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THE NEWS & FARMER Entered as second class mail matter at the £ost office, Louisville, Ga., 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 One Year, in Advance $1.50 Six Months in Advance - 75 NOTICE. The News & Farmer will take pleasure in publishing cards of thanks, in memoriams, obituaries, resolutions, etc., free of charge, provided the perties interested pay for the cost of setting the type. This cost is only fifty cents and whenever notices of this kind are to be inserted this fee must be sent in advance. LOUISVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1919 It is reported that the cotton acreage has been reduced one-third, but there arc lots of people who do not ldieve all that they hear. American heiresses "ill not lie so eager to sell themselves for European titles since the big war has knocked thc-props out from under so many of the so-called nobility. The estimated value of farm products for the past year .amounts to twenty-one billion and three hundred and thirty three million dollars, which is almost two billion a month for the entire year. This is more than double the values that prevailed before Germany started the world war. The Wilkes County News states that the price of corn is gidng as high as two dollars and a half per bushel. We do not know where tlm News got its information, but it will be a good plan for everybody who can do so plant plenty for home needs. The Japs want to wipe out the discrimination against their race, but as long as white is white and yellow* is yel low there will be discriminations made. The marks of dis tinction made bv our Creator can not be wiped out by ver bal or written agreement. The man who is always saying a good word for his home town and backs up his sentiments by aiding in the establish ment of enterprises that will be of benefit to his community, is worth more than a train load of grumblers who sit on the corners and kill time by unjust criticisms. Bishop Candler believes that the real danger of future wars is in China, the most thickly populated country in the world. In point of numbers they can outclass any other nation on earth, and if the sleeping giant is ever aroused m.uv accomplish more than the Germans did in their strug gle to dominate other nations. Sumter countv cast 3,000 votes for bonds for the building of better highways and only 76 against the proposition. The people of Georgia are realizing the necessity of having l etter roads since the gasoline vehicles have become so numerous, and till over the state there is a strong sentiment in favor of those needed improvements. While the southern people will lie paving their respects to tile memory of our soldiers who fought fur states rights in the war between the states, the delegates to the peace conference will be singing the articles of agreement for a lasting world poaee. It is hoped that there will never again be another war. The \ irtory Loan campaign is now 101 and should attraet investors who want something that is safe and at the same time pavs good interest. The I will bear nearly five per cent interest, and as this will be the lust issue to be made bv our government the people evry where should invest their monov in them. The announce*! plans of tin- internal revenue office calls for three thousand agents working in especially arranged zones for the enforcement of prohibition after July Ist. Attention will be paid to all cities win*re violations are an ticipated. Local police officers are expected to aid greatly in enforcing them. The former emperor of Germany states that he was in no way responsible for the great war. But if Germany had won, there i- no doubt that he would have claimed all of the credit for the victory and would have crowned himself king of the world, .just as his old grand daddy crowned him self king of Prussia when France went down in defeat forty seven years ago. The price of meat is higher today than it has been for several years, and this condition is likely to remain un changed until order can be completely restored in Furope and the people return to their normal occupations, which may be several years. For this reason the raising of hogs and beef eatlc will I*** one of the most profitable features of farming. At a patriotic meeting in New York < ity last week one of the men present made an outcry against the American flag, but he was quickly hustled away. People who are so lacking in patriotism as to denounce the flag of the country in which they are living should be forced to leave and com pelled to go to tie- country whose government suits their peculiar ideals. Lowndes county, which has felt the sting of the boll wee vil is preparing to operate a canning factory for the pre servation of fruits and vegetables, which can be made a verv profitable enterprise. When Georgia begins to feed her own people, instead of depending upon other states for what we can produce ourselves, there will be lots of money kept within our borders which now escapes across the state lines. Our people who want to show their patriotism and at the same time make a good investment, should prepare at once to take as many of tin* government bonds as possi Ole. The rate of interest is th largest yet offered and in after years these bonds will be selling at a high premium. See vour banker at once and make arrangements for taking as many bonds as possible. The killings that recently occurred in Jenkins county were direct result of violations of the prohibit ion law. The stump rum that is retailed by some people goes direct to the brain of the drinker and makes him temporarily crazy. It is singular that people who know this to be true will in dulge in the fiery fluid, but they will do it, and tragedies net.rly always result, one crime leading to another. Obe ilienec to law should be more earnestly taught by our school tachers, preachers and newspapers. If America had been a loser in the war against Ger many that country would have exacted from us such hea vy indemnities as to make the Victory Loan look like thir ty cents. As we fortunately won the fight it is now the du ty of our people everywhere to do their best in subscrib ing to the bonds that are being sold by our government in order to put the finishing touches on the big del ts that had to be incurred in order to achieve success. Bulloch county reports that the boll weevil is sitting around on the young cotton plants and waiting for the squares to begin to form in order to raise another brood "of the pestiferous insects which have been so destructive with in the past few years. It is supposed that they will also do some damage in this and adjoining counties this year, and it will be well for our people to be on their guard. The past winter was not sufficiently cold to kill out the battalions that made their appearance last fall, and there is a possibili ty that the cotton crop may be seriously damaged by the visitors. PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE It is natural that Filipino politicians should seek inde pendence, because that would greatly increase their sense of their own importance. Tt would also give them a freer hand in governing the islands and enable them to promote their own interests in various ways. And it would not be at all surprising if a plebiscite should show* that the Fili- J pinos were almost unanimous in favor of independence on sentimental grounds. But from an economic point of view the change would be disadvantageous to them, for they would lose the benefits which have accrued to them in the past* through their connection with this country. As this country gains nothing from its possession of the Philippine islands which it could not gain by reserving one great har bor when giving up all the rest to the natives, it would not lose anything by giving them their independence, but it does not seem to be desirable from the point of view of the welfare of the inhabitants of the islands to act hurriedly in the 'matter. There are other races besides the Filipinos in the islands and it is not at all likply that these less civilized peoples would be treated fairly. Civil wars would be a probable outcome of independence if granted now. The Brooklyn Eagle says: The statement of Secretary Baker and the letter of President Wilson both addressed to a Filipino delegation and favoring early independence for t!i“ Philippine Islands, will hardly cause surprise. Three years ago the President sustained a proposed amendment to the Philippine Government bill which declared for the early release of the islands, and while it is true that he did not push the policy after it had failed of adoption by a House of Representatives containing a Democratic ma jority, lie lias not since shown the slighest disposition to change his views. His letter, read yesterday, reaffirms the attitude lie took in 1016. Secretary Baker’s agreement with him is the generally expected product of a mind whose pro cesses closely resemble those of the President’s, and who has never differed from his chief on a single important is sue. Significant as the President’s declaration may be. it still remains only a declaration which cannot become effective without the sanction of Congress controlled by Republican votes. Republicanism is not committed to the prepetuai tutelage of the Philippines, but on the other hand, the party leaders are not prepared to admit that the Filipinos have reached-that stage of education in government which would justify the surrender to them of control over a mixed popu lation still largely illiterate and in some respects not far re moved from conditions of savagery. Public opinion in the Pnited States regarding the policy of abdication which the President and the Secretary of War so positively indorse will be determined by the discussion which the statement of that policy will now provoke. It will not be determined by partisan arguments between Democrats and Republicans. The issue is not political and discussion of it ought not, a \ a matter of right and justice, to be colored by political pre judicies. Republicans ought not to oppose Philipine inde pendence if it can be shown that the Filipino elements which have given an increasingly largo share in the administra tion of their own affairs are capable of maintaining order, developing education and promoting industry. Democrats ought not to favor the relinquishment of American con trol if it can be shown that these elements are still unfit for tin* responsibility they seek and with which the Presi dent and the Secretary of War are ready to invest them. The retention of the Philippines, as a dependency of the Vnitcd States is not an essential to our interests in the Pacific; it is not essential in any single respect to our posi tion as a nation. But it is an open question whether it will not 1 necessary for some considerable time to the se curity of the islands themselves against internal disturb ances as well as against external aggression. And this as poet of the Philippine question is quite apart from that which relates to the loss certain to ensue when American experience and enterprise and skill in promoting education, commerce and industry gives place to native inexperience. | ALL PROFITS FOR WE, US AND COMPANY All indications point to a combination of capital and labor in all countries to control all business and all prices, and to put an end to individual liberty in industrial pur suits. Such a combination would, no doubt, work satisfac torily to the unions of employers and the labor unions in big factories, but consumers would have to pay the piper, and the sacrifice of personal liberty in industry would be a high price to pay for peace between employers and employ-' The New York World says: Economic conditions which only a month ago threatened political revolution in. Great Britain have bv friendly and patriotic conference between employers and employees been made to serve the cause of justice and progress. Nothing happening since the armis tice has given greater promise of peace and security in that empire. When the Government appointed a committee represent ing capital and labor to consider industrial conflicts amount ing almost to civil war the situation was looked upon as desperate if’ not hopeless. In three week’s time, thanks to reason and conciliation, eight hundred delegates, popular ly supposed to belong to hostile classes, found common ground and agreed upon a policy which if accepted by Par liament should become an example to tin* world . First of all, collective bargaining is to be officially estab lished. A national council, half capital and half labor, is to be created to be accepted by Government as the normal • hannel through which the opinion of industry will be made known. The recognition of trade unions is accompanied by the provision that both employers and employees must obey the orders of their respective organizations. The standard labor week is fixed at forty-eight hours; overtime is discouraged; a minimum wage is recommended and there are other propositions in regard to child labor, unemploy ment, old age and housing. Of highest importance is all this, because now in a legal sense, are the recognition of collective bargaining and the • •nforccd authority of organizations of labor as well a > of capital. With these rules imbedded in law, the man, wheth er employer or employee, who has “nothing to arbitrate” and who intends to <iu as he pleases regardless of community rights will find himself in disfavor. There is nowhere else in the world so sure a safeguard against industrial tyranny, bail faith and violence. This agreement provides for a league of industry as truly as tlie covenant now under consideration at Paris contem plates a League of Nations, but does more than that. It is the response of one great section of English speaking j ipb to the destructive classism of Eastern Europe. Where such principles prevail there will be order, stability, self-respect and equal rights. Every idea thus accepted is an expression in industry of the fundamentals of British liberty. The joint committees unanimous report has been spoken of as anew Magna Gharta. It might more correctly be described as the application of Magna Gharta to modern conditions. In spite of everything that may be done at Paris, there can be no real peace that does not comprehend industry. It is confidence in law that gives promise of relief from international bloodshed and devastation, it is with the same firm reliance upon law that capital and labor in this instance have worked out a solution of difficulties that once seemed insurmountable. What has been done in Great Britain, where the issues are keener than they ever have been here, ought not to be impossible in the Unitd States. The former emperor of Germany disclaims any responsi bility for the recent war which destroyed millions of lives and caused countless wounds and untold suffering .and mis ery. The old buck is really showing some signs of repent ance, probably because he did not win. But this is what the old scamp wrote to Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria soon after the war machine was in operation, and at a time when he thought that success would come to Germany in the onslaught against the nations that were fighting au tocracy: “My soul is torn asunder, but everything must lie put to fire and blood. The throats of men, women, chil dren and the aged must be cut and not a tree nor a house left standing. With such methods of terror, which alone can strike so degenerate a people as the French, the war will finish before two months, while if I use humanitarian methods, it may prolong for years, and despite all my re pugnance, I have had to choose the first system.” THE NEWS & FARMER, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1919 JUROR!) SELECTED FOR MAY TERM OF THE COURT NAMES OF CITIZENS FROM VA RIOUS SECTIONS OF COUN TY APPEAR IN LIST. GRAND JURORS FOR THE MAY TERM, 1919 IT Eben Futral J. B. Sinquefield S. C. Salter J. E. B. Jones M. M. Iladden J. 1). Peacock George T. HaddenJ. T. M. Moore J. M. Adams W. L. Radford K. P. Walden Alva Cockrill J. M. Livingston Robert A. Wren T. H. Livingston W. W. Abbot L. R. Farmer T. (’. Jordan J. (. Smith Dr. ('. E. Rent/ ( Dr. W. B. JordanE. M. Bowen Win. V. Walden S. W. Overstreet W. S. Boyd Dr. P. Hubert W. H. Shivers Lcßoy Smith TRAVERSE JURORS DRAWN FOR THE MAY TERM SUPERIOR COURT, 1919 L. R. Clark (’apt. J. H. Polhill A. F. .lordan Arlie Posey C W. Daniel J. R. Williams F. S. Watkins Robert H. Smith J. W. McFarland G. E. Samples - R. E. Lester C. (\ Parish M. E. Weeks J. W. White W. J. Allen T. Y. Smith J. F. Boone Robert M. Samples T. G. Woods J. L. Yining W. E. Baston J. F. Carswell das. T. Peebles .1 E. Williams J. B. Polhill C. W. Williams J. T. Agcrton I). F. Davis T. B. Williams J. A. Cato G. A. Rooks D. W. Barfield E. M. Manning R. L. Patrick W. A. Burke Isaac A Freeman James King W. J. Douglass J. S. Lewis W. A. Jackson W. R. O’Neal W. M. Whigham E. P. Fleming Love B. Gay K. M. England J. A . Hadden, .Tr. .T. E. Stapleton A. J. Fagile J. W Walden C. 11. Logue W. J. Moxley H. G. Maloney R. A. Beasley Elisha Dukes John S. Ford J. P. Alexander J. L. Smith T. C. Tarver Sam A. Terry Geo. W. Perdue Dan R. Futral A. B. Jordan C. S. Bryant I. *D. Gladden J. N. Roberson Chas. W. Stephens M. A. Battle Thos. W. Ponder R. L. Bostick J. J. Godowns B. P. Avora ,T. C. Tlobbs X. E. Stewart I. X. Woods F. F. Rivers A. 11. Beckum T. B. Brown J. O. Kelley A. T. Salter J. C. Spann L. F. Abbot R. L. Beckwortii J. J. Mays B. H. Warren jA. H. Sammons W. H. Willis Riy B. I’rice S. C. S McNair 11. I Harvey Dawson P. Ponder IC. E. Weeks Paul PresOy jT. B. Prcskitt f Rev. M. R. Little A. S. Smith 'J. F. Brassell PILOT AUTOMOBILES. Mr. E. X. Willie, who has the agen cy in Jefferson county for the famous Pilot Six automobile is now booking orders for spring and summer delivery. This ear is considered the finest in America selling for less than $2,000.00. The Pilot is equipped with the cele brated Teetor motor, which is consid ered the smoothiest running and most economical six cylinder motor made. It is no trouble to get 20 to 22 mil per gallon of gasoline in a Pilot Six. These ears are very light users of lubricating oil and the 75 pound canti lever springs makes it ride like a five thousand car. The Pilot has standard specifications throughout and is equip ped with a Delco lighting, starting and ignition system, genuine leather up holstery, panosote top, Miller tires, Borg cA Beck Clutch, Hess axles and many other standard features that are to be bad on the four thousand dollar car of today. Mr. Willie will deliver one of the new 1919 models for $1750. See him before you buy an automobile. WANTED ALL OVER GEORGIA Atlanta, April 23. —Plans for aerial mail routes throughout Georgia are now being given careful consideration by government officials, Col . B. M. Bailey, recruiting officer for the Geor gia district, having been empowered to negotiate with Georgia towns for the construction of landing fields.’ The air service has promised to send several aeroplanes to this section of the country in order to stimulate inter est in tile aerial mail plans and to ac quaint the public with what is needed in the way of landing fields. While the hilly condition of the most of North Georgia will prove a severe handicap there, Col. Bailey believes i should .prove easy to get landing sites in South Georgia and he intends to be gin his work there. In this regard Griffin gets the jump on all t.he cities of the state this town having already notified Col Bailey its willingness to furnish suitable grounds for the construction of landing field and hangars. It is set forth that the landing field must be at least 500 by 1,000 foot in dimensions with no high obstacles at either side, smooth and if possible of stubble surface. It must also be pos sible for the fivers to get gasoline, not below sixty per cent, gravity, inasmuch ns the expense of transporting it is considerable. The establishment of these fields, es pecially in South Georgia, will be the first step towards an aerial mail ser vice, says Col. Bailey. In a day of labor-assertiveness, Ar thur Brisbane calls attention to the fact that intellect alone causes pro gress. Labor by itself would not move an inch. In Death Not Divided. It Is true that in several parts of China it is still considered an act of virtue for a woman to commit suicide publicly after the death of her hus band. According to the law, the pro ceeding is actually legal in some prov inces, and such is the state of public opinion that in districts where it Is officially prohibited the authorities rarely interfere. Stunning Summer Hats For Ladies and Misses -f - l)Uir: I Miss McMichael, our talented milliner, now has on display in our Millinery Department, the new and charming summer styles in hats for the Ladies’ and Misses’. No matter how* ex pensive or moderately priced bonnet you may desire, for dress or street wear, we can trim for you just the hat you desire. • Our pattern hats, as well as hats of our Milliner’s own de signs, portray fashion’s newest modes of fashion in the summer’s newest colors and shades, cunningly shaped and lovely in designs. We also have a special line of hats for the Misses’, Girls and Children. B. P. Ramsey MILLINERY DEPARTMENT LOUISVILLE, GA. ****************** DAVISBORO * * + + + + * + + ** + **** + + * + Misses Wixie and Nancie Hattaway have returned from a visit to relatives in Augusta. Mrs. .T. S. Mulling has returned from a visit of several days to Macon. Mr. Brady of Madison is the guest of his son, Mr. B. F. Brady. Dress Up Your Ford For Summer Good old summer time is now with us. No doubt your Ford needs new fenders, new top, new radiator or new parts. We now have a big stock of genuine FORD parts and can supply you with anything desired for your FORD. It does not pay to buy substi tute parts for your FORD, but get the genuine. We are the only people who sell genuine FORD parts in Louisville. ACCESSORIES OF EVERY KIND We also have a complete stock of Ford accessories, such as jacks, Pumps, Spot Lights, Spark Plugs, Hand and Electric Horns, Storage Batteries, Trouble Lights, Flash Lights, etc. PERRY PUNCTURE PROOF TUBES Why be bothered this summer with repairing inner tubes in the hot sun? Don’t doit. Save time, money and energy and equip your car with the famous Perry Puncture Proof Tires. They are guaranteed. We also sell Goodrich tires and tubes, and there are none bet ter for the money. We always appreciate your visits. Farmer & Rowe Ford Automobiles and Ford Supplies Louisville, Ga. Mrs. J. 11. Wasden, Misses Elizabeth McAfee and Sara Arnold were visitors to Sandersville last week. Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Jordan, Jr., en tertained for their guest, Miss Morrison in a most charming manner Wednesday evening. The guests motored out to their pretty country home, where sev eral hours were most delightfully spent in music and progressive conversation. Delicious punch was served during the evening. Miss Ellen Grubbs, who has been teaching at Deepstep has returned home. Her school having closed last week. Mr. Wm. Walden of Gibson was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Wald n last week. Don’t forget the Chautauqua dates be ginning next Friday and continuing through Monday the 25th to the 28th, inclusive. A good program will be given, morning, afternoon and night.