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SEMT-WEEKLY TIMES-ENTERPKI8K, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1^14.
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THE SOUTH’S LESSON.
Tbd South today la staggering un
der a gigantic load of unmarketa
ble cotton. It’s shoulders are bent
double with the burden and It’a sin
ews are strained to the breaking
Dally and Semi-Weekly Times-Enter- .. , . , ...
prise Published by the Times En-j l>°>nt with the excess weig.it ol 'ts
terprlse Company, ThomasvMe, Ga. folly. We have the largest cotton
crop ever raised and the staple Is on
our hands, without the possibility of
E. R. JEUGER Editor
W. D. HARGRAVE Bils. M«t.
“ Entered at the Thomasvllie p„t j marketing at a price which will ln-
Offlce for Transmission Through the j sure a legitimate profit to the man
Mats as Second Class Mail Matter, j whpse t0 „ and energy are dlrectly
Subscription Ratra: I responsible for its cultivation.
?. ne J W fw **’!! ! This year presents a lesson which
, ■ ■ — — 11 should prove the most beneficial
Cotton seed makes good fertilizer, j that has ever been visited upon a
■ ■ 11. s ■— misguided people. The critical flnan-
Theie are two million men and cial stringency, caused by a war for
MEIGS NEWS NOTES.
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(Continued From Pago One.)
women idle in Germany, but then a
lot of Germans are busy in France.
which we are not responslole, and in
which we are not participating,
should give weight to the words of
Til.® man who deserves no sympa-! the wise when they advise use of our
thy is he who rides in an auto when troubles and present the only ponsi-
he can’t well pay his house rent. ble way out of difficulties in future
a years similar in intensity and fraught
The Tuckertowm wireless station ■ with as much real distress,
ought to buy a bale now, that it s j The **buy-a-bale-of-cotton” move-
operations are allowed to continue.! me nt has proven beneficial to many
0 | individual farmers In Georgia, but
Villa, et. al., must not be receiv- j ^ w m prove a curse rather than a
ing enough dope from Europe to j blessing If it does not prevent a cur-
claim any of their time and atten- j tailment of next year’s cotton crop.
tIon * j If, in the course of human events,
° — j the farmer, with his usual logic,
The English government is going; plantg heavily because he thinks his
to give free liceness to soldiers and ■ neighbor Is not going to, the flnan-
sailors if they desire to marry be- ■ c j a | condition of the South today will
fore going to fight. be paradise, compared to its condi-
0 I tion next year at the same time. The
These melancholy days, when “11- "boy.lM.ale’’ movement will not be
linery Is put before the female eye,' acIo , ]g then for th# man or
are going to be more melancholy than 1 men who are hoIdlng cotton thlJ
ever this year. year for the beneflt of the man wb0
raises it, will not be led Into suc'i a
Go out to the experiment station ste *> again, when he sees that the far-
tomorrow morning and hear what J nier has deliberately Jeopardized the
the state Is doing for the farmers of friendliness and assistance of the
this section. (year previous, by duplicating his cot-
n ,ton crop.
Try getting up with the sun some ! There are eighteen million bales
day. It’s the most refreshing and of cotton to be disposed of. Sixteen
delightful experience you can imag- 1 million bales represents the South s
tne. J business this year. If six million bales
, 0 1 1 - 1 ' (are held, there are twelve million
' ’It's possibly tust as .well that the' hales to be disposed of and the manu-
blindness of love is of short dura- j factories of the great^European and
tion, for this world couldn’t get along , Oriental countries are not able to
without some Teality and realization t consump
of the real things.
Oak and hickory leaves and corn
cobs are going to be used by one
progressive Thomasville farmer, in
lieu of German potash, and they say
it will work to advantage.
The South raised sixteen million t0 " ,ant cot,on wlth Just enoul; ”
bales of cotton this year. Tea mil- foot products t0 keep them alive ’ and -
Hon of those hales, in Its equivalent | nece8sltatlnB an enormoU8 ° u ' la y of
money to the Middle West for food
supplies. These supplies can be
raised at home on Georgia soil, in
most Instances, at a price much less
than it costs In the Middle West, and
without the added expense of freight.
The result Is apparent. Cotton
brings what the manufacturing world
wants to give for It, and the men of
In hogs, would be a much more
profitable Investment next year.
Just by way of comment, we might
say that the girls who have decided
to wear cotton stockings, can do so,
and their statement to that effect
will be all the necessary evidence.
,, „ i the Middle West are growing fat and
More corn, more hogs, more live- ° ,
' waxing rich on the hard-earned dot-
stock, more hay and grain are need-
od by the Georgia farmers, and it’a
folly to send away for it and pay a
profit, when It can be raised at home
at a profit.
If those big manufacturing con
cerns that are purchasing a thou
sand and upward bales of cotton,
would Invest that same money In
cotton factories and use the cotton
lar of the South.
We ar e a misguided people, striv
ing with all our energy and vitality
to enrich the farmers whose efforts
are expended along more solvent and
Intelligent lines. Must we continue
In this rut of poverty; must we
drain our pockets to supply a mar
ket for the food stuff, which Is rais
ed it, the West; must we overlook
Instead of storing It, there would be 1 our Interests because of a horrible
another tale to tell.
THE EXPERIMENT STATION
HERE.
I mania for planting cotton? We have
reached a point where the reallza-
I tlon 1b brought home In most amaz
ing manner. It Is raise our own
food on our own land, or starve.
Thomas CoimTlarmers unant- j w « have the land, the possibilities,
mously endorsed the work of the the opportunities. It’s our own
State Agricultural experiment suh-' death Knell as a progressive people,
station, located near Thomaaville. | lf *e do not mend our ways as tn-
Thls action was taken by a represen-: teII| Bence and sanity prompts,
tatlve assemblage of business men I Tho Soutb muat ralse lta ° wa tood
and farmers from all section, of the‘ and ” ake cotton lta surplua crop ’
county. It was done after tho ri,l- land that da * arriT “’ « wl " be
tor. had Ilatened to addresses ex-' 1 ”* 1 * * lth “ d « roaad un '
plaining the effort, of the men la' the ruthless heel of the food rata-
v . .. .... . ing farmer and the railroads.
charge of the station and a short re- ^
sume of the Intentions for the sood ‘ 0
of South Georgia farmers. | Some day, when we ran into an
This expression of approval Is sat- ( extra buncCi of nerve and gall, we
flclent unto Itself and fully oorrobo- shall endeavor to print In a reada-
rates and Justifies the approprla- ( ble way some of the scandal which
tloas made from both city x and .is being exploited around the town,
county treasuries toward Its main- j and let the scandallzers see how fool-
tcnance. We hope that the State ^ uh and how inan# are their State-
Board will see fit to continue this ^ ments, when In the fall light of fact,
work here, for It is just in an tn-. _
clplent stage and only starting to} 0
perfect a work which will mean the Even the football casualties will
•avlng of thousands of dollars to be overwhelmingly out-numbered by
toms house receipts. The Imports
and exports have fallen off even in
tho short space of a little over two
months—or, since war was declared
—to the amount that Uncle Sara Is
having to levy a special war tax to
meet the deficiency, which, of course
comes from the pockets of# the peo
ple In the wind up. And this Is not
all the cost to the Washington gov
ernment, for don’t we have to keep
so to speak, policemen in the shape
of big battles.ilps at every inlet on
our many thousands of miles of sea
board on the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, as well as the Gulf of Mexl-
Not saying anything about the
Philippines ana Hawaiian Islands,
that we tnay >reserve our neu
tral attitude to all the warring na
tions. The above does not, of course
include the loss of our exporting
merchants, nor the man who manu
factures a thousand different things,
which when times are normal, seek
and find a market among the people
who are now engaged in slaughter
ing one another, for no known valid
reason, save to please the vanity of
the war lords. Is it possible that
the South will not learn a lesson by
this European disturbance, most es
pecially the cotton growers, and pre
pare themselves against Just such
an emergency as now presents it
self? The food producing states are
now living high at our expense,
which should not be the case. A
word to the wise is—but they have
been informed a thousand times be
fore.
Negro Man Killed *t Hansell*
Another accident, resulting In
death, caused, we hear, by careless
ness, occurred at Hansell a few days
ago, when the engine and tender of
the locomotive of the tram road, ran
over a negro, who fell under the
wheels while attempting to walk
from a flat car to the tender, on a
pole used for coupling. We under
stand the victim was cut about half
in two, dying in a few minutes.
A Word to Guano Agents.
Why not the guano men come
across some with the farmers’ loss
in the low price of cotton, by giving
them 10 cents per pound, when
placed on guano notes? The war
can’t last always, and when it does
clear up’, there is no reasonable
doubt but what the price of cotton
will at least reach ten cents, if not
more, which will reimburse the
guano man and give much needed
relief to the farmers. Don’t be
unwise and kill the goose that lays
your golden eggs, by forcing the far
mer to sell his products at a heavy
loss, when you could so easily help
him out of trouble.
Local and Personal Mentions.
The rain for the past three days
is doing much good to cane, potatoes
and garden farming, but damaging
to the hay crop and what open cot
ton left in the fields. We are glad
to say that there is not much open
cotton in the fields in this section,
however, as the farmers got busy
.x- * ~ some time ago and have nearly hous-
that amount this year, ln, ed ^ crops Many flleld5 are now
looking black.
Mr. R. W. Jones, who lives eight
miles west, tn Grady county, was
attending to business In town Wed
nesday last. Mr. Jones is one of
Grady County's largest and most
successful fnrmers. The making of
twenty bales of cotton to the mule
Is no big job for him, and he also
has plenty of corn and other provis
ions to supply home demand.
Dr. T. M. Molntosh. of Thomas
ville made ft professional call here
last Saturday.
We noticed a few days slnpe a
flock of wild geese wending Khoir
way southward, which goes to show
we have often heard, that they are
running away from cold weather, to
a warmer climate.
Messrs. Edgar L. Howell, Gordon
Davis and Joe H. Alllaood returned
from Madison, Fla., Monday, whore
they had been spending a day or
so for their health’s sake.
Col. J. M. Austin Is preparing to
move his law office from the city
hall, Maaonlc building, to the old
Jones building, on the corner of De
pot and Church Street.
Miss Rena Perkle, of Karl, Ga., Is
visiting her sister, Mrs. W. G. Stokes
this week.
Mr. J. D. Goldberg and Mr. L.
Frostig, two of oar prosperous He
brew merchants, spent Wednesday-
last In Thomasville, the occasion
being a Jewish religious holllday,
Yom Klppur.
The debate, which was billed for
Wednesday evening last, at the
School House auditorium, was post
poned until next Wednesday night,
on account of a death in town and
the bad weather combined. The
question to be debated Is; "Re
solved. That the United States
should have a larger Navy." The
time of both '°s would forecast
some speaking, therefore every one
who can should attend. Admission,
free.
With every available building In
town full, they are now using the
Streets for storing purposes.
CONGflESSMlN PARK'S BILL
DECEIVES MUCH AHEIUTI!
Atlanta, Sept. 30.—Judge Frank
Park, Congressman from the second
district of Georgia, has Introduced a
bill designed to handle the cotton
problem, which Is meeting wit
great deal of approbation. The bill
authorizes state banks to form clear
ing house associations, to issue cer
tificates redeemable on October 1,
1915, in legal tender.
Business men connected with the
cotton Industry say such certificates
would go a long way toward solving
the currency problem. The farmer
who was paid for his cotton could
pass them on to the merchant or the
banker and they would serve all the
purposes of actual money. The
press of Congressman Park's home
district has been cordial In endors
ing his plan. It Is possible that
Congress, now wrestling with the
cotton problem, may adopt this as a
part of a plan to relieve the eondi-
tions.
TELEPHONE POLE BREAKS
time of stress. There will be an ex
cess over the demand even It six mil
lion bales are held for a better
price. This cotton represents, In
most Instances the money of the
farming class.
Most of them have misinterpreted
their Interests to such an extent as
this section of the State.
the European war records.
MRS. W. ill PARKER
DIED WEU MORNING
Beloved Woman Passed Away After
Suffering Several Weeks—Fun-
uncral Held Thursday,
Mrs. w‘. Hall Parker died Wed
nesday morning at 8;30, at the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Parker,
on Remington Avenue. Death came
after an Illness lasting over a per
iod of several weeks, and was not
unexpected to those who have watch
ed over and cared for her during
that time. For several days she has
been at a very low ebb of life, and
during that time all hope for her
recovery was abandoned by attend
ing physicians.
Mrs. Parker before her marriage
was Miss Alice May Dawson, a daugh
ter of Colonel and Mrs. H. 3. Daw
son, and was born In Vicksburg,
Mississippi. She moved with her
father later to New Orleans, and
then to St. Paul, where Mr. Parker
married her, October 23. 1890. She
Is survived by her husband and by
one sister, Mrs. Charles Steele,
St. Paul.
Since her residence In Thomas
ville, she has made many Warm
friends by her natural charm and
Mr. S. H. Wilson, one of the mem- lovable traits of character. She was
bera of the construction force of the j cordial, warm-hearted and generous
Southern Bell, was severely Injured | and her life will remain In the 'vem-
Tuesday morning, when a pole upon j ory of those who have known and
which he was working, fell to the loved her.
ground. Mr. Wilson was on top of | The funeral occurred Thursday
the pole, on Fletcher and College I morning at ten o'clock, at the resi-
Streets, and had disconnected the! dence of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Parker,
wires, preparatory to placing them on | Rev. W. H. Higgins, Rector of 3t.
a new pole. Suddenly, and without | Thomas’ Episcopal Church, of which
warning, when the wire were dls- the deceased was a member, con-
connected, the pole fell. Seeing the I ducted the services. The pall bear-
lmmlnent peril on the sharp pickets Iers were Messrs. John F. Parker,
of Mr. Bibb’s fence, he endeavored D. H. Parker, C. S. Parker, 0. W.
to climb out of the way, thinking the Parker, J. W. Parker, of Pelham, j
fall would be broken by the fence, and Frank Parker. The Interment |
and he would be safe on the other took place in. Laurel Hill Ceme-
And Lineman Is Precipitated Upon
Plceket Fence Tuesday Morning—
Wounds Will Not Prove Serious,
Bay Physicians.
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Or write for further information to
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side. tery.
Instead, he feii directly on the
picket fence, one of the pickets
piercing his thigh, a short distance
above the knee and penetrating to
the hone. The other leg was also
pierced below the knee. The most
serious wound Is the first mentioned,
but physicians, after dressing It, are
of the. opinion that he will he out
and at work within a month, and
will Buffer no serious Inconvenience
from the effects.
Mr. Wilson, with his wife, have
been In the city for several weeks,
working on the line extensions, which
the Southern Bell has been doing.
His home fs at Commerce, Georgia.
Friends here will be glad to know
that the wounds are no more ser
ious than reported, although many I
feared he was killed, especially as
the fall was for a distance of about
twenty feet. '
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Readily Overcome
The Active Principle of a
Famous Remedy Works
Wonders.
GREEN * REYNOLDS will dig your
deep wells. Pavo, Ga. 1-sw-tf.
WANTED—Second hand, two-horse
cane will. Address J. L. Barwlck,
Harwich, Ga. 28-4tsw.
FOR SALE—1 Mitchell autd; good
condition; cash or exchange for
cotton at 10c pound. M. D. Dobbs,
Thomasville, Ga. 26-3td-3tsw
WOMEN—Sen guaranteed hosiery to
friends, neighbors and general
wearer; 70 per cent profit; rp&ke
$10 daily; experience unnecessary.
International Mills, West Phtla
delphia. Pa.
L03T—Cow, Ted, with white face,
streak of white under stomach*
both horns sawed off. Escaped
from Ochlocknee Thursday. Noti
fy J. G. Porter, R. F. D. 1. 0<;h-
locknee. d A sw.
Police Matinee.
Police matinee yesterday after
noon lasted but a short time. The
usual number of fights and drunks
were assessed proportionately to the
nature of their offenses.
Mayor Beverly assessed the same
fine against Mr. G. T. Porter, for a
violation of the liquor law, after a
trial of the case. The liquor was
purchased by a negro, according to
the evidence, but Mr. Porter denied
that he had ever sold it. The fine
was n hundred dollars, including
cost, and ninety days. The case
will be certiorated, and bond was
-Wen immediately.
Many people hare marveled the’ way
S. 8. S. overcomes ikln troubles. The ex
planation is the fact that 8. 8. S. works
In the blood and the blood Is really a most
Intricate and extraordinary mass of arteries
and veins.
When you come to realize that the skin
and the flesh beneath are composed of a
network of tiny blood vessels you solve the
mystery.
There are wonderful medicinal properties
In S. S. 8. that follow the course of the
blood streams Just as naturally as the most
nourishing food elements.
It la really a remarkable remedy. It
contains one Ingredient, the active purpose
of which la to stimulate the tissues to the
healthy selection of Its own essential nutri
ment. And the medicinal elements of this
matchless blood purllier are just as essen
tial to well-balanced health as the nutri
tious elements of the meats, grtlns, fats
and sugars of our daily food.
Not one drop of minerals or drags !s used
tn Its preparation. Ask for 8. 8. 8. and
Just Insist upon having It. And lf you de
sire skillful advice and counsel upon any
matter concerning the blood and skin, writ*
to the Medical Department, 1%e Swift
Specific Co., 52D Swift Bldg., Atlaata. Ga.
Do not allow some zealous clerk’s elo-
S uenee over so* -thing "Just aa good” as
i, 8. 8. to fool you with the same old
mineral drugs. _ Beware of all substitute*
Insist upon B. 8. s.
f
Suitable for Cooking Syrup
1 60 H. P. Schofield Iron Works
Tubular Boiler.
1100 H. P; Tubular Boiler, first
c class conditon.
1 Power Kentucky Mill.
THOMASVILLE IRON WORKS
Our Lumber
Defies Assault
when used for fencing for it is sound and straight grained
all the way through—easy to work and light to handle.
We've some mighty nice fence boards on hand right now
as well as a good stock of cedar posts and 2x4's. Or we
can send you pickets if you don't need a tight board fence.
Everything the best for your money.
Thomasville Variety Works.
No War Prices'on Selz Fall Shoes
There is no doubt that shoes manufactured since the European war began will,
be higher in price both to the retailer and to the consumer, but Selz fall shoes'
were Dought and on the retailers’ shelves in August at normal prices. :
You get a good illustration, at a time like this, of the advantage to you
in 'buying goods that you know something about. The name of the muter
is a safeguard to you, both as to quality and prices. |
We have been making shoes for nearly fifty years; and Selz shoes are known'
to the public. The retail prices are widely known—$3.00, $3.50, $400, $450*
$5.00, $6.00; the prices and the qualities have been extensively advertised.
If there ever was a time when the maker's name and guarantee on goods
should he relied on, this is the time.
Every shoe we make has Selz stamped on the sole; you know exactly
what you’re getting when you see it.
There are 30,000 retailers now selling our shoes in this country, - we believe
every one of them agrees with our policy,—the maker’s name a guarantee
of quality and a fair price.y
Chicago
nttsourgu j
, The Dekle Company,
Thomasville,, - - ■ ■ Georgia.