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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
FOR QUICK SERVICE AND
HEAVY HAULING PHONE 12l
WOOTTEN TRANSFER co.
Office in Americas Steam Laundry
SOUTH JACKSON STREET
LEGAL AID NO. IT'S.

GEORGIA Sumter County.
By virtue of an order of the
Court of Ordinary of said county,
granted at the December term,
1924. will be sold on Wednesday,
December 81, 1924, within the legal
hours of sale and approximately at
the hour of IL noon. The following
property of the estate of J. w.
Harris, deceased, to-wit:
"Stock of goods, consisting of a
complete stock of hardware, includ-
ing each and all of the articles
usually found in hardware store,
and which is located in the store
house, which belonged to said de-
ceased, located on Lamar St., in
the City of Americas, Sumter
county, Georgia, and being No.
302 w. Lamar ST.;
Also a complete stock of fix
lures, located in the aforesaid build
ing, and including counters, cases.
desks, typewriters, adding ma
chine, chairs, safe, cash register,
a one-ton Ford truck, scales, etc.
SAID sale will be held at the
store house in which said stock of
goods and fixtures are now located,
to-wit: No, 3O2 w. Lamar St.,
Americas, Ga.
Said stock of goods and fixtures
will be offered for sale in bulk, as
a going concern, and then in such
quantities as the undersigned might
select, reserving the right to accept
or reject any or all bids.
A complete and itemized state
ment of said stock of goods and
fixtures will be shown any party in
terested by any one of the follow
ing persons, all of Americas, Ga,
towit: J. E. B. McLendon, J. A.
HiXon, w. w. Dykes or Stephen
Pace.
The Terms of sale viii be cash.
J, E. B. M'LENDON,
Administrator.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
Al THOUGHT

The stone which the builders dis
allowed, the same is msde the head
of the corner.-1 Pet. 2:7.
Christ is the foundation of all
our hopes for time and for eternity.
Oh, build on this divine foundation!
All other foundations are sinking
sand. Robert s. Macarthur, ID.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
BABEL

A lot of money-20 million dol
lars. That will be the cost Of the
biggest building in the world, Chi
cago's Forthcoming Tenrle Of Agri-
culture. A skyscraper, Of course,
is chiefly monument to high land
values which force. tenants up into
the air.
The great Huxley half a century
ago said of America: 81 cannot say
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27

27, 1910
Upon application to the New
Americas Steam Laundry during
the holidays, each customer will get
a handsome 1905 calendar. -
Miss May Wheatley has returned
from Shorter College and will spend
the holiday season delightfully."- at
her home here.
At the marriage altar a man i'm
AGNES he is getting what he wants.
but later he is apt to discover he
didn't know what he wanted.
A very delightful and enjoyable
occasion was the reception tender
ed by Miss Annie May Bell yester-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
Profitable Hog
Production

Here's some good advice
from the pen of TAFT Butler,
written for the Progressive
Farmer, on the subject of prof
liable hog production:
In this department, on March
8, last, / answered an inquiry re-
garding the probable length of
time hog prices would remain low.
Here is one paragraph Of that
answer
Hog producers had a losing
period during most of 1923, and
by the latter part of 1924, or at
least early in 1925. a period of
profitable production should fol-
low"
Live hogs were then selling
for around 81, and in recent
weeks have been bringing $3.50
to $40 per 100.
In five months the price of live
hogs has increased 40 per cent.
For the next year, the tendency
of hog prices will be generally
upward, because the past period
of lower prices has decreased
production. In fact, something
like 100000 less pigs were far
rowed in the spring of 1924 than
1928.
A reduced corn acreage and a
smaller crop, along with inn
proving conditions for the farm
er generally, will also tend to
force hog prices higher.
If our Southern farmers would
reverse their usual practice and
begin to Increase their produc-
ton after prices had been go
ing down for a period of about
one year and then sell the herds
down closely when, prices are
high, so as to reduce production
to meet the period of decline in
prices, pork production would
prove more satisfactory.
No one can foretell Just when
prices of hogs viii begin to go
up or down, nor can he foretell
NJ low they will go or how
but he can be certain that
of higher prices follow
pf depressed prices, and
Sc extremes of prices are
from l IL to 2 IL yeals
S no such thing as /;
for any commodity
lucts will continue t.
the same as auto
.es or calico. TIL,
ner must become /;
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
Copyright. 1924. NEA Service. 1nc.)

that am in the slightest degree inl-
pressed by your bigness, or your
material resources as such. Size is
not grandeur, and territory does net
make a nation. The great issue
about which hangs a true sublimity
and the terror of overhanging fata
is, What are you going 20 do with
all these things?"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
WATER

California engineers plan to di
vert part of the mighty Colorado
river and make it flow westward tic
the Pacific. The water, needed ii
Los Angeles and along the way,
will obey mans orders and tra4el
across mountains and deserts. 1t
is a great undertaking. and our
civilization is proud of its power to
do it.
If Yuan, ancient Chinese emror-
or, could speak from The grave he
would say: 81 did a greater job
than that, shortly after the Noah's
Ark flood. / shifted The entire wa
tershed of. China, in some places as
much as\ 600 miles"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27

Now we know why bathing girls
left the magazine covers. They have
better jobs on the 1925 calendars.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27

Man went crazy downtown in
Philadelphia, not, however, because
he saw where he was.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
?! q0nl57mS
XX Sans

Texas man claims an oil stock
swindler got his fortune. How
quaint and old-fashioned.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27

You can take the BOYS Christmas
horn and use it fora funnel, i you
will need a funnel.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
SELLING
FIRE

Tremendous quantities. of gaso-
line are being used. 1t WILL surprise
many to learn that the oil industry
is selling more fuel oils than gaso-
line.
Coal men need search no further
for what has put such & big crimp
in their sales. Oil is Increasingly
taking the place of coal One roa-
son 70 rthis is the instability Of the
coal industry, due to strife be-
tween miners and operators.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27

Dancing half the night is good
training for a girl, enabling her to
walk the floor with her baby later.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
RIDERS

Truth sometimes crops out unin-
tentionally.
The Bell Telephone News con-
ments seriously: I'm the big cities
automobiles are making traffic con-
ditions easier by gradEally reduc
ing the number Of pedestrians"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
Facts About
Georgia

tuberculosis claimed a ID
of 2.737 deaths in the State
Georgia during the year 81
as compared with 2,3L3I
1922. OF the 1923 hgu
0l3 were white people,
r724 negroes. In
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27

New way to kill scarlet fever
germs is found. Better than paint
ing one red, white and blue so they
will cheer themselves to death.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27

be monopolized by TWO or three
rival corporations-or by one alone?
SELLING
Mail order houses and retail mer-
chants for years have fought each
other. Two distinct methods Of
craftsmanship have been involved III
the struggle. The ultin ate quito 2mc
apparently is going to be a consoli-
dation of the rival sales systems
That is often the case-opposing
forces meet each other half way
Sears, Roebuck and company will
open a chain of retail stores in lead
ing cities. 1t already has nine nil
mion customers and expects the
stores to attract three million more.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
THE STANDARD
LAST OF THE YEAR SALE
MONDAY & TUESDAY

Renfrsw DevOnshire Cloth, 24c.
32 inches wide, plain colors, fan
cy chec $, stripes and plaids. None
bette made; Monday and Tuesday,
yard .--..--.,..-..-....- t24c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27

Frenti oadcloth, $1.95 Yard.

81 5. wide, black and colors,
chamoi fI1ish, all wool, $500
value Monday and Tuesday
yard Il .-,.-..,-.-.,,.--.-.--. .-.....--.. $I95
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
$1.75 Loders Cloth, CSC

81 inches wide, medium gray, ex-
cellent quality; regularly sits,
Monday and Tuesday, yard ,9s
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
The Best Outing at Ice.

These are the best Outings and
are worth 25c if they are worth
cent; great variety of pretty pat
terms; Monday and Tuesday,
yard -.-,--------.-.---- ----,,---l--.-.---19c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27

The great advantage in making
love in flivver, we hear, is you can
start the thing SO quickly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
351 Jap Crepe, &c

Guaranteed fast color, regular
width; regularly 35c,. Monday and
Tuesday, yard -.-.-----.- .22c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27

| " aiming III q gin ClAttCRAllS lANA w
walk the floor with her baby later.
New way to kill scarlet fever
germs is found. Better than paint
ing one red, white and blue so they
will cheer themselves to death.
The great advantage in making
love in flivver, we hear, is you can
start the thing SO quickly.
Have a good time when you are
young so that when you are old you
will be sorry you did instead Of
sorry you didn't.
Everything is habit, and success
depends upon the case with wAef
you change your habits.
Anticipation is almost all Of
realization.
every normal man should have
a hobby" says a doctor. Every nor
nal man has. 1t is raising family
Dog bit a debut hville
Tenn. She woy Aayb'
she thought it =
a knife and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27

Here's some good advice
from the pen of TAFT Butler,
written for the Progressive
Farmer, on the subject of prof
liable hog production:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday, no paper published.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

from The Times-RccoTder. Dec.
27, 1914.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-27
so All Wool Blankets, $3.50.

Flexible all leather soles Brown
School Shoes, sizes II IL to 2; reg
ularly $3.50, Monday and Tuesday,
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Farmer Entitled To Get ProfitFor His Effort
Agriculture Looks Easy; Many Try It, But Few
 Are Recompensed, Says McVay
By GEO. B. M,YAY. SIR.

By GEO B. M'VAY SIR. of farming, that the production of all those things from the soil that ustans life and makes living possible is the business and engaged it than other there other business that brings little profit to those engaged in it. The business is by it. There is people unhngy through time their ves take chance the not withstanding take profit of the venture
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in head that want to. save the seed of. At what stage should it be cut an& would an ordinary cradle handle it w. B., Odenyiller Ala.
 A. Paspalum that is now seedin& should be cut for seed when the head stalks begin to change color to light brown and before they begin to fal{ over. Much of this seed is gathered. b2 hand, using gloves in the hand strip! ping process, It is difficult to handLQ with cradle when the plants are thifl and the, stalks tall and rank.
 Q. Is it. amore profitable to cul sorghum for hay when it is young and two or more cuttings are possible, or lei it mature and save only one cutting4 E. IT,, Warrior, Ala.
 A. Both methods are practiced and the most profitable depends much on| the needs of one for such feedstuff| Young sorghum makes desirable hay and is much more easily cured and quickly available than matured prod uct, but it is not so rich in food value Generally speaking, the most profitabld time is when the plants start to head and then cut again when the plant has about expended its energy.
 Q. Are rutabaga turnips as easy to keep as sweet potatoes? Are they as valuable as food for both men and beast? Should they, be planted now, and how do they compare with sweet potatoes in yield? H. w., Clanton, Ala.
 A. Rutabagas are considered more re- liable keepers than sweet potatoes. Their food value is very much. less than sweet potatoes, although much greater than other tumips. On deep. rich, suitable soil the yield should be more than double sweet potatoes. July is the proper time, to plant in your section. Rutabagas need rich soil and good cultivation and will pay hand some returns to the successful grower.
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Questions and Answers

0. What causes sweet potatoes after setting out to rot off near the soil sur face? Nearly half of my plants have disappeared from my patch. Can any thing be done to stop it? Fl. O., Dora, Ala.
 A. The trouble is you have gotten hold of diseased slips that were pro- duced from diseased roots. The disease is probably black rot, known also as black shank, serious disease of the sweet potato, infects the soil, spreads and thus renders the crop worthless and the soil unsuited for growing potatoes. There is no practical remedy after the soil or seed are infected. It is possible to kill the disease on the planting stock with corrosive sublime, prior to bed ding but little can be done for a grow ing crop.
 Q. How deep do you plant Irish pota- toes when planting to produce a fall crop? Mrs. w. s.
 A. It is necessary to plant shallow to induce prompt germination, especially if new potatoes are used for the seed. If old potatoes are used, the cutting may go almost as deep as early spring plant ing.
 Q. My roses have shedded their fo- Iiage due to disease. Would it be a good idea to cut them back and spray Miss F., Russellville, A.
 A. Not bad idea and if sprayed and worked, they may put out new healthy growth.
 o. I have several trees of fine late plums whose fruit every season is dam aged with rot, worms and scab. Would spraying this late help any and what would you recommend2 M. J., Gull man, Ala.
 A. The fruit should have received two or more sprayings before now but thorough spraying at once with lime sulphur at summer spray strength and arsCnate of lead at the rate of one pound to a 50-gallon mixture would doubtless help a great deal.
 0. A recent wind storm damaged several valuable trees for me and think the damage should be repaired now but friend, supposed to know, advises me against doing any pruning at this time of the year. Had l better leave it go until fall? W. H., Tuscumbia, Ala. A. Trees are not unlike animals or humans, when they get injured surgery is needed and should not be put off Just be careful to use the needed anti septics and coat the wounds with some paint to assist in healing the wounds Tree surgery involves the same prin- ciples as in humans.
 o. The pods of my first crop of snap beans were straight but the second planting out of the same bag are smaller and very crooked. What is the cause of such a trouble? R. O., Blocton, Ala, A. The heat and dry weather are un-
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REAL ESTATE-SALE E

LOTS FOR SALE
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doubtedly the cause. There is no rem edy but change in weather. o. Can one transport or cause to grow the tree moss that grows luxu- riantly on a great many trees in south Alabama and Mississippi? Miss T.. Eutaw, Ala.
 A. The tree or hanging moss has it's natural range of climatic adaptability and does not succeed outside of this sphere.
 o. Will the perennial sweet pea, if cut back now while bearing, continue to bloom until much later? Mrs. S., R. F.. D., Ensley, Ala.
 A. Yes, this treatment will usually prolong the blooming period of some annuals and many perennials, but fa- vorable conditions, particularly an ade- quate water supply, are essential. Q. My trees and shrubberg are both cred with two different kinds of cater pillars. One is very large, almost black and very hairy, while the other is much smaller and greener. Will the same poison kill them both and is the liquid or powders to be preferred? Mrs. s. J.
 A. All caterpillars are greedy con- sumers of foliage, particularly when full grown, and may be destroyed by poisoning their food with any poison ous insecticide. Either powdered or liquid form will serve the purpose. It is important to burn out or otherwise destroy any nests and the application of the spray be made thoroughly and repeated in few days if necessary.
 Q. Can you tell use what fair yield of peanuts is to the acre and a reason able value that could be placed as a basis for crop settlement? J. F., Las fayette, Ala.
 A. There are so many factors that must be considered in such an estimate that any answer would be mere guess work. From 800 to 1000 pounds of peanuts to the acre is about the aver age yield The sale price or value of such a yield should range from $25 to $50, all depending on variety, quality and the market price at time of dis posal.
 o. am mailing you a sample of three bugs or beetles that are plentiful in my young bearing orchards and they must be doing damage, although spray ing does not seem to affect them in the least, and I am unable. toystrace the damage they are doing. Are. you ac- quainted with the species and can you tell me how to get rid of them P. M., Piedmont. Ala.
 A. The specimens you sent are known as tiger beetles and are yoracious feed CTS on various insects. They don't bother any vegetation, but devour other insects in countless numbers and are, therefore, the farmers best friends. Their presence is a sure sign that you have lot of insects that need to be destroyed.
 Q. recently sprayed some Satsuma oranges with lime sulphur and nicotine for lice and mites. These pests have disappeared, but the spray seems to have changed the color of the foliage to much darker green and am afraid the trees are injured. Do you think
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

they are hurt, and if 50, what would counteract? H. R., Pensacola, Fla.
 A. The spraying of lime sulphur on all citrus fruits seems to stimulate the foliage, induces rapid growth and quick maturity of the fruit. Don't be alarmed, there is no better spray for oranges.
 c. Would there be danger of killing my chickens in using a poison spray on my tomatoes, should they pick or eat them, which they are sure to do? Mrs. O., Kimberly, Ala.
 A. don't think so. Chickens are not easily poisoned with the usual remedies employed for destroying in- sects.
 0. I am advised to spray my grapes and figs to prevent their rotting and falling off. Must get the poison spray on the fruit itself or just the foliage, and is there danger to those eating the fruit? Mrs. G., Selma, Ala.
 A. The spray, to be effective, should reach both fruit and foliage. There is little if any danger from poison unless the fruit was consumed in quantity a short time after application. The poison is e@ily washed off.
 .. Will the ROsen rye that is pro- duced locally do as well to SOW for the production of grain and pasturage as the highly advertised Michigan grown ? G. R., Albertville, Ala.
 A. I think 50. It really ought to pro- duce better, provided, of course, the quality of the local grown is up to the standard of 56 pounds to the bushel.
 .. Which possesses the most value as a fertilizer, chicken or sheep ma nure? A. S., Wetumpka, Ala.
 A. The percentage of plant food is much higher in the poultry manure; in fact, the latter, if properly taken care of, is of exceptional value for all varieties of plant growth.
 Q. have several small patches of paspalum or Dallis grass that is now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

Rethea R. E. 6 Ins. Co.
 M. F. Berry, IT.
 Birmingham Realty Co. 1Geo. E. Boyd
 Brown Bros. & Co.
 R. A. Brown 6 Co. R. s. W. Browne pD. F.Allen. & Co. 5 Barker, Henderson 6 Marks W. l.. Beasley Ben Cheeseman
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MosIey, Henderson q Davis
 Realty Co. Motion Realty Co. :. Montgomery R. E. q Ins. Go. McConnell- hite-Terry Co. McCarysFarley-Plum Realty Co. Mccoy R. E. G I. Co. !. M. N0Fment Norment Q Foe John J. Nyhoff A. J. Odom
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I Ou Don't See Ie Home You Wan Consult These Firms Or

Green-Darden R. '. q Ins. Co. J. D. Haggsrd Realty. Co. ]. winston Hale
 R. F. Harvey 6 Co. ffenley-Spurgeon Realty Co. Hewitt -Blshop R. E. q Ins. Ces Homestead Land Co. Houston-H Mathews Realty. Co. Ingram Land Co. U. N. James R. R q Ins. Ce Jemison 6 Co.
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THE WEATHER
Alabama: Generally Fair Sun

day; somewhat warmer.
 Louisiana and East Texas: Sunday and Monday partly cloudy.
 Oklahoma and Arkansas: Sunday and Monday generally fair.
 West Texas: Sunday and Monday part ly cloudy; warmer in north portion Mon
 Virginia, North Carolina: Showers Sunday; Monday probably fair; slightly; warmer in west portion.
 South Carolina, Georgia and Florida Partly cloudy with scattered showers Sunday and prboably Monday; not much change in tempeature.
 Extreme northwest Florida. Alabama and Misssissippi: Partly cloudy weather with local showers and thunderstorms Sunday and probably Monday.
 Tennessee: Partly cloudy Sunday, prob ably local showers and thunderstorms i; Monday probably fair and slightly warmer.
 Kentucky: Partly cloudy Sunday: Mon- day fair and slightly warmer.
 Summary of observations made at sta- tions of the United States weather bureau, during the 24 hours ending at 2 p. m., 90th meridian time. July 5:
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Farm & City Realty Exchange F0fd-Myatt Real Estate e Ins. 0, Fowlkes Real Estate c Ins. Co. Frey-Ellis Realty Co., A. A., Gambill Realty Co. Garland, Bennett q Franklin E.. c. Houston
 McDavid R. E. and I. Co. Oliver-Shearer-R Roebuck PeEram-Meade
 Realty Sales Co.
 EliottIWhilden Realty Co.
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1 J. L. Yancey R. E. Co. Terry-Murrah Realty Co.
 Spdduth Realty Co.
 Tippin Realty Co.
 s. E. Thompson
 Trustees System
 Jerome Tucker John J. Walker Geo, w. Wise . Whitaker-Hiil Realty Co. WOodlawn R. E. Co.
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Lonnie Reese q Co. Romano Realty Co. Seminole Investment Co. Shepherd-Sloss Realty Co. Felix Sherrod F. c. Sherrod Realty Co. Shook & ChisenhaA, Inc. H. ID. Smith
 Smith-Throclxmorton-Schult Southern Business Exchange Geo. H. Stephenson
 Stillman Realty Co.
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Jones Valley Realty Co. Kendriclk- Chambless Kennon q Co.
 Lander Realty Co. Langston R. E. 6 I. Co. Levert- George Realty Co. Geo. O. Mabry
 Macke R. .E. e Ins. Go. R. F. Manly 6 Co. Messer-JOhnson Realty Co Meyer q Engel
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LEGAL NOTICE

Wanted bids for construction of a six room one-story brick high school build ing with auditorium open until Satur- day, July 12, 1924, with right to reject any and all bids. Plans and specified tions in office of Probate Judge w. R. Jackson, Moulton, Ala.
 EARY M. HUDSON.
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WINna

Hatteras to Florida Straits and East Gulf-Gentle to moderate east to south east and weather overcast and showery Sunday
 east, and weather partly overacst Sun day.
 Caribbean Sea and Windward Passage Gentle to moderate cast and weather partly overcast and scattered showers Sunday. ~
 Sandy Hook to Hatteras-GentIe to moderate east and weather overcast Sun day.