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ECONOMIC
HIGHLIGHTS
Happenings That Affect the Din
ner Pails, Dividend Checks and
Tax Bills of Every Individual. —
National and International Prob
lems Inseparable from Local
Welfare.
The Boston News Bureau recently
said that during the past three
months there has occurred the fast
est recovery in general business this
country has ever witnessed. Most
impressive has been the improve
ment among manufacturing indus
tries, with important advances being
shared by the agricultural groups.
' Here are some Department of
Commerce reports on a recent typ
ical week:
Business index—Advanced sharply
to highest point since October, 1930.
Steel—lngot production mount
ing, with industry passing the 50
per cent of capacity production
point.
Commodity prices—Gained .5 of
a point, to reach 64, highest level
in more than a year.
Car loadings—Gained more than
13 per cent, with increase demon
strated in all commodity groups ex
cept livestock, and in all regions
except Central West.
Soft Coal—Production higher and
price rise anticipated.
Lumber —Output still rising, and
orders increasing.
Automobiles—Production reached
peak for the year.
Bank debits —Check payments, in
dicating volume of business trans
acted, increased and above a year
ago.
Wheat and cotton values increased
close to a billion dollars recently.
Dollar wheat, dream of the last
few years, was reached because of
■weather that literally burned wheat
in the fields in various important
producing regions. Spring wheat
crop now is forecast at 175,000,000
bushels. Cotton crop is more diffi
cult to estimate; present and future
supply is roughly placed at twenty
to twenty-one million bales.
Important indicator of conditions
in general is electric power pro
duction. For several months it
has shown consistent improvement.
During May there was a 4 per cent
rise over April, whereas the normal
change is about a 2 per cent drop.
Steel plants have also shown them
selves immune this year to the usual
seasonal slump, and July started
with no indications of let-down.
Only moderate slackening is fore
cast for the automobile industry—
sales touched the 1,000,000 mark
for the first six months of the year,
exceeding the most sanguine hopes
of producers, Not since 1930 has
there been a better half-year show
ing.
Reorganization of the railroads
will await exploration of possibili
ties for operating economies. This
is the attitude of Joseph Eastman,
Federal co-ordinator. He has indi
cated a score of fields where reduc
tions may be obtained. Examples:
Joint use of terminals; unnecessary
passenger or freight service; waste
in repair expense; unduly low
charges for warehousing and simi
lar services; waste in use of equip
ment such as might be eliminated by
pooling arrangements, etc. Many of
the projected economies have been
hitherto impossible because of law
and regulatory practices.
So far this year railroad traffic
has improved. On several important
roads business is 30 to 40 per cent
ahead of last year. The railroad
equipment industry, completely in
the doldrums for years, feels opti- i
mistic.
All businesses have been watch
ing the operation of the National
Recovery Administration with vast
interest. No government bureau
has ever had such dominance over
trade practices, wages, hours of
work, working conditions, produc
tion, etc. The textile industry was
the first to present a code for con
sideration; it has been worked out
and and approved in rapid time.
Now dozens of other important in
dustries are preparing codes. Among
them are: Oil, construction, lum
ber, automobiles, tobacco, motor I
equipment, hosiery, hats, wood work- ■
ers, dairy products, ceramics, retail;
dry goods; wholesale grocers, and
so on. Higher wages, shorter work-I
ing hours with more workers and i
higher prices, principal goals of the I
measure, will result.
The price question has created j
some trouble in another bureau— 1
that of Agriculture. Recent ad
vances in wheat prices, plus the
coming processing tax on flour,
caused a group of midwestern bakers
to announce an advance of 3 cents
a loaf in the price of bread. Secre
tary Wallace at once said that the
increased cost to the baker could
not be more than 1 1-3 cents a loaf,
pointed out that the anti-trust laws
are still in effect, intimated that
prosecution would be the result of
unjustified price boost.
Campbell Urges
Use of Every
Acre of Land
Calling attention to the fact that
land taken out of cotton production
may be used to grow food and feed
crops for home use and crops for
soil improvement and erosion preven
tion, J. Phil Campbell, director of
the Agricultural Extension Service,
at Athens, urges farmers to make
full preparations to use every acre
of such land toward present and fu
ture profit.
“It is a good opportunity,” Mr.
Campbell says, “to make our farm
ing system still more self-sustaining,
to save our soils from washing away
and build them up with legumes, to
grow abundant feed for livestock,
and even to turn back certain margi
nal lands into the growing of trees.
“With a short corn crop apparent
in this state, it is particularly im
portant to grow on some of these
released acres such feed crops as
beans, peas, and sorghums. Further
more, if any such lands are not put
into crops immediately after the
cotton is removed, they can be sown
to grains in the fall. This will give
excellent feed next spring for various
kinds of livestock. Lands taken out
of cotton can be planted to small
grain crops and winter legumes early
enough to practically insure a good
crop.
“In view of the wheat shortage
that it appears may result from low
yield and reduced acreage, Georgia
farmers should even now begin look
ing towards larger production of
wheat for home use to provide against
the higher prices of flour that seem
almost certain for next year.”
To those farmers who have doubt
regarding the best use of land to be
taken out of cotton, Mr. Campbell
suggests that they advise with their
county farm agents and plan a bet
ter long-time program for their farm
ing operations that will include con
tinued reduction of cotton acreage.
Only thus can the farmer retain the
advantages of the present cotton re
duction movement supported by the
Federal government.
PROGRAM DAMASCUS
METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday Night, July 23, 1933, 8:00
O’Clock
Hymn: “Blest Be the Tie That
Binds”—Congregation.
Prayer—Rev. R. F. Cripps.
Duet: “Ivory Palaces”—Mrs. R. F.
Cripps, Miss Merlyn Cripps.
Solo: “When I Look On His Face”
—Rev. R. F. Cripps.
Trio: “From All That Dwell”—
Misses Merlyn and Mary Louise
Cripps, Mrs. R. F. Cripps.
Scripture Reading.
Announcements.
Duet: “In Heavenly Love Abid
ing”—Rev. and Mrs. R. F. Cripps.
Short Devotional—Rev. Cripps.
Duet: “No Disappointment in
Heaven”—Mrs. Cripps and Miss Mer
lyn Cripps.
Trio: “Somebody Knows”—Rev.
and Mrs. Cripps and Miss Merlyn
Cripps.
Benediction.
LOST— From pasture of R. H.
Sheffield, near Sheffield’s mill, two
bay horse mules. Finder will be
rewarded suitably. Notify R. H.
SHEFFIELD, Cedar Springs, Ga.
HOUSTON THEATRE
DOTHAN, ALA.
Fri. and Sat., July 21-22
BABY SHOW
“Circus Queen Murder”
With Adolphe Menjou and
Greta Nissen
(The Alcazar Theatre is being closed
for the summer and we are contin
uing the serial, “DEVIL HORSE,”
at the Houston Theatre each week,
beginning Friday, July 21)
Sun.-Mon.-Tues., July 23-24-25
“College Humor”
The biggest college story ever pro
duced, with an all star cast
Wed.-Thurs., July 26-27
“Strangers Return”
with Lionel Barrymore and Miriam
Hopkins
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
FOR COUNCILMAN
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for Councilman in the August
election. If elected will serve to
best of my ability the interests of
the city.
P. D. DuBOSE.
FOR CITY COUNCILMAN
To the voters of the City of Blakely:
I hereby anounce my candidacy
for one of the places on the council
of the City of Blakely in the elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, August
l. I shall appreciate your support.
If elected I assure you that the wel
fare of our little city will always be
paramount in the discharge of the
duties incumbent upon the office.
S. G. MADDOX.
FOR CITY COUNCILMAN
To the voters of the City of Blakely:
I hereby announce my candidacy
for memebr of the City Council of
Blakely in the election to be held
Tuesday, August Ist. Having the
interest of our city at heart, I shall,
if elected, give my very best efforts
to filling the position in a matter
entirely satisfactory to all.
Sincerely yours,
ALTO WARRICK
FOR CITY COUNCILMAN
To the voters of the City of Blakely:
I take this method of announcing
my candidacy for city councilman in
the election to be held on Tuesday,
August Ist. If honored with elec
tion, I pledge my very best efforts
toward a conscientious discharge of
the duties of the office. Your vote
will be appreciated.
OSCAR WHITCHARD.
MASONIC NOTICE.
Magnolia Loage No.
jfy, 86 Free and Accept
— ed Masons holds reg
ular commun cations
/C on the first and third
/ y/ \ Monday nights in
's each month. The
time is 8 p. m. in the summer, 7:30
p. m. in the fall and spring and 7 p.
m. during the winter. Visiting breth
ren are cordially invited to attend.
W. C. JORDAN, W. M.
R. H. STUCKEY, JR., Sec’y.
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