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Prohibition is all right, but it is disgusting to
set* it attempted to be used os a political health
lift. -
An appeal of the season; “Neighbor, will you
kindly loan me your rakef ’
lee cream is trying to edge itseli up into sure
enough evidence.
NOW FOR A FOOD CROP.
Farmers think they get more advice than any
other class and perhaps they do, and perhaps thete
is much of it that is not worth the least attention,
but it doesn’t take the wisest man to see right at
this time that the raising of a big food crop in this
country could in uo wise lie a mistake. When po
tatoes and onions sell at five cents apiece or there
abouts and other like things are high in proportion
it is certain that he that has potatoes and onions
and such things has something that there is money
in. - _ _
.lust now, there is all soits of agitation on the
line of planting and making little home gardens
and the use of all available space, such as little
coiners about the back yards, tor the growing of
something to go on the table.
All this shows that there is an abiding con
vietion that foodstuffs are scarce and high and li
able to remain so if something is not done to ie
lieve the situation.
The farmer may say, '‘well, cotton has l>een
and still is my money crop and I can’t afford not
Cos took out for the putting in ol an acieage snth j
oient to tide me over in my financial needs,” but
stop and ieffect, brother that there aie othei moo
ey crops liesidcs cotton just now, and while cotton
way be an uncertain quantity in the shake-up ol
affairs there is no uncertainty about food crops, lor
the world has got to be led, and there is a big
part of the world that is pulling up indifferently
in the productiou of supplies.
The farmer is wise who plans for and pitches a
good sized food crop.
The Maooo News, discussing the question of a
food crop, says: “Just how close the world is to
starvation at the present moment is a question
that it were idle and futile to ask. The world is
always a considerable distance from actual famine
taking the world as a whole, because the warm
seasons in the temperate zones keep coming around
to renew the food supply. Yet it is a tact that
there is relatively less food available than hither
to in many years.
“At the moment fresh reports ot lood short
age in Germany and scarcity in Great Britian are
receiving our government’s estimate of farm re
serves is published and this discloses the smallest
wheat supply on March 1, in the United States,
sihee 1897. The March i supply ot American
wheat in 1916 was 244,448,000 bushels, iu 1915 it
was about 153,000,000 bushels, but this year it
was only 101,366.000 bushels. Twenty years ago,
the March supply of wheat in the United Btates
was 88,000,000 bushels, on account of a world
Bhortage in 1896, but wheat acreage in the United
states was then lees than it is in these days and
the average crop was much smaller. Even our
corn reserves are now comparatively low, the 327,
000,000 bushels being the smallest reported ou
on March 1 in fifteen years.
“These facts are not in themselves alarming.
They do point, however, to the need oi bumper
wheat aud corn crops in America this year. Next
winter the tforld’B necessities may be acute.”
GEORGIA’S PROHIBITION.
The people will staud for a drastic prohibition
law in Georgia but it is possible to make one too
strong to be acceptable # The Harris bill would
prohibit manufacture and sale of intoxicants.
Repeal the shipping law.
Repeal the omnibus ‘clause of the prohibition
law which allows individuals to serve intoxicants
tn their homes.
Make it illegal for any person to have any
quantity on hand.
Provide for a prohibition commissioner, nam
ing Commissioner of Commerce anti labor as ex
officio commissioner.
Allows 10 per ceut of lines aud forfeitures to
pay expensas of officer and allows a maximum sal*
ary of %1,200 a year fiotn lines obtained from pro
aeeutlons. ,
Becomes effective upon passage with the signs
ture of the Go7eroor.
The legislature will also consider the pension
deficit, and will lie asked to appropriate money to
cover the deficiency of about #43,000.
You can’t raise pies from the sod but you eau
raise things to make pies of. You can t for and
raise cuneucy hut you can raise things to get it
. with.
Monarchy got a jolt in the dethroning of the
Oz ir.
We have the wireless telephone, but a wire
-1 s politician would bean innovation.
He who hesitates is often left. Don’t hesitate
about pitching that provision crop.
A WONDERFUL (DECADE.
The Philadelphia Record thinks this is a won
• I'M fit 1 decade. In reviewing the situation and re
< -ut developments, it says:
When the great historian of the future plans
Ids monumental work upon man and his doings
'.net the creation ol the world one seems justifiel
ill believing that he will devote no iiUle of his ini
p.n taut space to that particular decade, from 1911
to 1920, in which we are now so fortunate as to
live. When has mankind seen its like? Not even
the period of the French Revolution Contained such
dramatic episodes and such changes of vast and
world-wide importance.
Russia’s astonishing transformation, by which
the last of the great antociaeies is converted into a
constitutional monarchy, is but the last so far ot
I deidoseopic series of amazing shifting scenes a-d
n erturns. Thwfirst mouth of the year 1911 wit
<sed the overthrow of rhe Diaz regime in Mexico
and Italy’s war npon Turkey and conquest of Tri
poli. In the year following the Turk was beaten
to his knees by the Balkan nations and his long
agony of misgovern merit in Europe almost ended.
This was quickly followed by the second Balkan
war in 1913 and in 1914 Germany let loose all the
furies by backing Austria in her own onslaught on
Seivia. This most terrible ot all wars still rages,
with every promise of lasting at least another year.
While Europe has been thus convulsed China
has awakened at last from her long sleep, expelled
the ruling Manehusand proclaimed a republic.
Persia has also witnessed a dynastic revolution and
has almost ceased to exist as a distinct nation.
Among other efianges of government Portugal
passed from a monarchy to a republic.
There have been great doings politically and
politically and peacefully, in the United States,
and more seem destined to same. And there are
still four years of-this wonderful decade in which
hades may yet break loose in unsuspected quarters.
Russia’s example may prove contagious to some of
her neighbors. A wonderful period, regarding
whose doings the historians will be ’busily writing
for centuries to come. '
America has two living ex-presideuts and
anynumber of would he’s. ,
Carranza was elected president of Mexico the
other day by the biggest kind ot a vote. Some*
thing calculated to cheer the effect of the old man’s
feelings.
HE NEEDS OUR SUPPORT.
There b no man in high or low position that
doesn’t appreciate the sanction and encouragement
of the people. Many amm has gone along doing
his best untlaggingly and no one to say to him,
“Go ahead, old fellow, you are on the right line,”
or “Bravo! lam with you” or such like eneonr
aging expressions, and he has become disedhraged
and allowed his energies and interest to lag and
his cause which he has had at heart has suffered
anil waned, when if he had been properly support
ed he would have shown the full extent of the
mettle that was in him. Even the dumb animal
wants to be encouraged. You may, take your best
dog hunting and If you don’t by the usual method
of shouts and motions which they understand as
meant to push them on they lag indifferently
behind, are loth to go out for the game. The ox
or the horse when used as a draught animal wants
encouraging motions and signs to make them do
their best. Mankind is the highest type of crea.
tion but iu this respect be is not unlike the ani
mal.
Give thy brother an encouraging hand if his
cause is worthy and you not only strengthen him
in his purpose and effort, but it you are conseieu
tous you will win your own appreciation by hay
ing done a worthy act.
It is strange to us that there should be found
men who will criticise Presiden Wilson and take
him to task for thiugs that he can’t help and when
you dig them tor a reason they will give yon some
fax away yague excuse for their positions. He
may be accused of haggling with other nations.
He may be accused of being responsible for high
prices. He may be accused of favoring a hurtful
low tarifflaw. But when you go to sift these
things out you will find all his positions have a
wise, a rational basis and are the very things that
progressive men have been asking for and have not
yet before found a man with the force and eou
rage to bring them about.
\V r e firmly believe that in the crises through
which this country has had to pass in the last four
yeais that there is not another man living who
could have carried us through as safely as has
President Wilson. Ho is truly a great man and
sees things even with a far seeiug vision. He has
shown the people t&at they can trust him aud they
should not only continue to trust him but stand
by him, encourage him and hold up his hands
He deserves this much from the people of hia own
beloved country.
Petition For Amendment of Charter.
Georgia, Bartow County:
To The SrPEtuoß Court of Sail
Corntv
The petition of The American Tex-
Tilf Company ifispectfully shows? .
FIRST,
That your petitioner The American
: Textile company, is a corporation
i incorporated hy the Superior Court of
,aul county, Jan. 23th, 1910, for a termrd
twenty years, nix! has an agent and of
ii e and a place of business in said| -oun
ty-
SECOND,
TTat uuder it-* charier your petitioner
i has the right and authority to issue pre
-1 ferred stock to the amount of one niill-
I ion five hundred thousand dollars (sb
o‘Hi.ooo,oo) at one hundred dollars (SIOO.-
oo per share, drawing cumulative div
idends at the rate of eight percent per
annum, payable semb-anually, on the
Hirst day of August and the first day of
February of each year, out of its sur
plus profits for each year, in prefer
ence to all Common Stockholders; and
has heretofore issued such preferred
stock t<> the amount of two hundred and
fitly thousand dollars, (*250,000 (O)
w Inch, except the dividends, is nosv out
standing.
THIRD,
That hy virtue of its said charter,
your petitioner has the right and option
to redeem said preferred stock, or any
part thereof, at any dividend bearing
time, or any other time as inuy be
agreed upon between your petitioner
and the holders of said preferred stock
to le redeemed at the face value thereot
and the unpaid dividends, the,same to
trf- solected by your petit.oner’s Boprd
of Directors, in its discretion-
FOURTH, '
That your petitioner lias decided to
redeem all of said preferred atoc-k, and
desires to amend its said charter so us
to issue preferred stock drawing cumus
iative dividends at the rate ot six per
cent, per annum payable semi-annual
ly, on the first day of August and the
first day of February of each year, in
preference to all Common Stockholders,
upon the redemption of said preferred
stock now drawing cumulative divi
dends at the rate ol eight percent per
annum.
FIFTH,
That this application for amend nent
of its said charter has been authorized
by proper corporate action a;; appears
from the certified abstract from its min
utes, which is of file along with this pe
tion and which is as follows:
RESOLUTION.
A too, q , Fob. l. r ub, 1917.
"WHEREAS, The American Textile
Company has now outstanding $250,000.-
00 of 3 per cent cumulative preferred
stock; and,
"WHEREAS, it i? now thought that
money can easily be had at a less rate
tbau 3 per cent:
• BE IT RESOLVED, by the stock
holders of The American Textile Compa
ny, in annual meeting this day assem
bled, that the Board of Directors of said
Company be, and hereby is, instructed,
by the authority vested in it by the
Company’s corporate charter, to, under
the terms of tiie said charter, retire the
entire $250,000.00 ofß percent cumulative
preferred stock now outstanding and
issue in lieu thereof $250,000.00 of 0 per
cent cumulative preferred stock, re-.,
deem able at the Company’s option at 105
and accumulated dividend, upon sixty
days’proper notice prior to any divi
dend pay ing date, just as soon as the
necessary amendment to the chattel can
be procured giving the corpifration au
thority to issue 0 per cent cumulative
preferred stock.
"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the said Board of Direetois ol (lie
said The American Textile Company
he, and hereby is, authorised to, thru its
President and Secretary, take the nec
essary legal steps to promptly secure
the necessary amendment referred to
above, it being necessary to procure this
saiii amendment for the reason that the
charter of the said The American Tex
tile Company as t now stands provides
only for the issuance o! 8 per cent cumu
lative preierred stock.
"AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the said Board of Directors of the
said The American Textile Company
he, and hereby is authorized to ufter the
issuance of the said $250,000.00 of (5 per
cent cumulative preferred stock used to
retire the present issue of $250,000.00 ot
8 per cent, preferred stock, issue, at such
time or times as may seem to it to be
proper additional 0 percent cumulative
preferred stock, redeemable at the Com
pany option at 105 and accumulated
dividend, upon sixty'days’ proper notice
prior to any dividend [laying date, to a
total amount not exceeding $500,000.00.”
Ca., February 15th, 1917.
I, J. A. Miller, Secretary of The Am
erican Textile Company. Ateo, (3a.,
do hereby certify that the above is a
true and correct copy of a certaiu res
olution passed at the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the said
The American Textile Company held
at its principal office at Ateo, Bartow
County, Georgia, February 15. 1917.
J. A. MlcLEß,Sec’y.
WHEREFORE, your petitioner prays
FI RS I'.
That its said ebarter be amended so as
to authorize the issuing of said preferr
ed stock, drawing cumulative dividends
at the rate of six per cent, per annum,
by striking from said charter the words
"eight percent.” wherevei the same oc
cur therein, and inserting in lieu there
of the word "six percent.,” so that, the
holder-* of the preferred stock that may
hereafter be issued shall be entitled to
cumulMAve dividends at the rate of six
percent* annum, and that said ehai
ter rema|*, tn all other respects, un
changed, and of full force and etfeet,
SECOND,
That, after this petition has been filed
*nd published as the law provides, an
order be passed allowing and granting
>f Medicine
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said amendment. And your petitioner
will ever pray.
Thf. American Textile Company,
A. \V. Fite,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Georgia, Bartow County:
Filed in office of the Clerk of Rartow
Superior Court Feb. 20th, 1917.
VY. e. \Va i. ri x,
t 'lerk.
Georgia, Bartow C uinty;
l do certify that the above and foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the petition
for amendment ol the Charter of The
American Textile Comjiany, as filed in
the office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Bartow Conn tv Georgia on Feb.
20th, 1917. Witness my hand and seal ol
said Court, this Feb, 26th, 1917.
W, i \ Walton,
Clerk of said Court
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