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ESTABLISHED 1895.
O. H. B. BLOODWORTH JR.
Editor
oTh . IT. BLOODWORTH JR
L. 8. JACKSON, - Owners.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF MONROE
COUNTY AND CITY OF FORSYTH.
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office at Forsyth, Ga., as and, class matter
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There’s nothing like a Hood
to wash the Mexican revolu
tion off the front pages of
the papers.
o—o0 —o
Ab Rounder says: We
have never failed to make a
crop vet; bo why should we
be such chronic grumblers.
o —o
The Waycroßß Herald Bug
geets that if President Wil
son cannot get anyone to ac
cept the inure important
diplomatic posts he might
offer trading stamps, or a set
of real china dishes as added
inducements.
o —o
It seems that the • Storm
God has been most unkind
and old Jupiter Pluvius has
been more than liberal in
semiing down uis ruins; but
even then he is soulless in
deed who can fail to catch
the inspiration from the
blooming honeysuckle, the
dogwood and wild violet and
be happy.
o—o
There’s nothing new. The
Telegraph quotes an article
from its tiles of seventy-five
years ago in winch the scar
city of corn is deplored and
the farmers are urged to
raise more corn. three
quarters of a century ago.
the people are doing the same
thing now, with about the
same result.
o—o0 —o
Despite the floods there’s
still some imagination left.
A news item from WayneS
boro tells of a man there
who bus had a telephone in
stalled 111 his barn yard and
when a hen lays an egg, to
save the trouble ol cackling,
she telephones in the news.
Why not furnish baskets that
the hen may bring the eggs
to the house.
o—o0 —o
Senator Bacon has indeed
done well m appointing Hon.
John T. Boileuillet of Macon
as Clerk of the Foreign Re
lations Committee of the be
nute, perhaps the most im
portant committee of the U.
8. Senate. That the Colo
nel is well qualified to excel
lently discharge the duties
of this position goes without
saying. Butthen Mr. Boi
feuillet would reflect credit
on almost any position.
Souless Corporation
It has become a habit to
refer to corporations as heart
less and soulless; but when
big railroads like the New
York Central publish notices
that they will haul all sup
plies for the flood stricken
districts without cost; and
when the President of the
“Cash Register Trust” will
open his enormous plant and
house thousands of t he home
less, will himself direct the
recue work, will have belief
beats built and coffins made
for the dead and when the
telegraph companies will
sidetrack all their business
that relief messages may be
sent through first, these cor
porations give evidence of
greater humanity, greater
generosity and kindness
than most people. These
things would not indicate
that they are “heartless”
and “soulless” after all.
The people should rather be
thankful for their acts of
humanity.
Make Believe
Christianity
We delight in calling this
a ebristiau country and on
Sunday morning (the weath
er permitting) we sit way up
in the church, give out loud
“Amens” and raise the roof
with out loud praising.
Yet how few of ue have in
usanvofthe spirit of the
Lowly Nazarene? We are
not only willing to cast the
first stone but we delight to
keep casting our stones;
feeling that, by looking down
upon and stoning those that
have sinned, we are thereby
showing our Christianity.
We are most uncharitable in
our dealings with men. We
are happy in the belief that
our entrance into the “City
not made with hands” is se
cure , because forsooth we
are high in the councils of
the church and because we
drop our little dimes into
the collection box on Sun
day,(and that’s about all the
religion many of us have.)
When, in our thoughts, our
actions, our suspicions, our
scandal mongering and in
our dealings with our fellow
men we are altogether un
christian and Saint Peter
will have to do a lot of
“fudging” if we get through
the Pearly Gates.
Instead of being Christ
like|audjlooking|for the good,
overlooking faults and mis
takes, forgetting errors and
forgiving those who have
sinned, we delight in trea
suring up all these misdeeds;
we delight more in pushing
a man down than in helping
him up: and many bo called
Christians seems are happiest
when they can whisper some
thing that will blast a repu
tation.,
Instead of doing as our
Savior would do, instead of
spreading the mantle of char
ity over the faults of others,
instead of trying to lift the
fallen and help the sore dis
tressed to bear their burdens
and to lighten their pathway
we feel that, because we go
to church and belong to the
church we have the Divine
given right to judge and con
demn.
What most of us need is
real Christianity that will
uplift humanity, will threw
strong arms around the fal
len and lift them back to the
light* a Christianity that is
generous, forgiving and
charitable; instead of the
make-believe Christianity
that we now have.
Many of us sorely need to
learn the lesson contained in
the ten words of our Savior
when he said: “Let him
who is without sin cast the
first stone,”
Georgia—The Coming
Agricultural State
Last year Georgia was the
ninth state in the union in
crop production. Reports
however emanating from the
office of the Agricultural
Commissioner are to the ef
fect that with the proper di
versification of crops and in
tensive farming Georgia bids
fair to rise another notch
with this year’s crops are
harvested. And why not?
Georgia is the largest State
in the Union East of the
Mississippi, her soil is of
wonderful fertility, her cli
mate is such that almost
anything can be raised on
her lands and her people aro
the equal of any in the States
m intelligence. All that it
is needed is the employment
of more modern methods of
crop making, greater atten
tion to the raising of cattle
and hogs, a greater diversifi
cation ot the crops, a getting
away from the old all-cotton
idea, and mere intensive
methods of cultivation,
If Georgia’s farmers could
but learn these facts and
would bring to their tasks a
desire to get away from the
old systeiiu and a desire to
utilize to the fullest their
climatic advantages, Georgia
would each year take higher
rank among the Agricultural
states of the Union,
In 1911 Georgia farmers
bought 24,000,000 bushels of
corn and 1,067,000 tons of
hay more than they raised:
thereby taking out of Geor
gia millions of dollars.
Georgia is qualified by na
ture to raise the greatest va
riety of feedstuffs: qualified
to raise all she requires and
still have an abundance of
products for sale.
Os Georgia’s tremendous
land area not more than one
third of the total and. not
more than one-half of her
farm area is under cultiva
tion.
Georgia >8 beginning to di
versify and apply more in
tensive methods but she has
not y^t begun to realize her
possibilities.
Will the farmers not get
out of the rut in 1918 and
place Georgia a “notch”
higher in the agricultural
.scale?
Forsyth’s Excellent
Civic League
Forsyth is proud of her
Civic Improvement League.
These women ure doing a
great work in improving lo
cal conditions and 111 bring
ing about much needed re
forms, and the people of the
town cannot give them too
much credit.
There’s nothing deader
than a dead town. There is
nothing worse than a town
in which the people are ,Con
tent to let things remain as
they are. To remedy any
condition; to bring about
any reform; to accomplish
any real progress, thought
and intelligent thought must
be brought to bear on these
problems. Nothing can be
accomplished without in
quiry and discussion. All
reforms have their inception
in intelligent thought and it
is only by intelligent discus
sion that these reforms can
be accomplished :
"'Every city needs an organ
ization the members of which
are willing to aid the city in
solving its problems, in
pointing out improvements
and in stirring up discussion.
The right kind of criticism
always helps. Not to have
it is to reach a point of stag
nation.
If the men of the town
would give more of their
time to civic affaire; and
would take the same orga
nized interest in Forsyth s
healthfulness, beauty, safety
and future improvement us
her excellent women, shod
go forward by leaps and
bounds.
The Civic League has set
an example for the men and
are doing a great work tor
Forsyth. All honor to
them.
There’s a wealth of truth
in the following observation
of an exchange: Many a
man thinks he’s painting the
town red, when in reality
he’s only nailing shingles on
the saloon-keeper’s roof.
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• :
Spring Fabrics
in
Great Variety!!
We really think we
have the prettiest as
sortment of SPRING
GOODS we have ever
had together and very
few who have seen
them have failed to
agree with us. Stillthere
are numbers of people
in Monroe County who
haven’t taken advantage of
this opportunity, whom we
wish the pleasure of showing
our large assortment of
WASH GOODS, WHITES
AND DRESS FABRICS,
LACES, EMBROIDERIES,
TRIMMING, READY-TO
WEAR, ETC., ETC.
New arrivals daily and ev
ery freight brings us something
new.
We are also showing great
values in our
SHOE and CLOTHING
DEPARTMENT
To be,fitted here is as
surance of Satisfaction
THE
J. J. CAT ER CO.