love with
a widow about thirty and a cir
about twenty. 1 think they both
are crazy about me. Which one
would you advise me to marry, as
I like them both. Or would you adj
wise me to get married or stay sin,
gle now, as times are very hard at
present.
will appreciate your advice.
GEORGIA .GOOBER."
AnSWer-You are in luck indeed to
have two young women crazy about
you. Perhaps they are after your
money, or it may be your good
looks. 1 think you said you were
suffering with that affection. You
are old enough to know your own
mind, and if you haven't any, I can.
not see any use in telling you what
to do. Go to bed, get a good nights
sleep and after this repose, perhaps
your brain will have cleared of its
cobwebs, and you will be able tc
figure out your problem for your
self without any assistance from me
Try this remedy and see.
I am a lonely girl Of Is coming
to you for advice. am in love
with a boy of II years and he says
he loves me and has asked me to
marry him, but neither one Of us
wants to marry now. I don't in
tend to marry until / get 10. My
mother does not want me to go
with him because he doesn't have
to work and he doesn't work. But
/ dearly love him and don't intend
to marry any other boy.
Is there any harm for a girl to
kiss a boy she dearly loves and
thinks he loves her? What will re-
move freckles? This boy I spoke of
has sister my size and she visits
me. Is there any harm for me to
visit her? Had a girl ought to ride
in a car between two boys? What
should girl do if the boy she
loves goes with another girl to
spite her? Thanking you for your
advice I remain,
CNISS) CAMEL.
Answer-You are decidedly
too young to marry, and by
the time you are old enough
perhaps you will have seen
some one else you prefer. There
is no harm to have this boy as
a friend or sweetheart as long
as you keep yourself in the
proper place and keep him in
his. Ages and ages ago boys
and girls were sweethearts--
had sweethearts and our grand
mothers and mothers INDUCED
in the same game. Don't permit
liberties if you wish to retain
your good name and the boys
respect and admiration for you.
1t may not be harmful to ride
in an auto sitting between two
young men. I cannot see any
harm in it provided you con-
duct yourself properly and as a
lady should. There is nothing
you can do but ignore the spite
idea. Just pay no attention to
it and don't mention it to your
boy friend. He will see then he
can't hurt you in that way.
Don't show jealousy, it doesn't
pay.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-27
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
~ DR.. ANDREW NJ. SOULE

| ly good soil. In many instances
| their failure to produce literally is
due to the fact that they are plan
ed on very thin lands and not pro-
erly fortified. PLACING the materi;
to which you refer close up around
the trunks Of the trees is to be
avoided. It would certainly provide
a harboring place for many insects
which might damage the trees if nc
further injury was to result.
Effect of Peanuts on Soil Fer
tility
G. r. S., Macon, Ga, writes:
A man from south Georgia told
us that where peanuts were
grown on the land for several
years and plowed up and gath
cred that they would ruin the
land. But he claimed that if
they were gathered by hogs it
would improve the land. Is there
anything to the idea that pea
nuts are harmful to the soil?
Much of the land in south Geor.
gia, as you know, is not particu-
larly rich in the essential plant food
elements in an available form. There
are soils in that section of the state
where the amount of nitrogen runs
around 1000 to 1900 pounds per
acre-foot, and again where there are
not over 500 or 600 pounds per acre
foot. Do not conclude from this that
there are large areas of rich and
fertile soils in south Georgia, as
that would not be the correct deduc-
ton to draw.
On the other hand, these thin
areas will undoubtedly show evil
dence of exhaustion when peanuts
are grown on them. This is due to
the fact that the peanut is vigor-
Gus feeding crop, requires a lot OF
plant food, and draws particularly
on the phosRhoric acid and potash
which the soilNmay contain. This no
doubt accounts for the impression
that the peanut is an eXhauSting
crop to the land but it is not more
eXhausting than any other crop Of
similar type that produces the same
amount of nutrients. per acre. 1
would not hesitate to grow this crop
on account of any fear Of its ruin
ing my land.
Land intended for peanuts should
be we'll fortified. There should be
uDeraI Applications OF pnOSpnOrlC
acid to the soil. It should be lined
once in three years. The peanut is
a legume and it gathers a great deal
more of the nitrogen it uses out of
the air under normal conditions: 1t
is one of the crops on which we can
bank to help us out Of the Difficult
ties which the boil weevil invasion
has thrown about our agriculture
l. handled and cultivated on an in
telligent basis, and grown in a ro-
tation, as it should be, 1 do not think
there is any danger of its permanent
ly eXhausting the fertility of our
land.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-27
HIGH COST IN 1920
FOR WINTER WHEAT

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The cost Of
producing winter wheat N 1920
showed about as high an average as
in 1919, according to a preliminary
report on farms surveyed i'll 10 coun-
ties in the winter wheat belt. Issued
today by the United States depart
ment of agriculture. The range IN
cent of production) on ZIG owner
farms surveyed in 1920 was found
to be $1.20 to $3.50 per bushel as
compared with $3.50 ito $3.50 for the
bulk Of the crop produced on the
zS4 farms surveyed in 1919. In 1920,
about as per cent of the operators
reid their costs down to the aver
age (s1.S0) or lower; in 1919, with All
average cost of $1.S7, - peS cent OF
in that limit
With costs almost as high as
those Of the previous year, and with
declining market, many of these
farmers sustained heavy losses on
their wheat. In eight of the ten
cent of the wheat was hauled direct
from the machine to he elevator.
On that part of this wheat which
was sold Immediately the operators
got the benefit Of the prices that pre-
vailed before the slump, which be-
gan soon after the 1920 crop began
to come on the market
The survey in question, conducted
by the office of farm management
and farm economies, yielded figures
on labor and material requirements
that it should be of vital interest to
the winter wheat grower, as indica-
tive of what may be expected under
conditions approximating those tina.
prevail in the counties surveyed.
The TpS111tS of fhn ~
stress the Importance Of yield per
acre as factor influencing the cost
per bushel. 1t was. found that the
operators having costs of $3.50 or
under per busheI could boast yields
ranging from II to 81 bushels per
acre, while those so unfortunate as
to have wheat costing 81 or more
per bushel had yields ranging from
as low as up to bushels per
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are whether you go to prison or not"
His tone was contemptuous, and fear
leaped suddenly into Charles eyes.
For Gods sake. Donahue, keep
this out of the paper. What do you
want anyway? I'll pay you anything
me to have this thing get out, and
after all, the money belongs to the
old man; he can stand it,"
But he couldn't stand II when he
thought Barry took it." Harriet
famed suddenly. "You were all will
ing to have Barry go to prison for a
crime he never committed"
Charlie wheeled on her. You keep
out of this. And I give you fair
warning that If, the Star or any other
paper dares to print a word of any
thing against me, I'll drag your name
down to the level of mine. Perhaps
your husband won't take you back
when he hears the things 1 can tell
him, and I'll do tt!''
Harriet shrank back, but her eyes
continued to meet his evenly.
How dare you say such things
about mel" she painted. How dare
you"
''oh, I dare all right, and there
are plenty of people who will believe
them, don't you forget that"
But you couldn't say anything
about me, it wouldn't be true"
Larry walked up to Charlie quick
ly, his blue eyes threatening.
"That'll be about enough, or we'll
settle this matter here and now be-
tween us. You're not dealing with
woman this time, Mr.. Charlie Har-
mon. and / think good thrashing
would do you 8 lot of good. You
know 1t wouldn't look very we'll if I
happened to mention that you tried
to bride me few minutes ago. Now,
Miss Pratt" and he turned to Lucy.
bonds?"
"Of course she didn't" Charlie
burst out. She hasn't any proof
and no one will believe her,
Lucy's dark eyes blazed, but she
ignored Charlie entirely.
Yes, did see him take the bonds
out of the safe" she said calmly, sal
though he didn't know that. He
thought I found out in another way.
, we had quarreIed and I waited after
hourse to speak to him. I saw Mr..
Nell go out, but knew that Charlie
hadn't left because his coat and hat
were still here. A moment later he
came in from the hall, and I heard
him go into his fathers office. I
crept over to the door which was
aJar and saw him open the safe and
UNLOCK the deposit box, but it WaSn't
until afterward that I told him I
knew he had taken them, and he was
SO surprised he told me the truth.
He said he had stolen his father
key and he told me it was for my safe
that he had done it, that he wanted
more money to buy me things and
that no one would know about il
and we'd be married as soon as it
had blown over" For the first time
Lucy's voice trembled. 1--WE nearly
gone mad these last few weeks think
ing about it. I always liked M
Neil and couldn't bear to think Of
him in prison, but I loved Charlie
so much that I couldn't tell the
truth"
Her voice broke suddenly and she
put both hands up over her face to
hide the hot tears that were trucking
down her cheeks.
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from the cold weather and rains of

from the cold weather and rains of
winter.
"Plowing under the cotton stalks
at this time, while the fields are still
alive with weevils, will destroy in
finitely more than a hard, cold win
ter or a dry summer.
Riding this afternoon from Ma
con to Atlanta, I saw thousands of
acres of cotton st>zG1s- picked out,
done with, standing in ,l2es field, har-
boring millions upon millions of boil
WeeviIs.
Fifty per cent of the boil weevil
seed crop, at the very lowest, can
be killed by blowing under the cot
ton stalks"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-27
HOW TO DARKEN
GRAY HAIR
A Cincinnati Barber Tells How to
Make a Remedy for Gray Hair

A well known resident of Cincin-
natl, Ohio, who has been barber
for more than forty years, recently
made the following statement:
Anyone can prepare u simple
mixture at home, at very little cost,
that will darken gray HAIR, and
make it soft and glossy. To Il halt
pint of water add 1 ounce bay rum,
small box of Barbo Compound and
IA ounce glycerine. These ingre-
dents can be bought at any drug
store at very little cost. Apply to
the hair twice a week until the de-,
sired shade is obtained. This will
make a gray-haired person look
twenty years younger. 1t is easy
to use, does not color the most
delicate scalp, is not sticky or
greasy and does not rub off. "--(Ad-
Vertisement0
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-27
DYED HER SKIRT
AND A SWEATER

Buy Diamond Dyes"-no other
kind-then rerfect home dyeing is
guaranteed. Even if you have never
dyed before. you can put new, rich
fadeless color into your worn, shah
by dresses, skirts. waists, stockings.
coats, sweaters, draperies. hangings.
everything, by following the simple
directions in every packag e of Dia
mond Dyes. Just tell your drug
gist whether the material you wish
to dye is wool or silk, or whether
it is linen, cotton, or mixed goods.
Diamond Dyes meyer streak, spot,
fade, or ADVERTISEMENT.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-27
Treating a Cough in Cattle

Treating a Cough in Cattle
Il. B., Dyar, Ga, writes: [
have a COW with her first calf,
which is three months old. The
cowNis fat and gives about two
gallons of milk day, but she
has a cough. She coughs about
all the time. She has had the
cough nine months and the
neighbors tell me that it is dan
gerous to use the milk. Please
advise me if this is true?
Animals may suffer from several
kinds Of coughs, There are two
types which are rather distinctly
marked. First, the moist cough in
which ,nhucus is very likely to be eX-
PEELED from the nose. Coughing is
the result of an endeavor to clear
the air, passages of a collection of
this material. A cough Of this kind
is generally associated with a cold
or a catarrhal infection. a cough
of this type may be persistent, but if
the animal makes a recovery it is as
a rule more or less temporary.
There is another type of cough as
sociated with an irritation Of the
throat or lungs. 1t is a dry, hack
the other hand, animals may have
serious infections of the lungs and
cough but very little. Some of the
fattest and finest COWS / have ever
seen have shown tubercular LESSONS
on a post mortem examination. 1t
is not desirable to use the milk from
an animal where there is a super
fetal evidence of disease. 1t is very
possible to transmit tuberculosis
from COWS to people. I would, there
fore, not care to use the milk from
an animal of the character you de-
scribe until she had been tested for
tuberculosis. -ou can have this done
through the agency of any reputable
veterinarian at a moderate cost. If
the COW does not react then you
know that the milk is perfectly safe
to use. If she does, she should be
disposed of according to- the advice
given you by the veterinarian whom
you employ.
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first bottle was gone / found great
relief so / continued using it until ]
had taken eight bottles. Now / am
very we'll and can do my own house.
work. can gladly recommend Lydia
E. Pinkham's medicine to suffering
women" - Mrs. BERTHA LIERING,
r. F. D., Ravenswood, w, Va.
The ordinary day of most house
wives is a ceaseless treadmill of wash
.ng, cooking, cleaning, mending,
sweeping, busting and caring for
title ones. Howmuch harder the tasks
whensome arrangement of the system
causes headaches, backache, bearing
1own pains and nervousness. Every
such woman should profit by Mrs.
Liering's experience and try Lydia E.
Pinkham's VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-27

have been reading your advice
to other girls, so decided to write you
about some things I'm very anxious
to know. Which is the proper way to
put chewing gum in your mouth?
When a boy brings you candy
should you open it then and offer
him some, or wait a few minutes?
When a boy calls you his girl, and
you don't think he means it, what
should you say? Expecting to see
this in next Journal. DILL.
There is only way way to put
chewing gum in your mouth,
and that is with your hand.
You may strip the tinfoil half
way down the stick and bite off
a portion until you use up the
stick, folding back the tinfoil
before each bite. Learn otchew
gum quietly-if you must chew
it at all-and don't smack your
lips or let your jaws work like
"buzz saw" while you are en-
gagged in the performance-it is
so disquieting to the onlookers.
You can open the candy While
the young man is there, or you
can put it away. If he likes
candy it would be polite to offer
him some from the box he has
brought you. 1t isn't necessary
to open the box at once, but
any time before the boy departs
is proper. If you don't believe
the boy means what he says
when he calls you his girl, treat
him the same way. Let him
realize you know he doesn't
mean what he says. Take his
love making very lightly, he will
see he is making no Roadway
with his nonsense and he will
treat you with more respect in
the future.
I am a lonely girl at home coming
to you for advice, as I have no one
to advise me. I am sixteen years
old, and in the tenth grade, and in
love with two boys; one is sixteen,
the other seventeen. The 17-year
old one is just crazy about me, but
like the 16-year one the best. He
goes with no other girl but still ne
has never mentioned love. Do you
think he cares for me? Am I toe
young to go with boys and is it,
any harm 10 carry him to ride a.
he hasn't a car. And do you think
I should correspond with the IT
year-old boy, though I do not care
for him? Hoping to see this in
the next paper, I thank you
advance. ROSE.
Do you expect each boy who
pays you attention to tell you he
is in love with you? You may
attract many young men in diff
ferent ways, yet they may not
have spark of love for you. To
expect all men to love you is
rather large over-drawn eX-
pectation. Do not feed your
self such big doses of vanity.
You should take your friends
on the basis they present them
selves, and do not expect adj
miration to always mean love.
Treat your boy friends nicely
with a good comradeship and
let it go at that. You will find
they will appreciate you more.
When the right man comes
along who loves you you will know
it without seeking advise from
any one. There is no harm eX-
changing friendly letters with
your young men acquaintance.
There is no harm taking
young man friend for a ride in
your automobile.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-27

JIOuUlS dIlu 1u
fl am nation so
that I was not able
to do my house,
work. Iconsulted
several doctors
but none seemed
to give me relief.
l read in a paper
about Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound,
so I decided to try
it. and before the
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-27
YOU'RE sick, bilious!
: TAKE "CAsCARETS" FOR
LIVER AND BOWELS

You're bilious! Your liver and
bowels need thorough cleansing
with Cascarets, then the headache,
tizziness, bad breath, and stomach
misery will end. No griping-nicest
phv-1 on earth-(AdVertis
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SUFFEREDSEvEN
LONG YEARS
Finally Relieved by taking
Lydia E. Pinkharn's
Vegetable Compound

Ravenswood, W. Va.-"For seven
long years | suffered from female