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THE NEWS & FARMER
Entered as second class mail matter at the post office,
Louisville, Ga. f under the Act of Congress, March 8, 1879
Published Every Thursday In the Year By J. W. White
J. W. WHITE Editor
G. S. CHAPMAN Business Manager
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LOUISVILLE. GA., APRIL 17, 1919
Detroit is speeding up the production of automobiles to
one a minute. It looks like tin* demand increases instead
of decreasing, and the supply of new cars is never sufficient
to meet the requirements of the people.
Although they lost in the great game of war the Germans
are doing their best to cause dissensions among the repre
sentatives at the peace table, with tin* hope that the aims
and objects of the allies will be defeated.
Kugene V. Debs, convicted for violation of the espionage
act, now finds that lie must serve a term in prison. A man
who sets up his own opinion against the constituted authori
ties of government generally comes to grief.
The newspapers arc beginning to look some whiter since
the war is practically over, as the chemicals used for this
purpose are now available, which is quite a contrast to the
yellow looking sheets that became a necessity on account
of the war.
The Milhdgvilie News very correctly says: It is high
iim* that another < nmpaign be waged against pistol to
ters in Georgia, as wo hardly ever pick up a paper without
seeing a now> item giving account of the reckless use of
these damnable weapons.
As spring advances cyclones in tin* west increase, a very
destructive one having be**n reported in IVxas the past
week. While Gcorgin is not immune from these disturb
ances of the elements, they do not occur her-* with as much
fn-qiiencv as in the west, which is another good reason for
remaining in Georgia.
Th< who;;■ -<•]• s reported t** be the biggest in the his
tory of tin ['!!:' States, but t!ii> docs not mean that
people will g'-t cheaper Hour, according to the reports of
the wind- sale a- alers who are now warning their customers
that then* will probably lie a sharp advance quite soon.
There does not seem to be any inclination by those who
arc - itting at the j■< a- table to demand the execution of
the former German emperor, but they should demand that
the man who was responsible for the murder of Kdith
C’avell should be shot. Old Tirpitz would also be a good
mark for a squad with ritles.
Gov. Allen of Kansas wants a restraining order to pre
vent tie- • •it ton planters of the southern states from re
din ing their cotton acreage, as he believes that people
everywhere should be able to buy their cotton goods at
the low. st prices while the farmers of Kansas are getting
three prices for their wheat.
Laurens county is preparing to have an election for the is
suanse of a hall’ million dollars worth of bonds for the con
struct ion of concrete bridges. The price of lumber has ad
vanced t<> such an extent that it will be economy to erect
bridgt •> of concrete, v. hich will last ind'-finitely if properly
built. Other counties in this section of the state will do
well to follow tie example of Laurens.
Germany is still pointing to President Wilson's fourteen
points that were made in one of his famous speeches during
the progr. -s of tin* war, and insists that the other nations
agree to tin* principles therein set forth, but as Germany
will not hav** much of a siy so in the peace negotiations the
stab men of that one** powerful empire should keep quiet
until the paper is prepared for their signatures.
The fifty fourth annual convention of the Georgia Educa
tional A -oriati o ll will be held in Macon April 30th and
May Ist and L’nd. J‘rof. Walter P. Thomas of West Point
is the pr.-siihmt. Prof. Ji. of Sander,sville is
vie- pr.'-ddi-nt for tL - * bath district. These annual meetings
have I>eeii productive of much good in the advancement of
the .-aus-- of education. An instructive program has been
arranged f-.r this occasion.
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(i The Call of the Road ”
When you take the highway this spring you want a car that
permits you to enjoy your outing. It must take the roads
efficiently and with comfort, operate at low cost and inspire
pride in its appearance. Model 90 is just such a car. The ap
preciation of 600,000 Overland owners has built up manufac
turing methods that make possible the unusual value of
Model 90 at its economical cost. Get your Model 90 now.
LOUISVILLE BONDED WAREHOUSE COMPANY
Louisville, Cleorjfia
Overland Model 90 Fire Passenger Touring Car $985; I. o. b. Toledo
Come to our store
TOO AUTOCRATIC
War conditions seemed to necessitate and to justify the
action of Congress in conferring upon the President dic
tatorial powers which are foreign to the spirit of our nat
ional institutions. But the President would have done well
to be extremely conservative in the exercise of these pow
ers, and more especially so after the great emergency pass
ed away with the signing of the armistice. He should now
hold a tight rein on the men who are acting under his au
thority, who, by arbitrary acts, are making enemies for
him and for his party.
The New York World says: Postmaster General Burleson
may be able to order an immediate increase of 20 per cent,
in domestic telegraphic rates, but he will find it less easy
to explain to the satisfaction of the public the circum
stances leading up the rate increase.
The postal lines, whose officials Mr. Burleson summarily
removed a week ago, declare that there is “no real need
of increasing the telegraph rates. 99 They should know.
They speak from long business experience, a qualification
that does not enter into the equipment of the Postmaster
General as the supreme controller of tlie wire systems of
the United States.
From the start Mr. Burleson has seemed determined to
demonstrate that the Postal people had no rights that he
should respect. lie has shut them out from among his ad
visers. He has arbitrarily overruled them in matters of
business policy where they were vitally concerened and
misted the Postal officials from the operation of their
lines. Furiously enough, there has never been the slightest
suspicion of discrimination against the rival company.
As the result of the Burleson methods, whether his own
I or borrowed, the general wire service of the country has
| gone from bad to worse, and tlie public, beginning this
week, is to be required to pay adliional 20 per cent.
: charges because of Federal mismanagement, although the
pretext of Government wire control as a war measure no
!longer holds good.
One of the first duties of Congress, in order to prevent
further scar dal and afford users of the wires reli f, should
be to restore to their rightful owners the properties and
their operation and to restrict the Postmaster General to his
normal functions. The experiment with which he was in
trusted has lasted far too long.
THE HIP-POCKET KILLER.
From the Macon Telegraph.
Killings are shocking the State almost every morning.
In each case it has been gunfire—men shooting on excuses
and provocation that read about in cold type afterward
are wholly shocking in their flimsiness. Where a blow
with a fist provoked in more or less natural if not entire
ly righteous anger might have been forgiveable, men have
drawn their weapons and sped the messenger of death. A
fight begins to mean a killing. Which lays it on honest
men, in a sense, to kill bad men on slight provocation so
as in beat the bad men to it.
It comes of carrying deadly weapons in concealed places
about tin* person, of thinking about guns and handling
them, ami having them within easy finger reach.
The man who habitually carries the gun is in imminent dan
ger at all times of using it to kill some other human
being. Ami the law, rightly, doesn’t forgive the slaying
of mu* man by another except in the most desperate.
Tin* mre lies in the hands of the grand juries and court
judges, (’hronie pistol-toters, known to pack them around
without need, brought before the courts and given jail sen
tellies without fines would stop the practice. A few sen
tonces would make the practice itself so thoroughly dis
reputable that none but men of the highest integrity and
trustworthiness specially licensed to carry them and the
ibsjierado would ever have them. In which event when one
man shot another it would mean hanging, nine times out
of ten. Which would in turn mean a good deal less of
murder and manslaughter and cheaply taking human life.
It is serious enough in Georgia; we may as well take
'.Kiiiest cognizance of the situation and set wheels in motion
to put ;i stop to it. We’ll soon be as bad as New York,
Fhicago, Philadelphia, or .San Urancisco and the other large
cities.
The death of Frank L. Wool worth the past week ended
the career of a man who had achieved success through a
vision of the power of accumulated niekles and dimes.
Forty years ago he was a clerk in one of tin* cities of New
York State, and when lie saw how the bargain counters in
that store attracted throngs of people, announced his in
tention of opening a ten cent store. lie was advised by
Ids employers to continue business in the old style manner,
but In* decided to make the venture in accordance with his
vision, and success crowned his efforts. He had stores in
nearly every business centre of the United States, erected
the famous Woolwnrth building in New York, the highest
in the world, and left a fortune estimated at sixty-five mil
lion dollars. 11 is success shows what can be accomplished
when there is a determination to succeed.
New York is making a tight against what is called im
moral moving picture shows. When New York starts to
lighting vice it is time for the other cities of our country
to begin to gut active.
THE NEWS & FARMER, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1919
AIRBOAT PILOTS
BATTLE SHARKS
Navy Flyers Flail at Jaws Until
Vessel Rescues Them
at Sea.
CRAFT IS HELPLESS
Engine Goes Dead and Seaplane Is at
Mercy of Waves —School of
Sharks Hungry for
Their Prey.
New York.—The crew and passen
gers of a steamship which arrived re
cently saw two seapfanes in the sky
200 miles from port. Everybody was
on deck to watch their maneuvers.
Suddenly one of the planes dipped out
of the sky, and, landing on the crest of
a wave, was tossed from me billow to
another.
The vessel captain ordered all speed
ahead In their direction. Meanwhile
the pilot and observer hnd donned
their life preservers. The engine had
gone dead on them and they were
helpless.
Shark’s Snout Appears.
Then from ’it of the choppy water
appeared the snout of a shark. An
other and another followed and the
sea seemed full of fins. The sea wolves
hungered for their prey, for they turned
on their backs and bit at the pon
toons as if they knew the weak spots
which separated them from their meal.
The men were horror stricken, real
izing that the wreck of the pontoons
would throw them into the water,
where their life preservers would form
little protection from the ravenous
jaws.
Strike at Man Eaters.
They succeeded in wrenching loose
two uprights from their airboat and
with them walloped every snout that
protruded from the water, keeping the
sharks away from the pontoons. They
beat the waves lustily and yelled at
the attacking man eaters. Thus
they saved the pontoons until the
The Sea Seemed Full of Fins.
steamship hove to near by and steered
their drifting craft to the companion
ladder.
A boat was lowered from the steam
ship and the sailors beat the sharks
and water with their oars, the school
hanging on to the hydroplane. Finally
both pilot and observer were hauled
up the companionway out of the rough
sea, and with the aid of those in the
boat the machine, too, was lifted to
the deck. It was in a badly damaged
condition, but not beyond repair.
MAN IS “LOST IN WOODS”
Could Hear Street Cars and Sound of
Water, but Couldn't Get
Out.
St. Paul. Minn.—With water only a
few feet away, so close he could hear
Its trickle, and with leaves he raked
up around him for his only covering,
A. L. Smith, aged forty-three, was “lost
in the woods” for three days and
nights and lay In a clump of bushes
suffering with paralysis and without
food or water until found by a patrol
man.
Smith’s story combined the hard
ships of the man lost In the woods and
the aimless wanderer In the desert,
and all the time within a few blocks
street cars were passing and hundreds
of persons were coming and going, un
conscious that almost in hailing dis
tance a man was struggling desper
ately for his life.
Smith wandered away from a grad
ing camp where he was employed and
lost his way in the woods. He said
he thought it a joke at first, until he
passed nearly all one day trying to find
a small creek he knew ran through
the woods toward the grnding camp.
He believes he walked in circles until
dark, finding neither the creek nor an
opening from the woods.
Dreams of Fire; Jumps.
Redding, Cal. —Dreaming that the
hotel was burning, Thomas Quinlan
jumped out of his third-story window
and landed on a brick pile. He suf
fered three broken ribs and internal
Injuries.
Power Wasted on Roads.
The difference in power required be
tween good roads and poor Is power
wasted. The loss is borne not alone
by the farmer but by all of us who
consume farm products and who pay
to have them hauled to us.
Work Drag After Each Rain.
It pays to work the road drag on the
road a little while after every rain.
Compare right now state roads which
have been dragged regularly and some
of the country roads which have been
allowed to cut Into ruts.
COMING!
3 BIG DAYS 3
At Davisboro, Georgia
April 25, 26, 28
Under Big Tent
Three Great Days
Friday, Saturday and
Monday
Plenty of Choice Seats for Everybody. _No Hot, Stuffy
Auditorium, but a nice tent with Billy Sunday Style of
floor.
DOORS OPEN AT 4:30 AFTERNOON. NIGHT 9.00.
TICKETS GOOD FOR ALL THREE PERFORMANCES
Six Performances, or 14 Attractions.
Adults $2.00 Children SI.OO
Single Admission _25 and 50c