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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-27

There may be times, of course, when such an expedient is justifi- able, but In so many cases. 8 better plan is to immediately t,lrn under the stubble and plant some such crop as soy beans, COW .eas or vel Vt beans, rder 10 at once put back into the soil those elements of plant food that the grain crop has removed in maturing its growth. It is bad practice to give tillable lands a so-called rest, when soil fertility is better conserved through cultiva- ton and rotation wi h certain crops of proven merit as soil improvers. When our farmers learn . keep the soil at work, and to do so without exhaustion, they can begin to in- crease greatly the average farm wealth of the south.
 Question. and Answers
 c. (1) I am sending a specimen of my fern leaves which you will notice are covered with 8 little insect, fas- tened hard to the leaves and stems. What is this pest and how would you destroy it9 CD My old-fa shioned wLite tea roses are attacked by some thing in the buds before opening, causing them to perish. Please give me remedy for each trouble. Mrs. P. B. M, Eutaw.
 A. CD The fern specimens are ;n- Tested with the terrapin scale Oa- canium igrofasciatum), rather un- usual, and must have come from in- tested peach trees. The safest rem edy is spray or wash made by mixing one teaspoonful nicotine sul- phate with three quarts of soapy water. Spray thoroughly and repeat in four or five days. Some insects may still adhere. but are weakened and may be brushed off. Kerosene emulsion diluted to the proper strength is another effective remedy. CD The injury to the rose buds is most likely due to the rose bug or rose chafer. Spray wtth one ounce arsenate lead to three or four quarts water, to which add about half cup Of molasses to sweeten
 c. If l cut back my sweet alyssum will they grow out again7 Miss T, R. F. D. g.
 A. Yes, but you should leave one or more healthy shoots with some fol- iage to keep the roots alive.
 c. l have an acre lot that I want to plant to something for my hogs 10 graze on. I thought of soy beaEs.
 
 Please suggest something that would serve the purpose. J. l.. K. Salem.
 A. Velvet beans are rabbit proof and for fall and winter grazing are far superior to soy beans. A corn- binatien of sorghum and velvet beans is highly recommended. Cultivate sorphum in wide rows, planting vel vet beans between the rows; cut off sorghum and feed when green or just before ripening. and when sor- ghum becomes exhausted turn hogs CT beans. Hogs will eat dry sorghum hay when mature. The beans ou int to serve as winter pasture.
 c. Many trees around my home are covered with poison ivy, causing ne uneasiness. Please tell me how l may destroy it? Mrs. E. P. G., Sulli- gent.
 A. Get your druggist to prepare for you a strong solution from concen- trated ammonia, say one part of con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-27

start a Fall Garden
 It sounds early to begin talking fall gardens when many have not yet realized on their spring plant ings. but the time is drawing near when certain things must be planted If the garden Is to perpetuate through the entire season.
 In making the spring garden. most everyone Is inclined to plant too early. but the very reverse is true, when it comes to making the fall and winter garden.
 Of course. many of the early veg etables ought to be planted In sue cession. at short intervals, to pro- lang the garden until 1t is frozen out; but there are certain vegetables of slow growth that are not affected by cold weather. yet. they only make growth during warm weather. there fore, must be planted early enough to attain full development before cold weather ensues.
 Plant now or as soon as possible, in the next 30 days, such slow ma turing plants as. Brussels sprouts, carrots, collards, Savoy winter cab bage, Chinese cabbage. endive, par snips, salsify or vegetable oyster, parsely, New Zealand spinach, winter squashes and ruta baga. If you want fall tomatoes, plant seed now in hills where you Bwant them to grow.
 Carbolic Acid as an In~ecticfde
 Our attention has been called to numerous cases of serious loss to plants and trees through the use of carbolie acid as a.. insect destroyer. All cases investigated show that the injury was caused. in every case, through improper use. The informa- tion on which they depended was not accurate or explicit enough as to the application, to make it safe to use. Carbolic acid is a very valuable rem edy for certain sucking Insects, as plant lice, mealy bugs and soft scales. It must be properly diluted however, and used in connection with some emollient, as soap, to re- duce it's irritating qualities. A safe preparation may be made after the following formula;
 Whale oil soap, laundry soap would do, cne pound, dissolved in one gallon hot ssater. to which add one pin. crude earbolic acid. and boil the whole for buot 20 minutes.
 Caution. Before using on plants, dilute with water, using one part of carbolic acid mixture to 20 of water or one pint of the concentrated mix ture to 20 pints of water. Some plants will and a stronger mixture than others and 1t is desirable to have as strong as the plants will stand. Experiments are the safest guides to go by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-27
BUICK SIX

Five passenger, good mechanical condition battery. top, upholster- ing and tires good extra new tire. tools, etc, s4b1. Don't fail 10 see this bargain before buying, Part cash, balance easy. Telephone Main 4330-L2.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
PREDICTS 1922 AS BANNER YEAR
FOR HOME BUILDING.

Prediction that 1922 is likely to
prove the banner year in home build
ing was made here today in a state
ment given out by King H. Pullen,
manager Trade Extension department
OF the Southern Pine association IN
connection with his other duties, Mr..
Pullen has supervision over the assoc
ciations house planning service and
assistance in the widespread "Own
Your Own Home" movement, and is
enable to keep in close touch with the
progress of home building over the
country.
s'That the people Of the country gem
orally are manifesting great interest in
home building said Mr.. PulIen, els
shown In the immense number of re-
quests received by the Southern Pine
association for its various house PLAN
ming books, showing designs of attrac-
tive and moderate priced dwellings
and requests for blue print plans and
specifications of homes which are Of
fered in the associations own Your
Home service. These requests are re
ceived from prospective home builders
from all parts Of the United states
Examination of daily newspapers
country shows vigorous efforts are be-
ing made by the press to stimulate
home owning, relieve the serious
housing shortage and add to the num-
Der of dwellings in the various COM
nunities. Many daily newspapers are
conducting Home Building pages with
designs of homes and floor plans, and
carrying a great amount of advertise
ing, including special pages, from deal.
ers in lumber and other building ma
terials: building supply and furnishing
firms, contractors, builders. real es-
tate operators and others, all of which
is calculated to quicken the interest Of
the public and simulate the erection
of dwellings, in which the entire coun-
try has fallen SO far behind in actual
needs.
Thought these agencies mentioned
and through the Own Your Home
campaigns in numerous localities there
IS certain to be exerted an impellingI
influence upon home building. Already
we have reports of great building re-
vivals imminent in many communities
in the United States and this year
gives promise of establishing record
for construction of homes"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
By Ad Carter

them to take jobs, which. strangely
enough, they are given even when
work is refused the father. The records
of the children's Bureau at Washing
ton show that far more than the nor
NAL number of children are dropping
out of school this winter and taking
jobs to help feed their smaller brothers
and sisters. How can these children Sc
cure work when their fathers can not?
The answer is that many employers
prefer child labor to man labor, mad
too, there are jobs that can be offered
children which no man would think
OF offering to another man. Many
times, too, these children work to sup
plement the meager earnings of the
father forced to do odd jobs for what
he can get. The father may be a
skilled ,aborer, but with plants and
mills shut down all over the country
with building stopped and no public
work being carried on, where is he to
find q. job that will pay him living
wages? And, remember, there are more
than three million like him In our
country"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
URGES CHANGE IN FORM
OF CITY GOVERNMENT

Editor Pensacola Journal:
For number of years the people Of
Pensacola have been dissatisfied with
the way in which the city's affairs
have been managed. or mismanag ed.
From every side is heard the COM
plant of Incompetence and corruption
in city officials and employees. Time
after time accusations have been made
of fraud and graft The attempt by
city officials to purchase for the mum
icipal dock an absolutely inadequate,
but very expensive piece of property.
is fresh in the minds Of every one.
Also the time, the labor and the
money that was expended by the tax
payers Of Pensacola to thwart that
scheme of the city commissioners.
For years this incubus has clogged
the wheels Of progress in our city.
Conditions are so corrupt that we
hear criticism from the pulpit, from
the press, from the tourists and resi-
dents cannot deny their truth.
The navy department win not send
the fleet to Pensacola because So
cial conditions are so vile. Constantly
we hear the question. rs there no
remedy What can be done? There
is remedy, something can be done.
on the goth Of this month an election
viii be held to change our commission
form of government back 10 the add
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
THE DRUGGING OF
CHILDREN

Unemployment has led to the drug
ging of children by their parents to
keep them from being hungry. This
fact is brought out wildly by Eliza
beth O. Toombs in an article in Janu-
airy Good Housekeeping.
She tells of an incident in Stratford,
Connecticut, where dozen children
fell asleep over their books in school
This brought to light the fact that in
practically every class the same thing
had happened and when an investiga-
ton was made, it was found that many
of the foreign born parents, due to
unemployment, were drugging their
children to keep them from feeling
hungry
To quote from Miss Toombs: "The
stupefied children falling on top of
their desks opened Stratford's eyes.
From the mayor down, the town was
organized. first, to feed and clothe the
children and their PARENTS; next to
provide work-any sort of work-for
the fathers. The mayor started repair
work on the roads and town buildings,
using funds, he acknowledged, more or
less illegally; but Stratford made no
objection, for the town people realized
that their unfortunate neighbors had
to be fed and housed law or no law
The experience of Stratford is being
repeated today in varying forms
throughout this broad land of ours
The United States, the richest country
and the greatest potential workshop
in the world, has between three and
five million idle breadwinners, more
men than were in the army we trained
in 1917-191S to help win the war. In
every industrial community in this
country there are half-fed, half
clothed children whose parents do not
know where to turn for succor. Such
families are not on the lists of organ
lied charities, for they are members
of the self-respeeting working class,
which holds its independence dear
Fathers and mothers willing to work
their fingers to the bone to provide a
decent meal, a decent home for their
children, are now faced with one al
tentative to starvation-beggin and
to beg they are ashamed. The one
thing they will beg for Is a job.
And society really is to blame for
much Of this unemployment that is
devastating the homes of America;
that sends children TO the streets and
the schools hungry and cold, or forces
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
SYSTEM FOR
CLASSIFYING INSECTS

LAWRENCE. KAN Jan. 7.-As the
result Of the development OF new
and practical system Of classifying the
hemitera group of insects II. 3. Hun
gerford, professor OF entomology in
the University Of Kansas. has been
called 20 Washington. d. c.. by Or.
l.. o. Howard, director Of the national
museum, 70 assist in classifying a
large number of insect specimens in
the national museum.
The hemitera group Of insects In
cludes the chinch bug squash bug and
san Jose scale. the most destructive
group of insects from an economic
standpoint. For years scientists have
been unable 10 deyelope a sure system
OF classifying members Of this group
which is important because Of the
methods used in combating the differ
ent insect pests which affect crops.
Originally, classification was made by
color. but this has not been a sure in
dex The method OF classification
worked out by Professor Hungerford IS
according to the internal structure or
the insects.
First Information concerning Profess
sor Hungerford's experiments was
published in the University Of Kansas
Scientific Quarterly with the result
scores Of letters Of inquiry have
come from scientists throughout the
country and in Europe.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
FEDERAL BoARD REPORTS ON
VICE SUPPRESSION

Florida has one city in which condi-
tons as regard the suppression of
prostitution are good, the annual re-
port of the United States Interdepart-
mental Social Hygiene Board an
nounces on the authority Of agents
who have made Investigations and
confidential reports. In four Florida
cities the situation is called good"
and in five bad Houses of prosti-
tuition have been closed-four in West
Palm Eeach. five in Pensacola, 40 in
Key West and 90 in Tampa-but the
rumor is current that the instant the
heavy thumb of the law Is lifted an
equal number of houses will open their
doors and resume the work of poison
ing this generation and the next with
venereaI disease. The underworld Is
not yet convinced that the fight
against prostitution and the diseases 1T
disseminates is anything but a fad
Notorious. law breakers are known to
have said that this time next year the
gitustion viii be as bad as 1t was be-.
fore the campaign began. They do not
believe in reform that lasts. The re-
ports OF the state health department
for the next year will show whether
the underworld is right or not. Every
community can keep the house Of
prostitution out If It cares to do so
but it cannot do it by one drive. Flor
ida win have to fight the underworld
steadily for a generation before the
most hideous of evils is finally abol-
ished. We have made a splendid be
ginning 1T is for the citizens Of tns
state to say whether the record sha
be kept up or not.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
ADELE GARRISON

@Why, mothertH he exclaimed, and T.
lingering behind him, wondered at the
amazed delight with which he man
aged to fill his voice. wherever did
you drop from? And Cousin Agatha,
too. What a delightful surprise. But
why didn't you wire US? -
Don't waste any Of that talk on me.
Richard" snapped his mother. while
Cousin Agatha stood with pursed up
lips. evidently viewing with disap-
prevail the little domestic scene into
which she had been ushered. T haven't
quite lost my eyesight yet. and when I
got out OF that taxieab distinctly saw
Margaret and that jumping-jaek OF a
Katie looking out Of the windows
They lodged back. but they couldn't
fool me. And now what I want 20
know IS why we were left 20 cool our
heels on your doorstep like tramps
until you got good and ready to let d
in"
She folded her arms and regarded Us
with the menaciRg look Of one who Is
prepared to demand instant satisfac~z
ton at the swords point for real or
ina ginary wrongs. / saw that Dlcl1y
was dazed by her sudden onslaught
and that. in vulgar parlances il was
up to me" II the situation were to be
saved
Dear mother" 7 said, going upfo
her and putting my arms around her.
although I might as well have tried
to embrace the cake OF ice in the re-
frigerator. for any response I received,
sit was terribly wrong OF me, I know.
but I'm sure you win pardon me when
you hear my excuse.
Il did see you getting out OF the
taxicb, and 1 ran TO ten Dicky and 10
warn him 10 run upstairs and set
dressed before he met your guest.
whom, of course. did not know. You
see. Dicky has been sorting his books
and papers, and you can behold for
yourself what a state he has gotten
himself into. But when Diclxy heard
YOU were here he insisted on coming 10
the door himself, instead Of letting me
admit you first, as 1 wished. And IN arr
guing the matter we inadvertently let
you wait at the door longer than we
should"
"a very ingenious story, Margaret"
said my mother-in-layy, frigidly. disen-
gaging my arm from around her waist.
but you forget the very pointed sur
prise which Richard just expressed at
seeing us.
Ito Be consinued.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
WHOLESALE DOUGHNUT
FUN

The good tasty doughnut is whole
some indeed. It is a holiday foodcake
we all like full well. It's made in the
home kitchen at Thanksgiving. Christ
mas and New Years season, Why, for
ioytide eating it sure rings the bell
The Salvation Army lassies made the
doughnut famous and taught our
doughboys to acquire taste for the
toothsome goodie on Flanders fields.
So, nowatimes, bakers are making the
doughnut a. year round product to
supply the demand. But, ST the holt
day season, especially, the doughnut
comes into particular popularity. And
every year the doughnut seems to be
getting closer and closer to the hole,
according to the press humorists.
Quips and jokes along this line. or
should we say. circle, always take the
cake" in Topics OF the Day" Films.
Now, when you call fellow as crook
ed as a doughnut you have him going
and coming. But, when you read our
batch of doughnut jokes you will have
a straight succession OF delicious
laughs to add to your merry holiday
fun
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
what Happened when DIGS vel,

What Happened When Dieky Well
coined His Mother at the Door.
"Youl have to open the door, I
said
For a long instant we stood staring
into each others eyes. And then. the
doorbeu rang again and again. in an
imperious summons that would not be
denied
"where is katie and Jim?" storned
Dieky. I'll send them to open the
door"
"Youn do no such thing" I replied
steadily. Il have given Katie orders
not to present herself at the door, and
you viii realize the reason for my or
der il you think a moment And jim
is at the barn.
May remind you that your mother
is probably getting impatient? mag
inc that she VIII not consider the well
come she is receiving as a particularly
cordial one, especially considering the
months she has been absent from you"
knew, and was a bit malicious in
my pleasure in the knowledge that
Dicky would have given a good deal
for the privilege Of soundly boxing my
ears. His mother. with a woman com
Pe~&A%oAAs a sAAAESi ~ 4AANs NOM ASA'lsNt
had guessed to be Cousin Agatha, had
unexpectedly driven UP TO the door but
. few naouaents befo~a-ane OF the
Surprises" Mother Graham was so
tonu OF giving Aer reisetlyes. i,4dee,.
they were franticaliy ringing the door
bell at the very moment 1 was IN
sisting that my husband must open the
door for them.
Dieky. dusty dishevelled and, I
knew, regretting the obstainacy that
led him to sort his collection OF old
books and periodicals in the living
room, had tried to make me go to the
door. wishing to battle and dress be-
fore meeting the coldIy critical eyes of
his mother and Cousin Agatha. It
wasn't alone desire 10 punish him
for his treatment OF me concerning
the living room furniture that had kept
me from going to the door I actually
dreaded the storm Of amazed criticism
which would follow my mother-in-
laws first view of our upset rooms.
With muttered anathema which 1
knew consigned me to place not gem
orally desirable as a summer residence,
Dicky made a futile attempt to shake
himself free of dust and smooth down
his rumpled hair and clothing Then
he marched to the door with much the
air of a man on his way to the scat
fold, unlocked it and threw it open.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
REEVES SEES BETTER TIMES

zone Of the surest indications of
returning prosperity said Alfred
Reeves, general manager of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce, in a recent Interview, Is the
resumption OF automobile and Access
sorry advertising. That better times in
the automobile, as wei as other indus
tries. are ahead of as IS indicated by
the fact that Motor. In their January
issue has 24S pages Of automobile and
accessory advertising, which / under
stand is new record
have always considered Motor d
true index OF the general state of the
automobile industry and l therefore
feel that the depression corner has
been turned when that magazine
shows such a gratifying increase in
advertising patronage. The January,
1892, show and Reference number is
an excellent collective expression OF
the attitude Of automobile and aces
sorry manufacturers towards the new
year"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08

A corn in the hand is worth two on
the foot.
1t is easy to find fault, because no
body wants it.
Many man looks run down because
of the bills his wife runs up.
-
The rainbow chaser" has one re-
deeming quality. lie Is an optimist
Aren't as many underfed and over
worked as overfed and underworked
The rent of a church pew does not
guarantee a front Aeat in the celestial
orchestra.
The man who meets and resists
temptation is a hero: the man who
side-steps is a coward.
o.
woman is tickle" Well, what Of it
Fame, Fortune, Love, even life itself
and all Nature. are similarly afflicted
%
Spring skirts will be six inches
from the knee" says fashion hints.
And everybody wonders, up or
DOWN.
ReTormers are protesting against
artists painting in the nude. It's a
wonder they don't catch cold, es-
pecially painting landscapes.
D.
An honest man never proclaims the
fact. Honesty speaks for itself and re-
quires no advertising campaign. When
you meet a man who pirates about his
honesty" hold fast to your purse.
So
Only the rich and influential can
afford to indulge in visions. The rest
of us are too busily engaged in russell
ing with the tough realities of exis-
teace to undertake such harmless and
useless diversions.
A lie to the desperate. is merely an
exDedient; to the malicious a weapon:
TO the victim, poisoned gas from the
effects Of which he never wholly re-
covers. A lie is the egg OF deception.
Matched in the incubator OF eowardice.
Disarmament the abolition OF war.
the substitution of the Dove of Peace
for the War Eagles the sheathing of
the sword. the muzzling Of the cannon,
the law Of reason for the law of force.
How nice they sound when rolled GLIB
~ under the tongue. But, alas how
wild, how visionary and impracticable?
One of these fine days the poor, old
man win have his eyes opened to the
fact that the dawn OF the millennium
can not be FASTENED by human agency.
%
John y. Rockefeller Is devoting mill
lions to the task OF discovering the
cause of disease. While admiring his.
motive, we deplore his extravaganee#
and total lack of perception. Nature.
not long ago. with generosity thor
oughly characteristic, revealed to the
eyes Of men the fact, vouched for by
common sense. experience and medical
authority, that worry and dirt are the
main causes of disease. Wipe these
out, Mr.. Rockefeller could divert his
millions to the propagation of honesty
and fair dealing among his fellow men
and 70 a universal observance Of the
Golden Rule"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08

The use OF copper cents to replace
the links in burned out fuse plugs has
reached serious proportions in Louis
vile, Kentucky, according to state
ment made by Chief Arnold Neuen-
schwantier. Nearly a peck of pennies
was removed from the fuse plugs as
the result Of a recent Inspection in
that city.