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DAILY 'rifefeHOWBTTB "
Bat go ye and ’ learn what
that meanefa, I will hare
mercy, and not eacrifices; for I
am not come to call the right
eous, but sinners to repentance.
—Mat. 9:13.
Sins may be forgiven through
X tance, but no act of wit
ever justify them.—Sher-
lack.
THE EAftl^-gEBAtP.’ATHENS. GEORGIA’*
in }thi'‘-tq ai-wy|f tn4il;}
DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU?
A Little of Everything And Not Much of Anything/
By IIUGU ROWE
■ J!>"—"■ " " 1
dtfppk S auce
THAT-
The
jslppi, known nation-wide
determined effort being statesman and humorist has, no
hes credited to il or,hot
MEMUKIt
Press is _
Jlsnatchcs credit-
^t, and also thelocijl l lllllllBiB
Tofu lication of special dlspatdhe^ire
all Business Communicatl
"viduals.
not t
tion i
uwlivid
told be addr
B. J. Rowe,
^Vice-President
Publlshiag
> publlca-
FOR THE GOOD OF ATHENS
re is no more imporUnt business before the citizens of
than the project that has been Inaugurated to rejuvllnato
vitalize the Chamber of Commerce by bringing into the
„Jition quite a considerable number of our citizens, who have
S»ve£:it more than passive support. H any at all, and whose
,j int'.-rqat and co-operation Is most essential If the chamber
,J junction Id a manner that is profitable to the community.
■ -Representatives of the American City Bureau are here to assist
PfSifaful Jew," who havo always stood by the organization in
Srglng its membership and converting into active wbrkers those
^|gho past, have been more or less apathetic in their attitude
s___ the chamber. ,
he Initial step in this direction is a luncheon that will be held
bt Tuesday at the Georgian Hotel, to which the leading business
professional men of the community have been invited, and at
gkddresses will be made by experts in city building who know
~Jjlve, aggressive chamber of commerce can dd for a city,
> will tell Athenians what should be done in order that the
ji good may be derived from the local organization,
' ore satisfied that the Athens Chamber of Commerce is
Ef& U.pap with the support, which it receives, confined to a
Jttoup. We are also satisfied that the scopo of its influence
ifactiVfty wifi be materially broadened when the community
ens to tho great possibilities bf such an organization that is
erly supported. Cities the size of Athens do not grow and ex-
El simply In the natural course of events. They inuzt ho en
gaged to grow, and ways and means devised to bring about
^development, and that is what every Chamber of Commerce
for tries to do—the effectiveness of Its effort being gnaged by
:greo of support it has back of it.
i, The Banner-Herald hopes that Tuesday's luncheon will be
oil by, a representative company. Your presence will bespeak
interest til the fu'tui'e growth of Athens, that Is what'we all
ftrivlng for, and aome interesting light will be thrown jm the
on of whether our efforts are being centered in tho right
tion or not
stltution of .Georgia/’ predicted .that soiree day a fohrth fea-
Hrould Have to bo added tojtae dbjectlve trinity, “life,: liberty
tho pursutt of happiness." “This,” said he,“would bd a res-
Ktt ht the right to be let atone/* That the time Would come,
flUnued, when citizenS wdtild demand the fififict specification
s right now contained In “he "document dtijy bjr/inforonce.
tracing the origin and ..history: of Oeorgltt’s constltmton,
_ .x'upier showed how it had been a grfWth frbm tljo great con-
tsftonal document Of British htetofo, hgglnhtofpWith Magna
and Including the great bin of rights and baht^a corpus
Jjr. Napier told how 'the first, constitution 1 Of Georgia was
foil in 1777, but how there had beW many changes made add
„«onsiltutlons adapted until the fid#|.' form was ratified 1n 1877.
^Sjso showed liow ‘Bits, clauses which are
nr vcrfjative, from the original text.# M?gda dharta.
S ; . “GOOD READING”
Only 68C3 new books wore published last year in America.
_ou^won<lcr why the ‘‘only.’ It seems B lot. . Rut Ip lfltl thdtotai
pas*Jo,"10.. Figures along this line mesn much to .any ope trying
watch the activity of the American brain In. ita alternating
ycMl of stimulation add dccaj ' — - —
timber of new books ppbllebed
ial the amount of reading being
v books selling an average of lfiOO copies each or a total of
copies, do’nbt-inafin. as muc^ As one good book tolling
0,000 copies. The public'unqneitlpjiably read.,more books last
year than the year before- That milhlitot fbpw up in tito total
jmifflor of volumes sold, for qt leadt dye times as msny people
raw books as buy new copies. The drop Id the somber of now
issued last year does moan, tMt jPhbUshert gre selecting
nanoscripts more carefully before pptttng their money, and.tales
gaqlzatlons bgck of them. -
jjewef new works of nctlon are being-published than In 1891.
ha^iovies explain that. They supply" (lotion wfthont the bother
willing through type. On. the average,' ono hour of moylea pyo-
PlUes^moro genuine diversion, enteruinment apd relaxation than 10
hounf of printed Action.. The poets lid’jdrsigjUstn Seem to bo
getting a larger, audience, last year 8l0 dgw .wpilta.of vejse and
E '-JJ were published, compared ■ with 259 In,' 1892. Geography
r _travef, in fho matter of pew^ hooka, has abownwvery Utt|e
change in the last 20 years. Biography has faded off a third; wo
qfir great men in the daily nows. The Worid JVar.han made
snyt of us interested In original cause*. Which probably ex
plains why 518 different works of htsftiry were published last year,
ared with IK in 1892. , >- „ ■. ' . ;.
.., jhon you obserye that 17,178 new books were published in our
Rtoigtey during the last two year*, you realize hpw few book* out
'of the total the average person has jlme to read. . To wiiide through
■ ail tCthem, you would hay* to read nearly it vt^udie* a day." CTn-
sidOfing that very few of the loial art. rofiiijr. worfh reading. It**
alliyk the beet that readers are pre«sed for time. The,trouble Is'
tliafftn the labyrinth of new books, a reader Is rather dazed about
wlii4t few to peruse. Newspaper editors ahipto this, and tho old*
pk review department is returning to favor. ‘'
TSicso gliders, airplanes without engine*, >re not new. As
far beck os 1871 a man named Household got the idea ot imitating
birds} And he made a successful flight in a crude gliding ma-
r Natal, South Africa. He had a big idea but did nothiag
; it. In every brain there is the germ of at least one big
ithcring dust when it might be making money for. tho
i owner, if developed and-applied. . “
Tlte world laughed and" hooted when Sir ljirilUam Horwood,
headijBf Scotland Yard, detectives, wu poisoned by cai^dy sent
thresh tbe mails. Scotland Yard kept quiet It bps.the laugh
now.ias it puts tbe beandcuffs on a man whom "The Yard" charges
with sending the candy. No matter how excellently anyone per
k’s tho occasional slip-up that gets the most attention. In
pt years England had 390 murders. Scotland Yard, work-
eases. arrested 313 persons, of whom 64 wete te-
■ The
Berton Braley’s
Daily Poem
ARCADY
There’s many a road to Arcady,
For It Isn't a realm defined
By sharp and accurate boundary,
Itjs a atate of the heart and
mind;
And the path to my Arcady seems
strange, • •
Except when you understand
Tho varied routes that a man may
range
To get to that joyous land.-
I star^on my trip to Arcady
i closely packed subway
train,
Instead of sauntering blithe and
free
The turf of a fairy lane;
Then 1 walk ten blocks through
the noisy street,
A cluttered-up thoroughfare.
But I know at the end of my walk
, I’ll greet
My Arcady waiting there.
I climb four flights and 1 take my
key*
And open the dingy door
And—there Is my pleasant Arcady
With riches of joy In store;
A place with happiness glorified,
For I might have told you thaf
I find my Arcady inside
The walls of a, city flat.
(Copyr^ht, 1923, NEA Service)
Trade Body Plans
Lunch Tuesday
In contemplation of the proposed
campaign that is to be launched
In Athens by the American City
Bureau to create renewed interest
In the Chumbcr of O-mmerco a
luncheon Is being planned for
Tuesday at two o’clock at the Geor
gian Hotel by the Chamber of
directors and officers and a num
ber of business men who have
shown interest in the organization
here... . . .
The Bureau has already opened
efftces hero and are preparing to
enter actively into the campaign.
Hugh W. Whit^ president of the
CghmiXY body, believes that the
people of Athens will support a
(ratio organization as thegclty do
serves and!' In balling this meet
ing wishes to have the support,
moral and otherwise of those who
heve the advancement of the city
uf; heart. -
Army Assn, to
Meet Monday P.M
•A meeting of the "Association
of the Army of the United States”
has boefi called for Monday clo
ning at 6:39 at tne Georgian hotel.
Tho organization wae prefect’ed
here a few days ago and Lt. Ool.
W. L. Moss was named head of lt
and.this will be the second met-
tag. -
Dr., Moei.,ls. anxloui to have the,
regular officers, the N. G. ^offi
cers, the reserve officers or those
civilians who have put In their ap
plications for a commission to at
tend tbe meeting.
. ,Dr.. Moss assure*- those whs
com*, that the session will not Iasi
longer than an hour und a hall,
Including supper.. - »
Retail Costs of
Food Declines
WASHINGTON—The retail cost
of food In sixteen of nineteen
representative cities ef the. United
States decreased between Decem
ber 16 ahd January IS,’ the depart
ment of labor announced Saturday
The' decrease in Richmond was ,2
per cent mod in Baltimore 6no.
Little Rock reported an advance
'oM" per cent
As compared with the average
Coef ’ln the year Of 1918, the retail
|Cost of food January IS, ranged
from 24 per cent higher at Salt
Lake City to 54 per ce.it higher at
Richmond,
A Puzzle A Day
made by the members of tho po
lice commission to have the po
lice department become active in
the discharge of their duties In
the enforcement of the traffic
laws has met with the approbation
of the entire public. The gentle
men will receive the unanimous
support of all law-abiding citizens
and if the members of the police
force carry out the instructions
given them by the commissioners,
accidents and deaths will be pre
vented.
A well-known citizen has writi
ten a communication calling tho
attention of tbe officials to a most
dangerous point at the corner of
Pulaski, Dougherty streets and
Prince avenue. This section Is the
most congested point In the city
during certain hours of the day
and an afflcer should be stationed
there ttom early morning hnttl
late evenings.
The communication follows:
“The greatest thought of a pro
gressive people 1b prevention.”
“The City of Athens is growing
and more automobiles are being
used each year. The town has
only one street by which tbe resi
dence part of the city can be com
fortably reached and thereby
brings an Interesting incident.
Sunday morning as the writer was
on the corner at the Christian
church when autos were lined up
along the street a thoughtless lndl
vldnal planted his auto directly
in line with the crossing for pedes
trians and as I started across the
street another thoughtless indivi
dual came plunging by without
blowing his hown and came with
in one foot of killing me. This
man was speeding not less than
thirty miles an hour. I write this
In hopes that 8t may cause some
constructive organization like the
Chamber of Commerce to take up
the question of grading Broad
street. If this can be done it will
put Athens forward twenty years
and • save many lives in tho ftf-
ture. No doubt, the time Is ripe
for this street to be opened up and
made thirty , feet wide. The prop
erty owners along Dcarlng street
have agreed to give enough land
on the back of their lots to do
doubt, been quoted of toner in the
public press than any other living
man. In both branchea of con
gress he was the peer of his col
leagues In story telling, speaking
and debating. His jokes have been
told and retold In all parts of the
country and there are few, ft any
magazines and newspapers that
have not reproduced his anec
dotes at some time or another.
Here is one I.read in a newspaper
a few days ago which is typical
of tbe great humorist:
Hon. John* Sharp 'Williams once
had an engagement to speak in
small Southern town. The train
on which he traveled was a slow
one and he expressed his opinion
of the road very fordbly to the
conductor.
"Wal,” said the conductor, “why'
In thunder don’t you get out and
walk?” “I would," said Williams,
“only the committee don't expect
me until the train gets in.”’
Another one told of an Irishman,
might please the reader, though
It Is unusually old:
An Irishman who had attended
a fair unfortunately found himself
accused of having caused the death
of a fellow creature. The case
was clear enough for the poor man
admitted he had given ”’!m a bit
of a clout wid me stick," and that
clout had closed the man’s career
In the course of the evidence
the doctor who had mado the post
mortem examination aald "tbe de
ceased had the thinnest skull
have seen In the whole course of
my practice.” c
Verdict: Guilty, k
Judge—Have yoil anything to
say why the court should not pro
ceed to pass sentence upon you?”
Prisoner (after a long p^uzn and
much scratching of his cranium)—
Yis,: yer lordship. What business
had a man wld a skull like that
goto’ to a fair?”
It your valent
come next Wednesday don’t
feel too despondent, remem
ber April Diet is coming and
maybe that’ll be ■ the day
you're appreciated, by some
one who really knows you.
8peaMng of Col. Melt's sug
gested remedy for reckless auto-
Ists, that of depriving' them of the
gasbuggy for aeveral weeks, Mis
tress Marianna say* that it some
husbands were deprived of the
services of their Wives tor about
the satne length o' time they would
appreciate them more.
—But of coarse the cental Colo
nel is no authority along that line.
f.'* A guy I hats
Is Atpheus Cbx,
Hs opens hit mall
A* his P. O. box
and blocks you off from yoor's
so that you’re always having
to say, “bog pardon."
Another, bird that should be
"Everett TrUed" out of sdciety Is
the. hbmbre that's always in such
a hurry to get IB the elevator that
he knocks you sideways as you
come out, just as if he can gd up
before the blamed 1 thing fS exodus-
tod..
A ragged urchin was standing
around the lobby Of a big Ath
ens bank Saturday during the
busy deposit and payroll hours
and was overheard to address
a kindly looking man, “Mister,
gimme a dime.” —“But son-
Tho announcement of the death
Qf the noted painter Ellhu Vedder
calls to mind the Interesting fact
that lt was after a long talk with
Mr. Vedder on the subject of im
mortality that Aldrich wrote the
iO
ft. ■-
|»—- ,}
In the above drawing, figure A
represents a piece of carpet, 8 feet
long by 3 feet wide. How can
tbe cqrpct, by one cut, be made to
fit S space 12 feet long by 2 feet
wide, shown In figure-B? . -
YESTERDAY’S
ANSWER
To subtract (| from 55 with •
as the result: SIX (8) plus IX
(8) pins XL (40) equals 55. IX
(9) plus X (10> pins L (60) equals
69.
Subtracting:
SIX IX;. XL
U IX X L
this and'lt” wifi also make 'good j toUowtag poem: A correspondent
residence lots. Some Jand along I J° the^Now York Tribune recalls
thero should bo secured now' tor' *“ “ ”
the future citizens of Athens and
their children as a park. WMch
shall It be, watt until some fright
ful accident occurs at the Chris
tian chtrch eornpr, or use these
prcventatlvos?
Why not have signs up at the
corners giving speed limit?
Yours truly, for the Good of
Athens, '
A. W. BROOKS.
THAT—
John Sharp Williams, of Missis.
50 AMENDMENTS
10 CONSTITUTION;
(By HARRY HUNT) .. —-
WASHINGTON — The next ses-
slon of Congress promises to be
a great deal like a., old-fashioned
quilting bee, that famous rural
American institution that today Is
tfmo.st extinct.
' National legislation, you see,
seem to have been seized with a
niania to make a crazy quilt of the
constitution.
More" than GO pntchos—of varied
hue and oh&pe—In the form of con
stitutional amendment's have been
cut by eager solong and are waiting
to be sew rf on the famous docu
ment.
The-amendment furore is one of
the very latest things in national
politics. For In our whole 184
years of government up to the
present, only 19 constitutional
amendments have been adopted,
TO CURE
19 ILLS - .
The go amendments now pend
ing are looked to to cure or im.
prove 19 different alleged national
ills.
Child labor Is most Important
among them. To abolish lt 19 sep-
araato amendments are proposed.
Typical of these Is a resolution
by senator Henry Cabot Lodge
of Massachusetts who who would
alter the constltut! n to give Con.
gress "power to regulate tEb hour*
of labor of persons under 18 ind
of women.".
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of
Montana is father of another child
labor resolution. He woald em
power Congress to halt the trans
portation from state to state of
products of child labor.
,.Next In Interest to the piovlstons
tor- protecting children come
amendments changing the opening
dates of new Congresses.
nator George W. Norris of
ra*ka wants terms of senators
representatives to begin the
Monday of January after their
election. At present newly elect
ed solong do not 1 take seats for
18 months after election unless
called in'speclal session.
This same amendment -would
cause presidents: and vice Presi
dents to be Inaugurated the third
Monday- in January instead of
Match 4.
But Senator Norrtfi Ml stilt an
other amendment! up hi* sleeve.
The second one would abolish the
electoral college and cause the
president to be elected by direct
vot* of the people.
ABOLISH
Mrs.‘.Win if red Jfosonlt'ltk'wo.
man representative from Illinois, j whatever
Senator B. F. Ladd of North
. ^
to mind.
Identity.
Somewhere, in wind swept space
In Twilight land—in No-man's
land
Two hurrying shapes met face to
face
And bade each other stand{-
“And who are you?” cried one
agape.
Shuddering In the gleaming
- light;
“I know not,” said tbe. second
shape,
“I only died last night”
amendment which would force
gress before declaring war to
mlt the question to popular vot<
gave, of course, to cases of actual
invasion.
-Other amendments aim—
To make president's term six
yeqrs and bar him from a second
term—by Senator \ W. ' J. Harris
of Georgia.
To make-state, county and city
bonds taxable—by senator Reed
Smoot of Utah.
To grant suffrage and represen
tation In Congress to residents of
the District of Columbia—by Sena
tor Wesley’L. Jones of Washing,
ton.'
To bring about uniform marriage
and divorce laws In aU states—by
senator Arthur Capper of Kansas.
To give federal government pow
er to regulate use of money In fed
eral elections—by Senator fTSidc
B. WlUlz of Ohio.
To empower Sehate to ratify any
treaty by majority vote, instead of
by • two-thirds vote—by Senator
Robert L. Owen ef Oklahoma.
To bar children of alien parent*
from citizenship unless their par
ents were eligible to cRIsenship
—by Senator Wesloy L. Jones of
Washington.
To limit terms of Supreme Court
Justices to “good behavior" ana of
minor federal judge* to 10 yen s
—by- Senator Morris Shepiiard of
Texas.
bring about vocational repre
sentation in Cor zrese—that Is re-
presentation propnttipnately of ag.
riculturc, labor, capita! and sr on
—by Senator Wesley L. Jones of
Washington.
And two more amendments relate
'to amendment* themselves:
Senator Owens '"tot Oklahoma
wanta to amend the constitution
so amendments can be made If
the measure passes both houses
by s majority vote and la ratified
by three-toorta of the states.
And Senator James A. Wads
worth of New York wants tho
business of amending harder by
reqalring that the members of at
least one house to each state Leg
islature should be etosted after
the amendment to be in has
been propoi
Me,” the k. _l. m.. replied, “I
haven't got a dime and you
shouldn’t ask for money .this
way.” —. “Nossir, maybe not,
but I seen you give that mkn
at the window a whole hand-
full and he never ast you ter
It.”
Yes, the boy got the dime,
or half of lt anyway.
"Honey, how do you like it?”-
“Flne; but dearie -we are too- close
up, doh’t you think?"—“Yes. we
certainty are, about 75 miles too
close.”
That’s the manner in which a
imminent couple, man and wife,
from Athena am said to have en
joyed a performance of grand
opera a few.seasons ago. Evident-
'’dearie” didn’t fall tor that
spaghetti flavored substitute for
singing In the good old queen’s
English and was dreaming of
things more cosmopolitan when he
hoped to get sympathy in his quer-
Or maybe some two hundred
pound sister dressed to a bareback
and peacock fan had dust pushed
over him getting back to her seat
after . one of those Intermission
aisle promenades. You know bow
they do.
AD.DRE88INO EVE.'- • ’
'Old tody Eve, as we perceive,
In Eden had her woes;
still she never had to stop
nd powder up her nose”
— and —
From posse we’ve observed,
Tho’ first o’ the fairest fair,
8ha didn’t rob her crowning glory
By bobbing off her hair.
. YES MARGIE, THEY EVEN
SHOOT POOL AND GIVE
FUDGE PARTIES
,■ Of course there may be
nothing in a name but Miss
Margaret Wrong just before
sailing for Merrie England,
Oxford to be specific, where
she says, “they go to school
for thoughts sake,” took •
parting fling at our colleges
by saying, “American colleges
are so luxurious and so highly
organised with outside campus
life that the student* have no
time for thought Books, ap
parently, are your difficulties,”
"DifflculUei,” she means, In
the way Of athletics and so
cial activities.
How “Wrong" is Margie?
(By T. LARRY GAN NT)
I devote my column today to the
following comunlcatlon from Mr.
J. C. Turner, president of tho First
National Bank at Jefferson:
I want to say a timely weed to
our cotton growers.
They are gfettlng a great deal of
advice at- present from all over
'the country. The newspapers are
filled with articles urging them
to raise more cotton. There seems
to be a systematic effort to fill
tbe newspapers full of this pi?pa-
ganda, predicting that the Scuih
will plant an increase 1 acreage in
hotton, and that we will make an
other, bumper crop for 1923.
We had'just ns well face the
truth. None of these things are
true. But the publication of these
articles is ‘being used to our hurt
to depress the price of cotton.
Pick up any paper published In the
North and you will see these ar
ticles quoted In box car letters,
predicting that the South will
greatly increase its acreage In cot
ton. Then look at the market re
ports on the same date and you
will see that cotton declined, and
the reason given by each one ot
the brokers In the New York and
New Orleans Exchanges, as state-1
by them, is that the South expects
to raise a bumper er p this year.
WORK OF
COTTON BEARS.
It would seem, therefore, that
much of this publicity is In the In
terest of the cotton bears who arc
using every means under the sun
to depress tho price of cotton.
Tho farmers of the South will
make a great mistake lt they pay
any attention to this kind of pub
licity. Of course, the great Inter
ests desire the South to make an
immense cotton crop, because they
want to buy cotton cheap. . But
wc of the South, arter long experi
ence, have learned a Bcvere lesson.
We know that If wo make a large
crop we will get nothing for lt.
It will sell under the cost ol pro
duction. Wo know that If we make
a small crop lt will bring moro
money than a large crop. A nine
million bale crop any -year will
bring more than a twclvo million
bale crop. The cotton statistics
show this. Then why should wc
increase our acreage? Why should
wo make a largn-crop when it is
against our interest to do so?
The boll weevil is here and ho
has not been conquered. Wo are
just beginning the fight on the boll
weevil. We do not know when wc
will be able to exterminate this
pest. They hnve been In Texas
for twenty-five years and they are
likely to be In Georgia for twenty-
five years unless science finds
some Jtsw.ond shew msttipfl .qt
- - v,r -.1 .
One thfnjf We do know, trod" that
Is that we wage a losing fight
against the weevil every timo when
we plant a large cotton crop. If
We plant a large cotton crop we
are unable to combat the weevil.
The only successful fight that hat,
been made 1* where rarmers plant-
ed about five acres to the plow,
and then used plenty of fertilizers
am calcium arsenate.
tie tortUs hi,dMrfmitm.lW,
!»ust standi-on a basis of, < Uversi-
licatlon. But, it w c plant, under
present conditions, rot- u mim „„
and a half bale crop in Gtergt
diversification i s destroyed a„d ,
go back to all cotton productioi
Many interests outside of tne
, ’South have counseled us for years
to produce more euton hut this
year, f-r the first time,: a few
leaders among our own people ar .
urging a large cotton ,-rop. \v hy
this change, and esiieeiulty „t u,,,
time when the growing of cotton ,:
such a hazardous thing?
The truth of the mautr is th.t
this propaganda started outside of
the South. It Started tqjumg the
big' interests, lt wag p„t- in force
by cotton bears and l,y people „n
over the countr.- who desire to
buy cheap cotton,
These men, for the f| rK t time i n
their lives, realize that the ceuon
surplus which li a s been curried
over, and which Ins hung above
the South like an incubus alt the,,,
years, is ,al>aut to be wiped out
These people know that if the cot
ton surplus is once wiped out. th,. v
.77)11 never be in pdsltioh again to
name the price of ottrlcotton. if
the surplus in wiped out the far
mer -will no longer be compelled
to sell against a surplus of his
own product, but an the cotton
raised will be in his hands, a nd,
for tjie first time m his life, hj
will have a strong voice in dictat
ing the price.
The beat authorities now esti
mate that the surplus will be wiped
out about August 1st. And then
when we begin to market our new
crop we can market it straight
from the grower to the consumer
on a basis of supply a nd demand.
But If we should make a bumper
crop this year another surplus will
be plied up and the farmer will
again lie forced to sell cotton be
low tho cost of production.
This is the most ertjeal year in
the. history of southern farming
Since the Civil War. If we arc
wise Just this yea.- and make ■>
small crop ot about nine million, ,
bales the farmer will be In control
of the situation.
Therefore, it is most important
that every agency in the south
should co-operate and work to
gether, and counsel with our far
mers, and reason with them, and
beg'tbom not to raise a bumper
crop this year, but to keep tho
production well under ten million
bales.
GIVEN PERMISSION
BERLIN — Tc-ni thousand stu
dents have ben given special per
mission by tho Trade unions i*o
work in various factories of tho
Berlin district as an aid in meet
ing their university expenses. Tho
studentn are employed a few hours
each day. ' % 1 ^
The Hinton Securities Co.
Life Insurance.
ILL
Vrii
ENTIRE CROP.
"Friendships Make
Life” He Declares
LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Life to
made happy “only by friendships
wrote Captain Z. Osborne (congress
man from the Tenth California dis
trict in a friendship rarewell only
a few minutes before his death
at hi* home here Thursday, t
Capt. Osborne realised death wl*
near so he wrote a lettsr of tare-
well to hi* friends, asking hlg.sM.
Bherill B. Osborns, to see that Hs
contents were passed on to theft*
to (how his appreciation ot their
“staunch friendship.” • j.
The letter read to.PW’
" ids happy only by
My own life has boon
'/ rich in friendships and
I may be credited in ac-
Currcnt advertisements In N. Y.
papers are said to read,' “If yon
are a stranger In New York and
crave a pleasurable evening, at
the theatre pr for dinner, we will
Introdoce you tb a young tody of
intelligence, good to look Upon,
one with a pleasing personality
who will make a jolly companion.
Just state type and "special accom
desired.
plUbmenta
Pee, 310.00”
NOW WOULDNT THAT JU8T
TICKEL THE FUNNY BONE OF
A SHARK’S LEFT ELBOW?
“Pay us ten smackers and wn
will tarnish yon a sweetie on
which you can lavish n'theatre
party, dinner party or whatnot.”
How in ole New York must hnve
changed.
But (hen-there’s great possibili
ties. In the little-' scheme that this'
Ingenious erader of toll baa evolv
ed, If he wiU jast enlarge his scopo
of aettvitte* to cover the hinter
lands of thfi greet and glorious
U.SA. Just think how mnch more
pleasant those two nr three hours
would he while waiting nt .noeh
junctions ss Lola, Gordon and
Jesup for -a ten-mlnutosrct
Uon If you could say to a rtprfe-
sontattvo of this agency, "A fetch
ing blonde please, and make It
■nappy.” And, presto! there she
la all accomplishments an' every.,
thing. A little mlsaloMry work
along this line by an arrangement
.with dining car stewards’ might be
appreciated also. Yeaalr, a land
office, business awaits that guy/ If
he’ll only expand..
THE CBACKER SAYS:
Lots o’ folks sore would’er
been outer luck it Mister Ogle
thorpe taMn’er stumbled over
fate here stole wbat'a made
tbe crackers famous. Just
think uVer mistin’ all them
Deorgy peaches, them Georgy
watermelons.
. DOBS!
«£- and, O boy[- them Geor-g-I-e
girtaj Wouldn't- them yankec
up north, been out o’ luck tho.'
i ,
urn, tators
If our farmers t'axe the advice
that js offered to them, and plant
ten acres, or fifteen acres to tHb
plow, the chances are that the
weevil will destroy their entile
crop.
Producing cotton under present
conditions has too many elements
of chance, and, therefore, we
ought to minimis* the chances as
much as possible by planting a
small crop.
There aw son)* people who hold
dtflclal positions and semi-offi
cial positions, who am undertak
ing to advise the farmer to plant
tor a crop in Georgia of fr m 1,-
200,000 bales to 1,500,000 bales. To
give such advice Is a dangerous
thing- The mere mention ot lt re
duced the price or cotton the next
day. To accomplish lt would send
it to the bottom. - .
It Georgia should produce a mil
lion and a half bales of Cotton
she would be compelled to increase
her acreage beyond any crop that
haa ever been planted In u«ur-
gia. If all tbe other state* would
increase production In the same
per cent there Is na assurance In
th* world that we would get even
ten cents a pound for cotton.
It is a dangerous thing to plant
a large crop ot cotton in Georgia
and the South, not onty on account
ot the boll weevil and the high
Price of fertiliser and calcium ar
senate, but on account of the un
settled conditions of affairs in Eu-
rbpe. - w
War la likely • to lnvolvo all
Europe at *ny-time, and what
would be the result in case we
raised a bumper cotton crop? Tbe
result would be' the some as in
2014 when the World WaV started.
Cotton would go down to less than
-five rents a pound.
Georgia should not produce over
760.000,000 bale* of cottth ar a
maximum. The South should pro
duce not over 10.000.000 bales.
If ws produce over io.ooo.ooo
bales what assurance have we that
we will get the cost of production?
Those,who advise to,raise a bum
per crop should-give some assur
ance that we will receive such »
price as will cover cost of pro
duction and leave us a profit.
The sr«!*h ztculd adopt a slogan
for 1028, and-’ that slogan should
be "We wlU not produce'tovcr 10,-
000,000 bales of cotton." Let the
world understand this.
BIG -INTERESTS"
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more, tbe real friends ot the for
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