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TWTii TIME HAS COME FOR THE
, FARMERS TO STAND BY
THEIR ECONOMIC
RIGHTS.
The fight of the producer of farm
'props for a larger share of what
the consumers pay is on in earnest.
The middleman is a necessity, but
there have been too many of them
and their methods have been ineffici
ent. They have consequently had to
take too large a toll for the ser
vices rendered. A smaller numDer
could have rendered the s ame ser
vice, even a better service, and
would have had to. take less total
toll for their support
The best thought of the world to
day is seeking a method of getting
rtn> products of the farms to the
cosumers at less cost. The efforts
thus far begun seek a more direct
road from the producer to the con
sume; the lessening cf the number
of middlemen and their profits and
more efficient marketing, thereDy,
reducing costs and increasing re
turns to the producer while lessen
ing the costs to the consumer.
In the South most attention has
been given to the better marketing
of cotton because it is our most im
portant sales crop. The progress
made in organizing a better method
of selling the producer’s cotton has
been rapid and it has now developed
to such dimensions that it is at
tracting the attention of cotton
brokers and speculators, of the vast
numbers of cotton middlemen.
Naturally, but unwisely, these mid
dlemen have become alarmed at the
dangers of losing some of their past
privileges and profits, and have be
gun a concerted, unfair campaign to
block' and destroy the farmers co
operative marketing of cotton. They
overlook the fact that economic laws
are forcing a better marketing of
cotton and foolishly think they can
scotch .the wheels of progress for
their own selfish gain. Fair busi
ness competition is the only method
they can effectively use to check the
growth and success of the co-opera
tive marketing of cotton. If the
present cooperative methods or
marketing cotton are economically
sound they will succeed in spite of
the efforts of speculators and middle
men. If they aren ot sound they will
fail without the unfair tight whien
is being waged against them.
representation or manipulation or
the markets, can kill the cooperative
marketing of cotton if the principles
No combination of selfish interest
no amount of falsehood and mis-
are sound and are followed with
ordinary business judgment. In fact,
the sort of fight the cotton middle
men are now waging against the co
oeratives can and will serve n oth
er purpose than to stimulate farm
ers to greater efforts, ,to unite them
in purpose and effort and to arouse
in them all the fight of which non
est, free men are capable. If there
ever was a time when farmers
should join in a solid body to fight
for their economic rights, it is now.
If there ever was a campaign
against their interests put on and
conducted by unfair metnocls it is
the campaign of abuse and misrep
resentation now being put on by the
cotton middlemen to smash the farm
eri cooerative marketing of cot
ton.
The policy of the cooperative mar
keting association has been to at
tack no one, to engage in nothing
except clean high-class b usiness
competition and to recognize the
right of the middleman to fair pay
for a service rendered. But this does
not suit the cotton speculators and
brokers. The success of the coopera
tive shows plainly that the , cotton
middleman has been taking a ton
too large for the service- rendered
and the middlemen already see the
handwriting on the wall. But unfair
tactics and misrepresentation never
permanently won by any fight tor
special privileges.
We miss our guess very much if
the sort of fight the cotton middle
men are utting on does not arouse
the farmers of the South to a point
where they will unite in one solid
body to fight and fight hard and ef
fectively for the right to market
their own cotton. Only a lack of
knowledge of all the facts prevents
90% of the farmers of tne South
putting their cotton in the hands of
their cooperative marketing asso
ciations. Such action would prevent
manipulation of the markets by
seculaitors and stabilize the marker
under the law of supply and demand
to the benefit of the producers, spin
ners and consumers. The wonder is
that at least the producers and spin
ners do not see this and realize that
no power on ^arth can destroy the
lenutne
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Pyramids of Enypt
The PyruumIS of Egypt, some 75 in
□umber, date from the period between
the fourth and twelfth dynasties and
were built as tombs for the kings.- The
most important group Is at Glzeh
which includes the great Pyramid, the
tomb of' Cheops. Its perpendicular
height is 451 feet and its base length
is 750 feet The Pyramids are built of
stone, the material for which waB
taken from the hills on the opposite
bank of the Nile.
PREVENTING MALARIA
IN MARCH AND APRIL
Castilla, Father of Mexico.
The title of “Father of Mexican In
dependence” was given to Miguel Hi
dalgo Castilla, a Mexican priest, who
lived from 1753-1S11. He started a
movement for independence which
cost him his life. Some years later be
was extolled as a saint and the new
born republic erected a magnificent
statue to bim.
cooperatives, because they are fun
damentally sound in economics.
The time has coie for every farm
er to show on which side he stands.
If under present conditions he will
not join the fight for his economic
rights he does not deserve economic
freedom.
Editorial,
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
Centred of Qeorgia Railway Points Out Opportunities
to Develop South's Natural Resources
Wonderful progress has been made during recent years in deveolping the natural resources
of C-eore- a J!l Alabama. There is no reason for discouragement or pessimism about the future of
this secToVsuch feeiings cannot exist when the people understand the situation, but it is doubtful
if Geer, .ans and Alabamians are awake to the wonderful possibilities of this territory.
.jevclo-i-mcnt of natural resources depends upon technical knowledge or research, coopera
tion, and publicity, l-rosperity may best be maintained and increased by development of both indus
try "and agriculture in equal measure. Cotton seed grew into a great business, sharing with tie
L.ta ie it. elf in ... ncia! and commercial importance. The peanut industry affords a like illustration.
Georgia will produce a billion peaches this year, bringing to the state $10,000,000. The pecan crop
of G" - a and Alabama last year was valued f.i more than $2,000,000. But these values are on y
the primary crops and opportunity exists to utilize the by-products of peaches and pecans, just as
was done with cotton and peanuts. This section offers exceptional opportunities for the stock rais
er to produce milk, pork and beef, at low cost, through permanent pastures that afford grazing at
least 50% better than is considered excellent in other sections.
Industry is stimulated as the streams are harnessed and hydro-electric power is distributed.
Southern textile mills consumed only 118,000 hales of cotton in 1860, and 3,733,000 bales m 1922.
This was 1,500,000 bales more than all the rest ctf the United States. Spindles and looms have near
ly doubled in Georgia and Alabama in 15 years. Phenomenal progress has marked coal and iron
development in Alabama and in the Chattanooga district, but the possibilities in other lines are
boundless and have scarcely been touched. Too many raw materials, especially minerals, are being
shipped elsewhere for manufacture instead of being manufactured at home.
One Georgia county, Wilkinson, it is estimated, has 4,500,000,000 tons of Kaolin and er-
fractory resources, worth, at current market prices, enough to pay the expenses of the World
War, sufficient to supply present consumption of the United States for 600 years. Wilkinson is only
one of 15 counties forming a great clay belt from Augusta to the Chattahoochee River.
These Kaolins are highly refractory, standing tests superior to fire clay for fire brick, yet
there are manufactured only about ten or twelve thousand tons of clay in Georgia and Alabama for
refractory purposes, as against approximately six million tons consumed in the United States .
Th«e is not a light colored face brick manufactured in Georgia or Alabama, yet our Geor
gia clays with other materials will make an excellent face brick. There are manufactured elsewhere
in the United States approximately a billion face brick annually.
In 1921 Georgia produced 116,000 tons of Kaolin clay which went into the manufacture of
paper, oil cloth, rubber and to a limited- extent in whiteware. About 150,000 tons were imported.
None of this was manufactured in Georgia or Alabama.
The South produces 100% of the Bauxite in the United States, and manufactures none of
it. The South produces 92% of the Barytes: Georgia more than one-third of this; but Georgia man
ufactures not one pound of this material. The South produces 60% of the Graphite used in the Unit
ed States. Alabama ranks second in production, but recent reports of the United States Bureau of
Mines showed Alabama Graphite superior to imported Graphite and equal to domestic material in
the manufacture of crucibles. Vast deposits of Fullers earth and Mica await development. There
are 52 commercial minerals and 44 of these are found on the lines of the Central of Georgia.
These are a few of the undeveloped resources and possibilities. The list might be multi
plied almost indefinitely.
The Central of Georgia Railway Company recognizes that its primary obligation is to sup
ply safe, adequate and dependable transportation to the territory dependent upon it. Moreover, it
realizes a further obligation to do whatever it can for the development of its territory, and to aidm
advancing the prosperity of its patrons. It maintains agricultural and industrial departments at
its Savannah headquarters, which will cheerfully answer inquiries and render service in the develop
ment of the natural resources of this section.
Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited.
Savannah, Georgia, April 10, 1924.
L. A. DOWNS,
President, Central of Georgia Railway Company.
Where does the malaria go in the
winter?
Probably most people know that
malaria is a disease caused by mi
nute animal parasites which get into
the blood and multiply until there are
untold billions of them in the blood,
destroying the blood cells. When the
malaria mosquito stings a person with
malaria, it sucks blood, containing cer
tain forms of this parasite. These
parasites unite and sink into the mos
quito's stomach, and there grow and
divide into large numbers ot new
parasites. These work through the
mosquito’s body until they get into
the mosquito’s spit glands, where
they stop. If such a mosquito stings
a person, she first injects some spit-
tal into the person, as all other mos
quitoes do. This spittal containing
malaria parasites, they enter the
blood of the person and soon multiply
until the person is poisoned by the
billions of parasites which live on and
destroy the red blood corpuscles.
Thus we see that mosquitoes have
malaria parasites which do not make
them sick, and people have msilarla
parasites which do make- them sick.
Then the winter comes on. Many
mosquitoes die. Many live; but when
the weather gets frosty, the parasites
in the mosquito die, and though the
mosquito may live she no longer has
malaria. When spring comes some
mosquitoes may have lived over, and
gome may he hatching out of the
water; but nnoe of them have malaria.
The sting of all such mosquitoes is
harmless, until after they have suck
ed blood from a person who has ma
laria parasites in his blood. But cold
weather does not kill the parasites
in a person’s blood. If one has ma
laria in the summer and fall, and if
he is not treated until all the para
sites are dead, these parasites will
live for months and even years in the
patient’s blood. So there is where the
malaria go.es in cold weather,—into
the blood of people, and not in the
mosquito.
There can be no new cases of ma
laria until mosquitoes suck malaria
parasites from a person who carries
them in his blood, and grows them
and gets her spit full of them as de
scribed above, and then injects them
into a well person.
Then what shall we do to prevent
malaria in the spring?
It is clear that we must prevent
mosquitoes from getting the parasites
from malaria carriers, and putting
them into well people. That brings
up the question of preventing mos
quitoes by draining, screening, oiling,
putting minnows in the ponds, and
other methods. But the big thing for
every person who had malaria last
year to consider is, “Am I still carry
ing parasites? If I am, I am as dan
gerous to the community as if I had
small-pox. And I must get rid of this
malaria.”
This can fortunately be done by
what .is called the Standard Treat
ment. This consists in taking a good
dose of quinine every night for eight
weeks. In that time, nearly always,
the blood will be purified of all ma
laria parasites.
If every person who had malaria
last year would take this treatment
now, there would not be enough ma
laria this year to cause much trouble-
It would save many lives and millions
of money. ,
So the greatest thing we can do dur
ing March and April is to take quinine
properly, and make sure that neither
we nor our friends will have this dis
ease this year.
Cramping Spells
“tsOR MORE THAN A YEAR I had been in a
X* very bad condition,” says Mrs. R. E. Kimbrell,
of Route 1, Dorchester, Texas. “I suffered
with cramping spells which gave me bad pains in
my back and sides. Sometimes I would have to
catch at something, I would get so suddenly dizzy.
... I had to quit doing my work. I tried many reme
dies, but none of them seemed to do me any good.
“In April I went up to Arkansas to visit my sister. . . .
She said to me, 'Willie, if you are golag to take anything,
take Cardui. It will really help you.' I came home and told
my doctor what she had said and he said I could not take any
better tonic, so my husband immediately got me a bottle and
I began it. .. . My case was a pretty tough one, I know, so
I kept on faithfully. After the fourth bottle, I began to feel
very much better, so much so that I was surprised at myself.
I have taken six bottles now and I can truly say I feel like a
different woman. ... I feel fine and I owe it all to Cardui,
which I took faithfully.”
TAKE'
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Vaccination Shields.
Vaccination shields are a most per
nicious contrivance—one that brings
about the two conditions of a vacci
nation wound that are most undesir
able, heat and moisture. The least
that Is done in the way of dressing
a vaccination site the better. A square
of sterile gauze that may be pinned
to the sleeve in such a way as to keep
the clothes from rubbing against the
vaccine pustule Is all that is neces
sary. Most of the local trouble from
vaccination reaction is caused by med
dling. Scrupulous cleanliness and
avoidance of irritation are all that ll
required.
The method of fumigation formerly
employed after Infectious and conta
gious diseases is gradually falling Into
discard. It seems that the health of
ficers think that thorough cleaning Is
of more service than fumigants. Along
with cleaning should be Included
painting and varnishing. Hot water,
air and sunshine are Indeed hard
to beat If the cleaning ,1s well done
and the house opened, aired and sun
shine given a chance, most of the
germs will die.
iProduction of cotton under boil wee
vil conditions i3 nothing more or less
than a race between the setting of
bolis on the plant and the multipli
cation of the weevils, scientists de
clare, and everything possible should
be done to aid the cotton plants in
winning this race.'
One of the first steps in furnishing
this aiu is through preparation of the
soil, A good seed bed is necessary
to obtain the best results and it
should lie prepared early so as to have
a firm, smooth and well settled bed
at planting. Experts say that the
Importance of a well prepared seed
bed can hardly be overestimated.
Also, unfavorable weather conditions
shortly before planting often prevents
plowing at that time and early prep
aration docs away with this risk.
Pianting should be delayed until all
danger of frost is past and the earth
is warm enough to cause quick
sprouting and a good stand. Early
planting is recommended but it should
be borne in mind that it is possible
to plant too early so that the plants
become stunted during the early days
of their growth.
Plant if possible only selected seed
of an early maturing variety, and of
a staple not less than 7/8 inch. In
formation as to a suitable variety for
your particular locality can be ob
tained from the county agent or the
state college of agriculture. It is
definitely proven that increased yields
worth from ?10 to ?40 an acre may
be obtained by planting selected seed.
One bushel or more should be plant
ed to the acre.
Cotton rows should be from three
to four feet apart, according to the
fertility of the soil, and spacing in
the row should be from eight to
twelve inches with from one to three
stalks to the hill. Tests under va
rious conditions have proved that
thick spaced cotton matures earlier
and yields more pounds to the acre
than thin spaced.
The intelligent use af commercial j
fertilizers is an important step in the
profitable production of cotton. Prop
erly used it will both hasten maturity
and materially increase the yield.
Contents and their percentages de
pend on local conditions. The county
agent or the agricultural college can
supply information on this point. Only
the well drained, fertile lands, and
when available, early soils snould be
used. It will pay to produce cotton
only on land that will produce, under
average conditions, at least one third
of a bale to the acre.
Further information on the subject
of boll weevil control may be obtain-'
ed from the county agent, state col
lege of agriculturg or the National
Boll Control Association, Room 220
Whitney Building, New Orleans, La.
LETTERS OF DISMISSION
GEORGIA, Taylor County:
To All Whom It May Concern:
R. D. Byrd represents to this
Court that he has fully administer
ed the estate of Pickens Byrd and
has filed his petition for Letters of
Dismission from said trust. This is
to cite all persons interested that I
will pass upon said petition on the
the first Monday in May 1924.
This April 7, 1924.
A. H. RILEY, Ordinary.
NOTICE DISSOLUTION OF PART
NERSHIP
Notice is hereby given that tne
firm of W. G. Hill and W. A. Payne
trading under the name and style
of Hill & Payne, heretofore engaged
in the general mercantile business
in the town of Butler, State of
Georgia has been dissolved by mu
tual consent, Mr. W. A. Payne re
tiring therefrom. The business will
be continued at the same place by
the said W. • G. Hill. The said W. G.
Hill will settle all firm lia
bilities and receipt for all debts due
the firm.
This 7th day of April, 1924.
W. G. HILL,
W. A. PAYNE.
lAUoocItl
PIASTERS
A Standard
External Remedy.
J Coughs and Colds (
(on chest and another
between shoulder blades)
Weak Chests, j
Any Local
Pain,
Miss Anne Simpson, one of the Re
gional Consultants of the United
States Public Health Service, has
been secured for our State as a lec
turer for girls, and is now visiting
the cities of over 2,000 population.
Miss Simpson is a noted speaker, and
If our readers get the opportunity to
hear her they should avail themselves
of It
KEEPS CHILDREN
WELL AND STRONG
F OR children who are weak and
thin Gude’s Pepto-Mangan is
the ideal tonic. It contains the
iron they need for pure blood, bodily
energy, and firm, solid flesh. At
this season every child will benefit
by taking it. At your druggist’s,
in liquid and tablet form.
Free Trial Tablets the health-building
value of Gude’s Pepto-Mangan. write today
for generous Trial Package of Tablets. Send
no money — just' name and address to
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Gude’s
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Tonic and Blood Enrichef
How long will It be before our school
boards will all require vaccination
against smallpox before entrance to
the first grade of school? Echoes an-
arsr “Him lone?”
Severe Penalty.
The penalty among the Hottentots
for widows who marry again is a
somewhat severe one. It is the rule
among these people that before so
marrying, a widow must cut off the
joint of a finger and present it to her
new husband on the wedding day.
FOR THOSE WHO FAIL
By Joaquin Miller.
“All honor to him who shall win the
prize.”
The world has cried for a thous
and years;
But to him who tries and who fails
and dies
I give great honor and glory and
tears.
Give glory and honor and pitiful
tears
To all who fail in their deeds su
blime;
Their ghosts are many in the van
of years;
They were bom with Time in ad
vance of Time.
Oh, great is the hero who ' wins a
name,
But greater many and many a
time
Some pale-faced fellow who dies in
shame.
And lets God finish the thought
sublime.
And great is the fellow with a
sword undrawn,
And good is the man who refrains
from wine,
But the man who fails and yet still
fights on,
Lo, he is the twin-brother of mine.
Put Trust in Signs.
The Greeks and Romans of ancient
times put implicit trust in signs and
omens, and never undertook enter
prise of any moment without consult
ing the oracle. Though sometimes
the responses would bear opposite in
terpretations, their faith in the oracle
never wavered—the fault, they con
sidered, was always with the Inter-