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THE NEWS & FARMER
Entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Louisville, Ga,
under the Act of Congress, March 8, 1879.
Published Every Thursday.
VIRGINIA POLHILL PRICE Editor
J. W. WHITE Associate Editor
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PRAYER AS PART OF THEIR FIGHT ON THE
BOLL WEEVIL.
County Agent Mr. H. W. Collins, in Floyd County has
organized every farmer there in an intense fight on the boll
weevil. The farmers have been formed into squads Of four
to five, with a leader for each squad. Mr. Collins is instruct
ing these leaders carefully and he is sure that the pest will
bfe controlled.
The prayer meeting of the campaign was had Friday.
At that time those who had assembled thought of prayer.
Declaring that he believed that the annihilation of the weevil
could be accomplished, Mr. Collins asked one of the ministers
who was present to lead the group on prayer. The Rome
News’ story of the meeting is very interesting and appeal
ing:
“With bared heads bowed beneath the beaming rays
of a June sun, more than fifty Rome business men Fri
day afternoon united their spirits in a prayer offered by
Dr. John H. Wood, pastor of First Christian church, that
they might be given Divine guidance and strength in
the warfare on the boll weevil that they were about to
begin. They had assembled in a cotton patch on the out
skirts of the city to be given instructions by County
Agent Collins on the correct method of poisoning the
boll weevil, so that they might be able to go out Monday
as messengers for Mr. Collins in conveying the informa
tion to farmers in Floyd county.
“The minister prayed that the men there assembled
might be given the knowledge, strength and the will to
combat the pest that for two years has destroyed the
cotton crop of this county. He asked forgiveness for
the laziness and indifference that has existed in the past
and thanked God for blessings that have been bestowed
in abundance, and prayed that all who are concerned
might be endowed with the ability to make use of the
means that have been placed in their hands to combat
the pest.”
Immediately after the prayer, Mr. Collins gave a prac
tical talk and demonstration of boll weevil poisoning methods
and instructed the men on how to proceed when they hold
similar demonstrations at 57 points that have been desig
nated.
“FREE SCHOOL BOOKS” FALLACY '
The cause of education is dear to the hearts of the
people of Georgia, and when only 3 per cent of the pupils
who enter the primary grade of grammar schools ever com
plete a high school education, we realize that the situation is
serious indeed. As Superintendent Parks showed in his an
nual report, the teacher of the one-room school in the country
gets, on an average, only about 25 per cent as much salary
as the average teacher in the cities, and hundreds of
schools in the country are open for less than nine months in
the year.
And yet it seems that if the appropriations for education
are made more liberal other interests that are of great im
portance will have to be neglected.
It is in circumstances like these that the proposal is
made to compel the state to furnish free school books to all
the children in the public schools of Georgia.
In Alabama a similar effort is being made, apd a “Pa
rent” writes as follows to The Montgomery Advertiser:
“Free” text books make the future look ’bright and
attractive and the. day should come when Alabama
should be able to indulge in this paternal extravagance
but that time has surely not come while Alabama boys
and girls are still crowded into stuffy one-room build
ings where ventilation, lights and heat are wanting. It
will not be time for free text books until there are more
and better schools and better paid teachers.
It would require at least two million dollars a year to
provide free text books for the school children of Ala
bama. This amount would build 5,000 reasonably good
rural schools in five years or would increase the salary
of 10,000 worthy school teachers two hundred dollars a
year.
Free text books would simplify the problems of the
publishing houses and book agents, but really, honest
to-goodness, can any thoughtful person feel that free
text books should come before we have free schools and
better schools and more schools?
We probably need better text books than some we
are now using, but free text books are surely not for the
state that yet has to provide free schools for thousands
of its best children.
Our children would probably enjoy silk dresses and
toy automobiles, but we would not provide these until
they had food to nourish their bodies.
Free schools are the “meat and bread” of our educa
tional needs. Free text books are the luxuries we can '
afford to wait for.
Let us use the severance tax for providing schools.
If we build schools and provide transportation for school
children we will all find a way to get text books. Two
million dollars a year for books without schools is a
pretty big step in the direction of putting the cart be
fore the horse.
Our people are willing to be taxed for schools but
we can still be happy without free books.
One of the leading members of the General Assembly
of Georgia has gone on record to the effect that he will
oppose the expenditure of a single dollar for the cause of
permanent highways until Georgia has provided free school
books for the children of the State. Now, it is as true in
Georgia as it would be in Alabama that the money spent
in purchase of school books by the state would erect 5,000
reasonably good school houses in the country. It is equally
true that if we would issue bonds with which to complete a
system of permanent highways, connecting all the county
sites of the state, it would be possible to erect another 5,000
rural schools. Better still it would make it possible to have
a greater number of community schools, with the daily
school bus covering a larger territory and insuring greater
regularity of attendance.
We will never get anywhere until we adopt the policy of
doing first things first. P’ree school books is a piece of pa
ternalistic jugglery, by which .all the people will be taxed for
the benefit of merely a part of the people.
When a man plants himself on the statement that he
will not vote to spend a cent on permanent highways until
Georgia adopts free school books he writes himself down as
falling far short of statesmanship, to put it mildly.—Macon
News.
GRAND CIRCUIT RACE
HALTED BY ELEMENTS
Five Heats Had Been Finish
ed—Record Broken.
North Randall, Cleveland, Ohio,
July 3—Rain brought t 6 a sudden
ending today's Grand Circuit purse
racing after five heats had been
raced off and a stake record broken.
The horses had just finished the
final heat of the first event won
by Hal Abbe when the rain came.
Two heats of the Ohio state 85,000
jurse fiad been finished. It was in
I this event that the record was
broken; winning the first heat in
2:0,3 2-5, Favottia, driven by Fred
Edman. of Memphis, lowered the
time of 2:04 1-4 made by Mabel
Trask in 1010. Clyde, the Great,
which trotted a half in 1:01 1-5 in
setting the pace in this mile, broke
coming down the stretch but won
the second heat in 2:04 2-5.
OCCUPY TOWN
Dueeseldorf, July 3—-French troops
yesterday occupied the town of
VVesthofen, northeast of Hagen, ac
cording to German sources arresting
the burgomaster, station master,
postmaster and other city officials.
THE NEWS AND FARMER, LOUISVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1923.
“Big Eight” of Assembly Are
All Substantial Legislators
WiU Have Devolve Upon
Them Duty of Engineering
Important Legislation
Through Both Branches.
Atlanta, July 3.—The legislative
“big eight" are the eight men who,
as heads of the important commit
tees, are going to have devolve upon
them the duty of engineering the
important legislation through both
branches. The president, the speaker
the chairman of the appropriations,
wavs and means and the rules com
mittees.
President Carswell of the Senate
and. Speaker Neill of the House are
well versed, “seasoned" and sub
stantial legislators.
On the twb appropriations com l
mittee are Representative Culpepper
in the House and Senator George
Lankford in the upper branch. Rep
resentative Culpepper has had a long
and really arduous experience with
the construction of an appropriations
bill, particularly the last one, in ad
dition to which he has throughout
the interval between adjournment of
the last legislature and the Organi
zation of this one, made as intimate
a study of the state finances as per
haps any man in either branch of
the assembly. The bills of that
nature all have to originate in the
House, as do also bills raising reve
nue with which to pay the appro-
I priations.
Served Twice.
Senator George Lankford, of
Toombs county, has twice or three
J times served in House appropria
j tions committees, and holds Out the
record of having served on more
conference committees to straighten
out financial measure tangles be
tween the two branches than prob
ably any other man in the state in
! the same length of time.
On ways and means Rcpreseata
; tive Howard Ennis of Raldwin will
i head the body in the House and
| Senator Mayson of Hart county the
j same body in the senate. Than Mr.
I Ennis there is no better posted man
in the state on the subject matter
he will have to guide, while Mr.
Mayson, in his long service in the
House before going to the senate is
amply fitted and qualified.
It is not at all the construction
of the important legislation with
[which the rules committee of either
| branch has to do, but the dispatch
i of business in the preparation of a
working calendar, in such a way as
!to fight off congestions that fre
quently endanger the final passage
of the important legislation that
falls on the rules committee. That
body is the steering department
which is charged with the responsi
bility of moving the business depart
ment so that there may be no con
gestion on the heel of the calendar
that will clog the. whole machine.
Have Right of Way.
There are only two legislative
measures which automatically have
right of way—the general tax act
and the general appropriations bill.
While neither of these could be
blocked because of the rule provid
ing that the chairman of the re
spective committees may call them
into action at any time he sees fit,
after they have been reported for
final passage, it is a fact that this
is the particular point against which
the rules committee has to guard—
has to watch in order to keep an
open way for those bills, and at the
same time insure the other import
ant legislation an open way for ac
tion. In the House the vice chair
man of the. rules committee. Repre
sentative Herrman Millner of
Dodge if one of the members of the
legislature who. through study and
an unusually frequent service in the
presiding officer's chair while he
was speaker pro tem. knows the leg
islative rule book from cover to
cover, and with it has a familiarity
with the intimacies of legislative
procedure. In the Senate Senator
Stephen Pace, as vice chairman the
rules committee, has taken into that
body a former experience on the
House rules committee, an apt legal
mind, and a legislative knowledge
that especially fits him for the
post.
These are the “Big Eight.” The
■ particular piece of machinery which
each is to guide begins today to
function fully. The organization is
now complete on both sides of the
assembly floor of the capitol, and
the ship of state is being guided
somewhere by competent skippers.
SBS2 WRECK MARRIAGE.
Chicago.—Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Coney were happily married until
the wife, lent 8882 to her husband.
She had to sue to get it back and
then they parted.
ECONOMIC LEAGUE ~
PRESIDENT WORKS
TO NOMINATE FORD
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FREE'S REPLY TO
BRITISH QUERY OH
RUHR inCLUSIVE
Offers No Solution of the
Seemingly Indeterminable
Indemnities Problem, Is the
General Verdict.
WAY LEFT OPEN FOR
FURTHER DISCUSSION
Disappointment in British
Official Circles that Neither
of Allies Show Disposition
to Recede.
London. July 3.—France’s long
awaited reply to the British memo
randum on reparations was present
ed to Foreign Secretary Marquis
Curzon late this afternoon, but it
offers no solution erf the seemingly
indeterminable indemnities problem.
Count de Saint Aulaire, the
French ambassador, in an earnest
talk with Lord Curzon lasting nearly
an hour and a half, set forth
France’s views on various plases of
the Ruhr question, but failed to de
fine in specific terms his country's
exact position on some of the
points raised in Lord Curzon s re
cent questionnaire.
The general verdict of those in
a position to know what took place
at the conference is that it was un
satisfactory and inconclusive but
those authorities were quick to add
that the way was left open for fur
ther dscussion. This is taken to
mean that the exchange of views will
continue for another week and per
haps longer.
Count de Saint Aulaire’s conver
sation with Lord Curzon occurred
soon after the foreign secretary had
been wjjh Baron Moncheur, the
Belgian ambassador, nearly an hour.
It is understood Baron Moncheur’s
talk showed Belgium to be in gen
eral unanimity with France on the
principal issues of the reparation
controversy.
Officials Disappointed.
There was undisguised disappoint
ment in British official circles that
neither of the allies showed a dispo
sition to recede on their previously
expressed demands. At the same
time, talk of a rupture is dismissed
and the suggestion of independent
action by Great Britain is but light
ly accepted.
“An effective solution of the prob
lem can be found only in the unit
ed action of all the allies” said one
British official tonight. “If we act
ed separately, what assurances
could w'e give Germany that she
would be safe from interference by
France.”
This official likened independent
action by Great Britain to that of
a person taking a lease on a house
where there was no security and
where a stream of lava might des
troy the structure at any moment.
The whole reparations problem
will be discussed at tomorrow’s cab
inet meeting in the light of today's
conference with the French and Bel
lian envoys. Meanwhile the foreign
office announces that nothing will
be given out for publication until
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Fever, Dengue or Bilious
Fever. It destroys the germs.
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Louisville Bonded Warehouse Cos.
This Chap Was “From
Missouri .”
Rochester, N. Y-, July 3.—A
small boy entered Henry C. Van
derberg’s grocery here today.
There was a counter of fire
works close to the door.
“Are these any good?" asked
the boy as he touched a match to
a fire cracker on the pile.
Before the grocer could answer
there was an explosion that
wrecked windows and showcases.
Firemen extinguished the blaze
that followed after nearly SI,OOO
damage had beer.t?done. The boy
left.
TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE.
There are two kinds of people on
earth today.
Just two kinds of people, no more,
I say;
Not the saint and the sinner, for
’tis well understood
The good are half bad and the bad
are half good;
Not the rich and the poor, for to
count a man's wealth
You must first know the state of
his conscience and health;
Not the humble and proud, for in
life's little span
Who puts on vain airs is not counted
a man';
Not the happy and sad, for the swift
flying years
Bring each man his laughter and
each man his tears.
No! The two kinds of people on
earth I mean
Are the people who lift and the peo
ple who lean.
Wherever you go you will find the
world’s masses.
Are always divided in just these two
classes.
And oddly enough you will find, too,
1 ween.
There is only one lifter to twenty
who lean.
In which class are you? Are you
easing the load
Of overtaxed lifters who toil down
the road?
Or are you a yeaner who lets others
hear
Your portion of labor and worry
and care?
the conferences have disclosed more
conclusive decisions.
No date has been set for resump
tion of the negotiations with Count
de Saint Aulaire and Baron Mon
eheur.
Extra fine darning done at
reasonable prices. Mrs. T. F.
Caulk.
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FARM PROPERTY ON CREDIT.
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PROGRAMME
Shadowland Theatre
Thursday and Friday, July sth and 6th—
LILA LEE and JAMES KIRKWOOD play in “EBB TIDE”
The story written by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS, is the
greatest South Sea romance of them all written by the
greatest loved writer who ever lived. Its a magnificent pro
duction by the man who made “THE SHEIK.” The cast is
truly all-star. The story is an adventure masterpiece, color
ful with the passion and ruthlessness of the tropics. Mr.
Malford who made this picture thinks its a better produc
tion than the SHEIK. There will be two shows daily, Mati
nee 4:00 o’clock. Night, 8:30 o’clock. Admission—lsc and
25c.
Saturday, July 7th—
TOM MIX, in “THREE JUMPS AHEAD”
Tom Mix is the screen’s best horseman and in this great
picture of the WESTERN PLAINS you will see him in his
best work. If this picture doesn’t thrill and excite you—
then you had better call a doctor. Don’t miss it.
Monday and Tuesday, July 9th and 10th—
HAROLD LLOYD in “SAFETY LAST”
Harold needs no introduction to the fans of The Shadowland,
however a few will be surprised to know that “The Comedy
King” is going to appear in a seven reel picture. Ere this
Mr. Lloyd has never made a picture over five reels. “SAFETY
LAST” is sure to please everybody. Its a spanking new
picture having shown in a very few cities in Georgia. This
wonderful picture cost the Shadowland more money than any
picture we have ever run. We are straining a point to give
our loyal patrons the best pictures on the screen. “Safety
Last” is such a thrilling picture and is one that has so com
pletely come up to all expectations that we are going to guar
antee your satisfaction. If this picture doesn’t please you,
stop at the ticket office and request your money back, it will
be instantly refunded upon your request.
There will be three shows daily, Matinee 4 P. M., night shows,
7:30 and 9:00 o’clock. Admission 15c, 25c and 50c.
Shadowland Theatre
Next Door to Polhill-Denny Drug Cos.
LOUISVILLE, GA.
SELLING THE
SURPLUS PROFITS
At this time of the year practical
ly every farmer has a surplus of
produce that he woud like to dis
pose of; and at the same time the
town or city housewife would like
to buy some “home grown” fruits
and vegetables; and it is evident
that the meeting ground for the
satisfying of these mutual wants is
not as definite as it might be. The
farmer’s surplus may be eggs,
chickens, peaches, pears, apples,
plums, beans, potatoes, tomatoes, or
grapes. But how is he going to dis
pose of such a miscellaneous lot of
produce?
A large part of such products are
eaten raw, and cleanliness is of
prime importance. No article of food
Should be offered for sale „ that
shows any evidence of disease, in-’
sects, or dirt- If half of the peaches
are wormy, give that to the pig
and sell the rest, and you will lose
nothing.
Next in importance is the con
tainers. Very small fruits are sold
in quart baskets, and the larger
fruits are packed in gallon baskets
of the same type; while vegetables
are handled in large baskets, hamp
ers or crates. Any one who has gone
to the trouble and expense of rais
ing these crops should be sufficient
ly interested in their sale to put
them in clean attractive containers.
They should be of the appropriate
size, dean, free from dirt, free from
foreign odor, and as attractive as
possible.
Next is the handling of the com
modities. Most fruits and vegetables
are ripe at the time of harvesting;
and this alone is an idication that
they are subject to deterioration
with the slightest bruise or ill treat
ment. Most vegetables may be wash-
SHOT TO DEATH
Houston, Texas, July 3—Otto
Lange, farmer, living near Somer
ville, Burleson county, was shot to
death during a struggle with four
masked men who came to take him
from his home last night, accord
ing to word received here this af
ternoon.
Orders taken for Fudge,
Divinity and Brown Sugar
Candy. Mildred Phillips.
ins
REMEDY.
tar > FOR THE RELIEF OF (
Coughs; Colds.’Croupl
[whooping COUGH. HOARSENESS j
[BRONCHITIS.]
.“SOLD EVERYWHERE- ,
ed immediately after picking, but
fruits are rarely washed, in fact ber
ries and like fruits should be pick
ed only when perfectly dry, and
should never be wet afterwards. All
fruits should be taken to the shade
as soon as possible after gathering,
and kept as cool as possible until
they reach the market.
The housewife will profit mater
ially by making a few observations
before buying “home grown” prod
ucts. She seeks a proper balance
between quality and quantity of
foods. Before buying she might no
tice the following qualities; matur
ity of the product, age of the food,
cleanliness, attractiveness and gen
eral environmental conditions.
There is very seldom an over-pro
duction of high quality fruits and
vegetabier, when they are properly
packed and placed before the con
sumer in an attractive manner.
J. G. WOODROOF,
Assistant Horticulturist.
NOW!
The Unprecedented and Extraor
dinary announcement is made—that
from now on there will be
Colored
Comics
Every
Day
In a Four Page
Comic Section
With The
ATLANTA GEORGIAN
Reduced Round Trip Fares
Summer Travel
TYBEE “Where Ocean Breezes Blow” and other attrac
tive South Atlantic Seaside Resorts.
New York, Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia and
resorts in the East via Savannah and steam
ship going and returning same route; or
going one route, returning another.
Lake and Mountain Resorts in the Carolinas, Virginia,
Tennessee and Kentucky.
Resorts in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Denver, Estes Park, Colorado Springs, Manitou, Mesa
Verde National Park, Pueblo and other re
sorts in Colorado.
Yellowstone National Park in Montana and Wyoming.
Glacier National Park in Montana. Grand
Canyon, Arizona.
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego, Santa
Barbara, California; Portland, Oregon;
Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma, Washington;
Vancouver and Victoria, B. C., Lake Louise
and Banff, Alta.
St. Johns, New Brunswick; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Toronto,
Ottawa and Muskoke Lake, Ont.; Montreal,
Murray Bay and Quebec, Que., and other
resorts in Canada.
Resorts in New York, Massachusetts, Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey, and
Rhode Island.
Total fares, schedules, routes, service, sleeping and parlor car
accommodations and any other information or assistance
you may desire will be cheerfully and promptly supplied
by Passenger and Ticket Agents.
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