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GEORGIANS Ml ST HELEDROl GUT STRICKEN
COl VI IKS GET THROl (ill WINTER
Statesmanly planning, and
ate team-work by every person
Georgia in ext muting the plans,
needed to meet drought conditions
many Northeast Georgia
This is the mature opinion of
M. J. Youmans of Dawson,
sionor of Agriculture J. J.
Judge W. W. Stark of Commerce
Thomas Shackleford of Athens
are < ■ntirely familiar with the
tion.
burned .
They tell of crop . up;
treei killed in e high a ratio as
to three; live stock being sold
fur less than its aloe and in
being given ,v because
owners have exhausted feed supplies;
distress threatening thousands.
The need is for some
substitute for agriculture; some oth
er source of income to carry these
Georgians through the winter.
“What the solution for the prob¬
lem of relieving I lie condition through
the drought-stricken area is going to
be I am unable to' , ay,” declared Mr.
Brown. “Help for the people from
somo source seems to be the omy
answer, but in what form is the way
we are going to have to answer the
problem. In Barrow, Jackson, Walton,
Oconee, Oglethorpe, Wilkes, Lincoln,
Madison, Elbert, Hart, Franklin,
Banks, Hall, Stephens and through
the list of counties in the upper part
of Georgia; across the Tennessee line,
into South Carolina and extending on
up to the Virginia line, crops of near¬
ly every nature have been burned by
sun and heat nnd the laek of rain
until practically all vegetation in the
greater part of that territory is gone.
“People on the farms are without
stock feed and the families them
selves are without food-stuffs, be
cause what they planted was killed
by drought,” said ( ommissioriei
Brown. “The grazing lands are as
as prairies and devoid of grass. Corn
crops have been a loss and there is
no cotton seed to feed to the cows.
Reports have come to us of blooded
Jersey cattle being so.,, by the
ers at less than 25 cents on the dollar
of value, and some instances have
been reported of farmers giving
away part of their stock to keep it
from starving Some places the
where there is any foliage left on
them, have been cut down for the
cuttle to feed on, but, in a great deal
of the territory there i4 no
on the trees.
“The country people in some
these counties which have been dried
out for lack of rain are among the
most thrifty people in Georgia. They
are not calamity howlers, but rather
they are bv nature a very independent
and busy people. That, though, does
not relieve the fact that the winter
months are to be gone through; that
stock has to be kept up during those
months and there is nothing to feed
■with. The loss of the crops generally
means there is no money coming m
from the usual agricultural pursuits
to buy feed stuff with.
“While we have had a great many
reports of imminent suffering of that
kind from all that territory, I have
not heard of a single family in all
that country calling for charity, It
is not charity the people themselves
want; but they do need some kind of
releif. We can't afford, as a state, to
see these families move off the farms
ol Nortncust ueorgia, anti go to some
other place. We can't afford, as a
state, to see them give away or sac¬
rifice all their live stock because star¬
vation of that stock is staring the
owners in the face. That would mean
depleted farms next year and de¬
pressed people. Idle lands and even
more suffering will be the result un¬
less something can be done and is
done to prevent it.
“Of course there is n solution for
this problem just as there always
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has been for the other problems
have had to face. In some places
condition, existing today, is worse
than anything we have ever experi¬
enced from the boll weevil, and
as much as the boll weevil as a prob
lem ever did, this ea .I s c <’t . a i o „
and demands a solution.
Judge Youmaris, who is one of the
.tale's superior court jurists and a
large orchard owner with extensive
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“There are probably 250,000 one non farm- farm
ing people in the middle am upper
part of the state who are face to face
with probably the rrnnst serious prob
f |,. m that ever confronted them. Farm
after farm from 35 to 45 counties
in the North-eastern part of the state
has been devastate! , , , , ’V * ,....... . ‘
most as completely as if a lire
swept over their lands anil burned
their crops. Live stock is suffering
■mil some of the farmers are selling
'll off at any price they can get; some
of them, am <<c, • „„„„ .riven
away part of their stock.
“In some of the apple orchards the
loss of trees has been heavy; about
one out of every three trees is per
manently gone- killed by the drought
and the heat. Peaches have not seem¬
ed to suffer as much as apples; be
eaus< the poach trees were not in
burden of fruit so late as the apples.
The situation is one which demands
some serious attention on the part of
the state of Georgia, and yet Georgia
is not alone in its suffering from the
drought. I understand it extends
through a part of South Carolina and
on up as far as Virginia.”
Judge Stark, also a member of the
superior cuort judiciary, who has
both farming and mill interest in that
section, declared:
“The farms are suffering this year
through my entne ju, teta ( ■
have never seen farms sul er e
f ore Crops of every nature have
.
burned until there is nothing left,
| Cotton in some spots will it not will make not
i a bale to 20 acres. Most of
make anything at all. Corn fields are
| entirely a loss. There is no garden
crops. situation
“Besides this the water
j s serious. Many of the enterprises
i
j n that section are running long sur-
1 face pipes and attempting to get
! water to generate steam from distant
creeks or puddles wherever they can.
That part of the problem, though, is
bound to find relief in time, but the
question of the farming people
| throughout the droug t « lua eiT1 ^
able to tide over winter months and
j until serious the one. next crops come on is a
,
Mr, Shackleford, w o a given
especial attention to the drought con
| dition, proposed to the of statehighway advancement
department a method
I of its road construction and ma.ntcn
ance program, through which the peo
j pie might be given work in their va
nous home communities, and in order
that the farm teams might be em
j ployed on the roads. An effort is be¬
ing made by the highway department
to work out a practical plan
which this form or relief may be ap
plied, but ,t ts sa.d to be questionable
if it can be accomplished in time to
prevent suffering. The main hope is
that the federal government will
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“My wife’s health broke
down and for years she was
just a physical wreck,” says
Mr. Thomas Olynn, of Gib¬
son, La. “We did everything
we knew, yet she seemed to
get worse and worse, She i
was so weak till she couldn’t
stand, and had to be carried
like a baby. It looked like
nothing would save her that
had been done.
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“After taking a few doses
of Cardui, we were so glad
to note that she wanted some¬
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hit of nourishment, and each
day’s doses of Cardui, she
grew stronger and got up out
of bed. She is now able to
cook, and stronger than in a
long time.”
Cardui has been in success¬
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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE. FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1925.
Grand Circuit Races Return
To Southeastern Fair Oct. 8-17
Greatest Event of the Southeast Annually—Livestock, Poultry,
Agriculture, Farm Demonstrations and Other Features
Will Be Shown.
Atlanta, Ga,—Grand Circuit harness
rac j ng> b r ) n glng together the fastest
trotters and pacers on the American
tur f W )j] be one of the distinct fea
tures of the tenth annual Southeastern
Fair, which will he held at Lakewood,
October 8 to 17, 1925. The Grand Clr
cult will receive a hearty welcome
^ )[)to AUanta after an abgence
f our y earH and an 0 f the horse"
now ra ,.| nf? through the Mid-West have
been entered for the five big days
of harness racing on the Lakewood
track, October 12, 13, 14, 15 and 1«
Few unlvorsities are enabled to dis
sominate as much knowledge along th“
lines of all of life’s activities as does
fh e Southeastern Fair, which will start
on jt H 10-day program October 8 and
run through October 17 at Lakewood
Park. For the people of the Smith¬
eastern States generally, the Smith
eastern Fair is a veritable front of nse
f u ] j n f orma tj on a bout the things they
j j are most concerned In their every
day ex j fi f ence
Not only will the Grand Circuit rac-
1 j bo feature, but the educational
n g a
advantages of the 1925 Southeastern
Fair surpass those of preceding years,
and several new features that have
never been shown In the South will
be at the annual Fair In October.
One of the bright features will be
yje p Rrsona l appearance of Vice Pres
( (dent Dawes on October 7 as an open
ing headliner. Either the Los An
fceles or the Shenandoah, the giants
of the air, will be here for one
day, showing, and will fly low over
the grounds and In front of the grand
stand. It will be impossible for the
dirigibles to land In the Fair grounds,
owing to the crowded condition, but
arrangements have been completed for
It to land nearby and fly over the
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j )e one d ) g tfnct educational feature.
rp wo boys from each county In the
ptate will be entertained and taught
the art in livestock and cattle judging
j during Southeastern one week Fair’s at expense. the Fair Not at only the
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I educational tours through the
largest manufacturing centers of
Atlanta.
The 1925 Southeastern Fair will
show the best, exhibits tn agriculture,
livestock, dairying, poultry, farm ma
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make available in January funds that
would not ordinarily become available
untl1 July next 11 may even be neces -
sary to wait until Congress meets to
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enact special legislation to do that.
In the meantime farming conditions
have no chance of improving, and a
more immediate form of relief seems
to be essential.
The hospital is a place for making
poor health and it’s a mighty com
forting thing to have around,
We never expect to get to the
point of having nothing better to do
tha nto try to make it over Niagara
Falls in a barrel.
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chimry. Industrial work of varlou
klnds, arts and sciences, school work,
homo work, handicraft work and oth
or useful endeavors. No matter what
kind of exhibit any one desires, it will
be found at the Southeastern Fair In
Atlanta, October 8 to 17, inclusive.
“More than ever the Southeastern Fair
has become one of the Souths leading
educational institutions,” according to
F. J. Paxotn, president of the 1925 South
eastern Fair, In discussing the edu
rational features recently. “It shows
more clearly how the Southern farmer
has learned how to make the best pos
slhle out of his soil, and how then
Is a general development that has nev¬
er been shown before." It brings to¬
gether all classes of humanity, the
farmer, the business man, the profes¬
sional man, the woman Interested In
Industrial and domestic alfalrs and the
children who are Just beginning to be¬
come Interested In some particular line
of activity of life.
The Southeastern Fair gives each
person a great opportunity to Bee what
the other fellow Is accomplishing, and
an opportunity to learn how such feats
are accomplished and sends every one
away from the Fair with a renewed
determination to do better things than
ever before In his particular line of
activity.
Few people realize how great an
educational Institution the Fair re¬
ally is. and what tremendous efforts
are being put forth each year by the
Fair officials to give a clear concep¬
tion of the advantages and opportuni¬
ties that lie within our grasps, It
is a known fact that the Fair spends
each year In premiums and for edu¬
cational exhibits approximately as
much as the State appropriates for the
upkeep of one of Its largest lnstitu
tlons of higher learning.
The Southeastern Fair Is a great
mirror ‘ of progress in which there is
room for every one to gaze, „„ and this
year it will have more progress to re- ,
fleet than in any previous year of its
history.
The railroads are lending every ef
fort to make the 1925 Southeastern
Fair a success, and greatly reduced
rates will apply on every line lead
ing Into Atlanta during the first ten
days In October. Special excursion
rates and special day rates will be In
force during October 8 to 17.
They passed some sort of a high- j
way bill in addition to that one re- ]
quiring you to stop at certain ratl
road crossings.
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i A Plea for More Birds '
By Charles G. I’lummer
If there were no other argument
for the conservation of our wild bird
life than the one demanding economic
administration of national affairs con
coming them, I would be* perfectly
satisfied that the cause of the birds
would win in any court in Christen
dom g 0 sure am [ 0 f the reasonable
n, ‘* s cf the growing , boys and girls .
who are about to step out into life
to undertake its conquest, that I be
k . ve all they need is to have a mo
men t’s time given them for consider
atjon of the value of enlistm ent in
the army of conservation and con
struetion.
Protection from invasion by insect
hordes is the agriculturist’s only
The natural enemy of all in
sect life is the bird life with which
we were once so generously sur
rounded. When we consider that this
country now exists upon about ten
per cent of the bird life that was
here less than 450 years ago, it does
not seem as though it ought to be
necessary to urge measures to build
rather than to tear down—does it?
GET AT THE CAUSE!
The Advice of a Re.ident of Thi*
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There’s nothing more annoying
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kidneys. Sharp, shooting pahis ir. my
Md caused muoh distress The
kidney secretions were high.y ,, color- ,
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and burned in passage. Headaches
and dizzy spells came over me and
specks appeared before my eyes. I
had been attended by doctors but
did not get relief until 1 used Doan’s
Fibs. Doan’s relieved me.”
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I wonder how many ever stopped
to think that if the entire bird life
of the world were to be destroyed the
vegetation upon which we depend
: wholly for life would be eaten in
■ about three years. So rapidly do in
sects multiply that one is unable to
grasp the enormity of the figures
setting forth the truth. For instance,
Riley says that the hop aphis de
velops thirteen generations in a year,
und at the end of the twelfth genera
tion there will be ten sextillions of
individuals. Our American naturalist,
P t , ° rbUsb , , SayS: If thlS .... br00(1 , Were
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niarshalt ’< i ln t° Ime, ten to the inch,
it would extend to a point so sunk
in the profundity of space that light
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second would require 2,500 years in
which to reach the earth!”
Insects destroy more than $1,000,
000,000 worth of fruit and cereals
ev ery year. Birds eat insects!
^ ^ird in the bush sings sweeter
than two birds on a woman’s bonnet.
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Must Be Complete Change
It matters little what kind of a .
hobby you are taking up provided it P
takes you outdoors from your studies
or work aod sends you back fresher r 1
and better fitted to grapple with the
numerous and varied problems that
confront you daily, always remember
ing that if a hobby Is to be really
effective ii must be something that is
a complete change. Hobbies are legion,
though some are more attractive than
others.- Edinburgh Scotsman.