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? KILLED WHEN PLANE FALLS. Ool. Dickman and Maj. Butts Victims of Accident. Americus, Ga., April 3.?Lieut. Col. Frederick T. Dickman, commanding officer at Southern flying field near here, and Major John W. Butts, executive officer of the field, 4 were killed late today in a fall of about 200 feet. Col. Dickman is a % son of Major Gen. Dickman, commanding the Third army of occupation of the Rhine. ~ The two officers, Major Butts as pilot and Col. Dickman in the second seat, had gone up for their usual afternoon flight and had made the last turn of the field preparatory to landing. From the ground it appeared that Major Butts attempted what is known as a "vertical bank." The wind was coming in gusts and apparently caught the airplane with full force in such a way as to lift the tail vertically into the air. The usual nose dive followed the , jerking of the plane into a vertical position, and it crashed to the earth. Had they been higher up there would in all probability have been time for it to have "flattened out," and glided safely on. Before it could be righted, however, the plane hit the earth \ with a crash that smashed it into bits. Officers and men rushed up. The two flyers were breathing but unconscious, and both died within a few minutes. ' - Both Col. Dickman and Major Butts were graduates of West Point and each leaves a widow and one child residing here. Col. Dickman came here January 10, succeeding ? Major Carlisle Wash as commander. Ii'.'TV/V v v 4 \ rnoi-man Teas thirtv-five years h '~*. , Wl* v 1 i old and an expert flyer. Major Butts, a native of Cisco, Texas, was twenty-eight years old. He was noted as a fine athlete and an expert rifleman and revolver shot. & Eyes of the Army. r-' 7 For some unexplained reason an * immense secret has heen made of our eye service abroad and in this country during the war. Even now the medical department of the army refuses to give the slightest information on the subject?which to the - v-: ' : ? - layman seems rather silly; for of what imaginable use could it be to the enemy? What is here referred to is chiefly \ v the providing of glasses for soldiers, ; to correct imperfect vision. The ^ fighting man must see well if he is to be a worth-while cambatant. In peace times a recruit, to gain f acceptance for the United States arj my, was reqfluired to possess normal vision. "Specs" were barred. But the war offered a new kind of problem. If this requirement had been r W. V rTinsisted upon we could not have raisi' ed a force of millions for overseas service. It became then, of utmost importance to provide proper glasses for men whose vision was imperfect, and, furthermore, to make sure that they could get new ones quickly V-'v; ' ' " , when they lost or broke them. Oculists of high reputation were y commissioned as officers in the eye $}l<service soon after we entered war. I' * And under their direction were enlisted numbers of opticians, whose business it was to provide glasses in ? ' accordance with the prescriptions the eye doctor wrote. To promote the work a school of ophthamology was established in this country, for the instruction of students in eye-doctoring. On graduation they were supposed to be able \ to prescribe glasses and treat eye diseases.- The course they took was .necessarily hurried, but it helped. It is believed that the statements here made are strictly correct. If there is an error it is because of the seemingly nonsensical secrecy preserved by the medical department of the army. If, as is the case, that dei partment freely gives out information about the mental inspection and classification of recruits, why should it refuse to let anybody know about . the eye service and its warnings? The eye service in France has done great work. It has been under the general direction of a staff of highly expert oculists, from whose headquarters have been controlled the ac CIVILiCO C15UL U1 JJUUi KJ BITUHICU * "optical units," the business of the latter being to furnish glasses to soldiers. 'The work has been one of the most important undertaken by our army authorities during the war. An ade* quate description of it would yield a page of fascinating description, with pictorial illustrations. But, for the reason above mentioned, xio such description is possible.?Popular Science. A Roundabout Method. "Pa, why do you always insist on my singing when Mr. Bimley comes here?" + "Well, I don't like to come right out and tell him to go."?Boston Transcript. * FARMING IX SOUTHERN STATES.; > i Addresses Bulletin to "Farmers and Business Men in Cotton Belt." j I To Farmers and Business Men in ] Cotton Territory: The department of agriculture is issuing a bulletin which I have prepared for the purpose of putting the present situation up to the far-1 mers and business men. It is entitled "Safe Farming in the Southern j States in 1919." Ask your county I agent for a copy. ! The present situation is the most fion.o'ormie whirh flip rnttnn States have faced in recent years. You have had four years of comparative prosperity, partly because of four short crops of cotton with resultant good prices,- and partly because you produced so much of your own food and feed. During the last four years there have been short crops in Tex as, mainly due to drought. In 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914 the Texas crop averaged 4,418,250 bales, while! during 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918 it averaged only 3,164,500 bales, or 1,253,750 bales less per annum. Texas has had good rains this winter. | From 1911 to 1914, inclusive, Oklahoma averaged 1,036,250 bales per annum. From 1915 to 1918, inclusive, the average was only 742,250 bales, or 294,000 bales less per- annum?mainly due to drought. Oklahoma has had splendid rains this winter. A big crop in Texas and Oklahoma, has always meant a big crop in the whole country. Think that over before you decide to increase your acreage in cotton. Will the mills of Northern France and Belgium be restored to full workins: caDacitv at once? Certainly not! Will the poor people of Europe seek food or cotton first? Food, of course! People can and will wear patched clothing and sleep without pillow cases and sheets if need be: but the hungry stomach must be fed. Think about that! The last four years have been a period of gradually increasing prices. Farmers and business men have profited out of this constant increase. Cotton just about kept pace with other things. A pound or an acre of it would buy about the same quantity of other commodities in 1918, at 30 cents a pound, as it did in 1914, at 12 cents a pound. But during this time the farmers had the advantage of purchasing supplies in the spring and summer at one level of prices and then selling cotton in the fall at the top price of the year) and paying the debts contracted at J the lower prices. Be on your guard now, for when prices begin to settle down the situation becomes more difficult. We may be in the position of making a crop of cotton with highpriced supplies and settling our debts out of cotton at a lower price. Especially will this be true if we A TTAUTT loUffA /*?AT\ OW/1 f Vl pi uuuuc ck TCI j iai 5^ vivp auu by do all in our power to lower the market price of cotton. Has not a ^VCopyright i?i? toy R.J. Reynoldj Tobacco Co. NEVER was such rigt fisted smokejoy as yc jimmy pipe packed with ] That's because P. A. . You can't fool your tas ?- f.? a. XC ? can get nve aces uui ui c Prince Albert, coming anc earlier just to start stokin you know you've got the Prince Albert's quality but when you figure tha patented process that cut feel like getting a flock of to express your happy dai Toppy red bags, tidy red tin humidors?and?that classy, p sponge moistener top that kee R. J. Reynolds Tobacco large crop always meant lower prices? Think that over! What about acreage? Let us look at the acreage figures in the bulletin. The total for 191S was 35,890,- j 000. Oklahoma had more acres planted in 191S than in 1911, 1913 or 1914. Texas had more acres in 191S than 1911 and only about 700,000 acres less than in 1914. The years 1911, 1913 and 1914 were, good with big crops and generally! low prices. With only 150,000 acres more in the whole country in 1911 than we hqfd in the whole country in 191S, we produced 15,693,000 bales, and the farm price December 1, 1911, averaged 8.S cen's per pound.; In 1913 we had 37,089,000"acres and produced 14,130,000 bales, and the farm price averaged 12.2 cents per pound December 1, 1913. In 1914 we had 30.832,000 acres, or only 942,000 acres more than in 191 S, and yet the production was 16,135,000 j bales and the farm price December l.j I 1914, was 0.S cents per pound an the average?due in part, no doubt, to! the war in Europe. Think this over. I With less acres than last year and' a good season we can easily make a i very large crop, especially with good j production in Texas and Oklahoma.! In 1912 with only 34,283,000 acres was made 13,703,000 bales of cotton.. With a good season ahead of us, I would you increase the acreage? Which would you rathe do, pro-1 ; duce more cotton and take a less ; price for it after working a large, ; number of acres at greater expense, i or limit your production to a smaller number of acres, better tended, permitting the full production of your ! food and feed and better chance for j a good price? It is absolute folly to upset the ; present prosperity of the cotton | j States by planting a large acreage; j which can only mean a large cropj and a lower price. I hear rumors of farmers selling 'their livestock to put their land all in cotton. Such action is inviting disaster. If farmers, landlords and bankers combine to pull the house down upon their own heads by producing a large crop of cotton, they should have the courage to make no appeal to the rest of the world for help if their own action lands them into distress. But remember that there is a good way. Look in the bulletin. Food plus cotton equals prosperity. Full production of the food for our people and the feed for our growing livestock industry in the South should be the first and most important consideration. Safe farming demands Cunnlrr ttaiit* i tdllUUll IU1S lllliC. j uui unu I needs first as a sound measure of protection* then hold your cotton acreage down to a moderate figure, less than in 1918, in order that we may safeguard the production and not destroy our prosperity by deliberately overproducing. It is up to the South to play a safe gaJme. Safety first demands that every cotton farmer, big and little,: shall cooperate in holding down the j cotton acreage.?By Bradford Knapp., 1, lib ?^nhH (Mli it-handed-two>u puff out of a Prince Albert! has the qualityI >te apparatus any more than yc i family deck! So, when you h i going, and get up half an hoi g your pipe or rolling cigarette j big prize on the end of your lin< alone puts it in a class of its ow t P. 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