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Vol I. No. 52
MASS MEETING HELD
HERE LAST SATURDAY
Was Well Attended by Farmers and
Business Men—Resolutions
Passed
A large mass meeting of farmers
business men and others was held at
the court house here last Saturday,
pursuant to a call of Governor John
M. Slaton. The mass meeting select
ed J. R. Overman, chairman, and Sam
pie Smith, secretary. The chairman
stated the object of the meeting and
expressed a sincere wish that it
would be harmonious and that some
thing tangible would be accomplished
toward relieveing the present string
ent financial condition.
Resolutions in blank were read to
the meeting from Hon. Harvey Jordan,
president of the Southern Cotton Asso
ciaiion, and others from the Ameri
cas Chamber of Commerce asking the
meeting to pass resolutions urging
Hon. John M. Slaton, governor, to call
an extra session of the legislature for
the puropse of seeing what can be
done to relieve the present condition.
After some discussion, pro and con,
Hon. C. E. Stewart, representative of
Coffee County, offered a substitute,
which, after several amendments was
adopted by a large majority of votes
of the meeting. The amendments
were offered by Hon. C. A. Ward, sen
ator-elect, who spoke at some length
in favor of the resolutions as amend
ed. Those speaking for the resolu
tions were as follows: Col. R. B. Chas
tain, Col. C. A. Ward, Mr. W. J. Mad
dox, Mr. M. J. Ferguson, Mr. Joseph
Adams, Sr., Hon. C. E. Stewart, Mr.
Melvin Tanner, Mr. Tom Adams and
Rev. Charlie Purvis.
Those speaking against the resolu
tions were: Mr. W. H. Traynham, Col.
J. H. Williams, Rev. A. B. Finley, J, E.
Carelock and Col. W. A. Wood.
The meeting then adjourned sine die
Resolutions Passed.
The resolutions passed were as fol
lows:
“Whereas, It is manifest that if the
usual crop of cotton is produced in
the South in the year 1915, the same
will result in ruin to many farmers
and to the detriment of the general
public, therefore. Be it Resolved by
the Fanners, Business and Profession
al Men in mass meeting assembled:
That we believe that an ex
traordinary session of the legislature
should be called immediately for the
purpose of enacting laws with a view
of curtailing next year’s cotton crop
sand we hereby respectfully urge and
petition Governor John M. Slaton to
call said extra session at once.
“Second, That we, the citizens of Cof
fee County assembled, do hereby
pledge each other to reduce our cot
ton crop during the year 1915, to ten
acres to the plow or less; and to
plant as much grain and food prod
ucts as possible.
’ Third, That we hereby agree to use
during the year 1915 only fifty per
cent of the amount of commercial fer
tilizer used in 1914.
“Fourth, That a copy of these res
olutions be mailed to Governor Sla
ton, and a copy each to the County
papers.
J. R. OVERMAN, Chairman.
SAM PIE SMITH. Secretary. -
' AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL NOTES.
Ira Phillips was a visitor at the
school Sunday.
Willie Flue Boggan spent Sunday
with his parents at Ambrose.
Bronze Vickers spent one day this
week with his parents in Willacoochee
Charlie Anderson, the ball favorite,
will return this w r eek to enter school.
Miss Shepperd was in Nashville on
Sunday ann Monday visiting her sis
ter.
Miss Lilia Love returned Monday
from a visit, of a few days at her home
rn Kirkland.
Mary and Gladys Peterson spent
Sunday with their parents, returning
Monday in their car.
Joe Kirkland returned to school to
day after spending the week-end at
Lis home in Pearson.
Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Co-arson mot
t-red over from Kirkland and were vis
iters at the school Monday.
Mr. Alvin Wood, who has been sick
for several days, is improving rapidly
and will report to classes today.
The Mt. Vernon football team will
be entertained by the students Mon
day when they come to Douglas for
their annual game.
Grace Brown, Hattie Cooey and
Mary Annie Ferguson spent the week-
I end very pleasantly at the home of
AMr. M. J. Ferguson, in Ambrose.
; The students were busy last week
| preparing the basketball court. In a
| few days it will be in perfect condi
| iron and ready for the girls to start
| (practicing. This promises to be a very
llpopular form of exercise.
I I
f l 99, Takes His Third Bride.
| ! Grand Rapids, Mich.—Henry J. Elli
b aged 99, of Jackson. Mich., and
1 Ms. Ida Segar. of Grand Rapids, are
on their honeymoon It is Ellison’s
third marriage and his wif’s fifth.
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL vs. BREWTON-PA Pkr ER, Mon. %v. 2. Game Called at 3:00 pm. “Everybody Come Out and ROOT
GEORGIA CHAMBER
COMMERCE GIVING
Yaluable Aid to Farmers In “Buy
at-Home” Movement. Will
Help in Many Ways.
Atlanta, Oct. 27.—(Special)—Since
the attention of Georgians has beer:
drawn so forcibly by the exigencies
produced by the European War to the
wisdom of the “Buy-at-Home” and
“Make Georgia Self-Sustaining" Slo
gans that will be heard in every coun
ty in the State on Georgia Products
Day. Wednesdey, November ISth —the
day that will mark an epoch in the his
tory of Georgia; reuests have been
pouring into the headquarters of the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce for de
finite information as to the proper
method of preparing and marketing
farm products, and particularly grains
and hay. To supply this information,
the State Chamber secured the servic
es of a committee of experts, the re
port of which follows:
“In considring the question of re
ducing the cotton acreage the farmer
has complained that he has nothing
to raise on the area formerly de
voted to the staple crop. When corn,
wheat oats and hay are suggested, he
claims, with some justification that
when he raises any more of these pro
ducts than he can use l himself, or dis -
pose of in his immediate neighborhood
there is no possibility of. selling his
surplus at anything Eke true valua
tion. He feels that before giving up
something that he he can sell,
some means should b£ provided by
which the substitute prop could be
profitably marketed,
“While this feeling is to a certain
extent justified, it is bpt fair to the
grain dealers of Georgia to say that
the present state of affairs is largely
the fault of the producer, iu that he
does not put his corn, oats wheat, hav'.
etc., in the same salable shape as it
can be bought in other sections.
“His corn is generally offered for
sale in the ear, or if shelved, it is not
properly cleaned and is frequently full
of cob ends and rotten cora and is im
properly sacked. His oats and wheat
suffer from ti e same lack of proper
packegaes. His hay is often poorly
cured and poorly packed and is usual
ly a general mixture of crab grass,
peavines, clover, Bermuda, weeds and
anything that happens to grow up in
the fields.
“In short if the farmer would give
the same attention to the raising of
his food crops and offer for sale in the
same markateble shape as he does his
cotton, he would have less trouble in
diesposing of them at the market,
price. The requirements /or making
these products bring their true value
are stated here briefly. They are not
unreasonable and in reality vould
cause very little extra trouble to the
farmer.
“Corn should be selected before be
ing shelled: that is. the damaged or
rotten ears should all be thrown put,
as they detract from the market val
ue. In sacking the corn use a strong,
sound bag that will hold two bushels
or 112 pounds of corn and put exact
ly that amount in every bag, as this
avoids the necessity of re-weighing
the bag every time it changes hands.
Also (in case both of yellow and white
corn are raised, keep the white and
yellow separate after shelling and
sacking so that if you sell 100 bushels
of white corn, you will know that you
are delivering 50 sacks of white corn
and not 30 sacks of white corn and 20
sacks of yellow corn, or vice versa, as
the case may be. The bags should not
be tied at the top but sewed together
wih strong twine.
"Oats should be threshed and clean
ed, and sacked in strong, sound bags
that will hold five bushels, or 160
pounds, and exactly that amount put
in each bag, the bags sewed at the
open end with strong twine.
“Extended discussion of the proper
care of wheat cannot here be under
taken in a paper of this character. In
a general way, however, emphasis
should be laid upon the necessity for
sound, dry storage after threshing. If
sufficient floor space is obtainable, the
preferable plan is to spread the wheat
lightly immediately after threshing
and keep it in bulk until ready for
market. If stored in sacks, let storage
be as light and airy as possible and
the bags so stacked as to give free
access of air.
“Our season is generally favorable
for the harvesting of wheat, in that it
is dry as a rule; being earlier than
the West the farmer of this section us
ually finds the market comparatively
hare of grain and affording, therefore,
an attractive basis for trade.
“The principal difficulties hitherto
experienced in handling wheat in Geor
gia has been the carelessness of the
shipper as to his package. Reasonable
caution would, of course, suggest that
that sacks should first of all be
sound and of shufficient strength to
withstand the strain of handling. Us
ually the quantity of wheat to be
shipped is not large enough to be load
ed in bulk, but where shipped in bulk,
care should, of course, be exercised
to see that the car in which it is
shipped is clean and sound of floor and
roof and well coopered and that grain
doors of strong, tough timber are se
curely placed.
"Care should be exercised to see
that different grades of wheat are not
mixed in one car. It oftimes occurs
that perfectly sound grain is mixed
with smut-damaged and weather-stair
ed grain, thus depreciating the value
of the good, without appreciably im-
Douglas, Georgia, Wednesday, October 28th 1914
MACON TELEGRAPH
BOOSTING DOUGLAS
AND COFFEE COUNTY
The Macon Telegraph, the popular
and progressive daily'paper, w hich has
a wide circulation, is publishing a se
ries of fifty-two special articles giv
ing a luminous writeup of as main
cities and counties in. South Georgia.
Prof. E. L. Martin, a gentleman of
thorough culture, and widely known
in educational and jou-nalistic work,
is in the city making a canvas or the
business and professional men to en
list their interest, and secure their
support for the issue which the Tele
graph proposes to devote to Douglas
and Coffee County.
We are glad to learn that our citi
zens are responding, and we trust
that the Telegraph, through the efforts
of Prof, .\lartin, will secure sufficient
eo-operatioft to make the effort a suc
cess.
True, business conditions are at a
low ebb, but we should renew our en
ergy, and double our efforts to put
new life in the situation, and nothing
is more potent when judiciously ap
plied than newspaper advertising.
We have not done as much advertis
ing in the past as Waycross, Quitman.
Moultrie and some of the other good
towns in South Georgia, therefore, it
behooves us to sound our trumpet and
let the world know that we have in
ducements second to none to offer the
home-seeker and the investor.
FISH DAY AT KIRKLAND FOND.
The large pond at Kirkland, fifteen
miles south of Douglas, was yester
day the mecca of all nimrods and lov
ers of the finny tribe for miles around.
The waters of the pond were turned
loose several days ago, so that the
conditions yesterday wrer very favor
able for successful fishing, and great
quantities of trout and bream were
caught.
2,911 MORE RALES THIS YEAR
I
Ginned In Coffee C’®«nty Thun Were
Ginned In 19151, Prior to Oet. is.
The tabulated reports sent in by the
giuners in Coffee County to the Cen
sus Bureau, show that there have been
ginned 14,023 bales, counting round as
half bales, of cotton ginned in the
county prior to October 18, 1914.
During the same time last year there
had been 11,112 bales ginned, making
2,912 more bales from the 1914 crop
ginned up to October 18 than were
ginned out of the 1913 crop up to the.
same time.
proving the poor. Where shipment is
in sacks, usually the best container
is a 42-inch 7(4 or 8 ounce burlap
sack. Just now the cotton sacks are
very much in favor and properly so.
Ordinarily the burlap is cheaper. If
cotton bags are used practically the
same size is preferred. This size bag
contains about 2 bushels of wheat.
“Where wheat is shipped in sacks,
bags should be well SEWED and not
TIED as is the practice in Georgia. If
the burlap bag is used the regular bur
lap sewing twine should be employed;
correspondingly, if cotton bag is used
heavy cotton twine would be best. In
shipments of less than carloads, each
sack should tagged with the name
of the shipper, consignee and point o!
destination.
“Proper care should also be given
to the weighing of wheat. It does not,
however, need to be shipped in bags,
of uniform weight unless that is stip
ulated at the outset as one of the con
ditions of the trade. At most all the
railroad stations, depot scales can be
employed for the purpose and at least
give an approximate basis for the as
sessment of freight charges.
“Hay as at present raised in Georgia
is a very bad thing to sell, because it
is rare that any one kind of grass seed
is sown, but the meadows usually grow
up in a«i indiscriminate mixture which
while good feed on the farm, will not
command a good price on the market.
“In purchasing hay. if a man wants
choice, green Alfalfa, he will not ac
cept a mixture of Alfalfa, swamp grass
and Bermuda as a substitute. If he
wants timothy, clover, peavine, or any
other variety of hay, he will not be
satisfied with a mixture of the three.
“Therefore, the first thing to be done
in raising hay is to decide on the va
riety to be raised tnd then strive, as
near as possible, to keep that field free
from other grasses. The subject as to
which variety is best to be raised is
tco lengthy to discuss here, other than
to suggest that Alfalfa, which only has
to be planted once and w'hich produces
four or five crops a year, is in grow
ing demand everywhere and worthy of
thorough investigation by the progress
ive farmer. \
“After getting the hay-meadow in
shape to produce some particular
kind of forage the next thing to con
sider is proper curing and baling. Ma
ny a good crop has suffered material
ly in market value owing to the care
less and improper manner in which
it is taken care of after cutting. The
brightnvss and sweetness must be pre
served to make it bring a top price.
Then after curing it must be properly
baled. The most suitable size is a
hale weighing about 100 pounds and
v ound by three wires. The smaller
‘vo-wire bales do not stand transpor
‘rtion as well and the loss from burst
bales is so great that it causes hay
so baled not to bring as good price
-s the cliree-wire even though
eoual puality.
“These suggestions, if followed out.
i- make Georgia-raised corn, oats.
JORDAN SAYS FARMERS
WANT SPECIAL SESSION
Declares Governor Should Not
Delay Action in Cotton
Crisis.
Atlanta, Oct. 28. —In a letter to the
Atlanta Journal under date of Octo
ber 2t>, Hon. Harvey Jordan, president
of the Southern Cotton Association
lias this to say:
“In every county or community of
farmers where cotton has been proper
ly presented with regard to present
supplies of raw cotton and probable
consumption by the mills of the world
during the next tw-elve months, the
sentiment in favor of state legisla
tion for control of cotton production
next year is overwhelming. Every ef
fort now being undertaken to finance
cotton through cash advances, or to
check the downward tendency of the
price, will fail until some definite plan
is put into operation to bring about
an equilibrium between supplies of
raw cotton and consumption. This
can only be done by law .
“State legislation would not only
guarantee reduction in production for
1915, but it would inspire confidence
in capital and bring the cotton mills
into the market as active purchasers
of their needs. So long as it is known
that the South has millions of bales
of cotton on hand, and with almost
positive certainty that another good
crop will be raised next year, the cot
ton mills will buy supplies only as
needed, forcing the farmers, to carry
expenses of storage, insurance i\nd in
terest on borrowed money, and capi
atl will continue to hesitate and halt
before advancing loans on wareloitse
receipts. The Northern banks which
proposed to enter the $150,000,090^ pool
have already cut the loan valued ou
middling cotton down to 4 centnlper
pound, and continuous difficulties ap
pear to obstruct the final details of the
proposition. While banks are taking
warehouse receipts as collaterals for
loans past due in all sections of the
South, 1 have heard of but few in
stances where any actual cash has
been advanced on cotton in storage.
There has been an almost endless se
ries of meetings of farmers, merchants
and bankers all over the South and at
Washington for the past three months,
but up to date we have had nothing
but talk and suggested plans which
have failed to bring relief. The situa
tion of the farmers is growing worse,
each day, while the debts of the South
are due and unpaid. If these debts
of farmers, merchants and country
bankers are not financed in some way
in the near futuie there will be seri
ous trouble.
“The general assembly of Georgia
could not only enact a law which
would specifically control the produc
,!cu '•Litton next year and thereby
relieve the piesent crop from the an
ticipated burden of another large crop
in 1915, but it could provide other im
portant measures of relief. We need a
State law which will validate the is
suance of cotton warehouse receipts
and give to all such receipts issued
that character of confidence which is
essential in seeking loans on cotton
by large banking institutions.
“This could be done by the State is
suirtg a license to each warehouse and
guaranteeing the validity of the re
icept. The general assembly could Al
so create a State Bureau of marketing
which could at once begin activities
for establishing a system of market
ing food supply crops.
“If the farmers are forced to adopt
idversified agriculture there must be
created a general market for their pro
ducts under some well defined system
having their confidence, otherwise
they will take the desperate chance of
growing more cotton and depending
upon it to pay the dVbts which must
be created to carry forward the farm
ing operations of 1915. The farmers
need the aid and power of the State
in this cotton crisis and there should
be no longer any delay on the part of
the governor in calling the general as
esnibly together to consider these and
such other relief measures as may be
presented.
“Yours trulv
HARVEY JORDAN.
“President Southern Cotton Associa
tion.”
wheat and hay able to compete with
Western-raised grain anr forage of the
same uality. The best admonition is
for the farmer not to expect to get as
much for his goods as it' would cost
him to buy them He pays the manu
facturers a profit on the clothing made
out of the cotton he produces and he
thinks nothing of it. So he must ex
pect the distributors of the other part
of his crop to make a legitimate prof
it for handling. If he would but con
sider the high freight rate the West
ern shipper has to pay to deliver his
grain and hay in Georgia, he would re
alize that he is getting a great deal
more for his crops than the Western
er, even when sold in competition with
Western-raised products, as the rate
to Atlanta, for instance from the Ohio
river—the nearest point from which
this grain and hay come —is 24 cents
per 100 pounds, which figures 7 2-3
cents per bushel on oats; 13(4 cents
per bushel on corn; 14(4 cents per
bushel on wheat, and $4.80 per ton
on hay. The freight rate on Alfalfa
from Colorado, where the best grows,
is, from $lO to sll per ton, so it is
easy to see that in the very crops
which he feels ho cannot raise, there
is a great adiantage in favor of the
Georgia farmer.”
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
VS, BREWTON-PARKER
The football team from Brewton-
Parker Institute Mt. Vernon, will be
in Douglas next Monday, November 2,
to meet the team of the Agricultural
School.
These teams have had one game to
gether this year, which resulted in a
victory for the home boys. Since that
time flic Brewton-Parker boys have
gained some valuable football knowl
edge, and they come down this time to
show that their experiences have been
used to advantage.
This game promises to be a good
one. Both teams are about the same
in weight, and botli have a number of
new men; so lovers of the game may
expect something that will furnish
them with enough thrills to last for
at least two weeks, when the next
game w ill be played on Ashley field.
Friends and patrons of the Agricul
tural school are requested to tell their
friends of the coining game, and to
urge them to come out to it.
Without the support of the people
of Douglas, athletics can not be made
self-supporting. The expenses of this
game will bo unusually heavy, as the
team has to make a long trip, and for
this reason the athletic authorities are
especially anxious to have the game
well attended.
SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE IN BEL
GIUM ARE FAMISHING.
Immediate Help From the Outside is
Needed for the Starving People. The
Whole Country is a Place of W reck
age and Half the People Hopeless
Brussels, Oct. ■ 26.—Famine menaces
nearly 7,000,000 persons in Belgium
unless they receive immediate help
from the outside world.
Brand Whitlock, American minister,
asserts that less than two weeks' food
vopply remains in cities, while con
d,-tions In the country districts are
worse. His reports from Namur, Lou
vain and Liege say that affairs in these
cities are worse thag in Brussels.
Nearly half the people who have re
mained in Belgium are wandering
helplessly from town to town seeking
shelter from friends and relat.res.
Malines, which formerly had 60,000
inhabitants, has but few undamaged
houses standing. The same situation
exists at Namur and Louvain.
The road from Antwerp to Brussels
is black with people moving in either
direction. Wagons and carts arc fill
ed with wreckage of household ef
fects. Thousands on foot are carry
ing bundles or pushing dog carts, mov
ing with no definite destination.
Belgians of all classes appear dis
heartened. Old women and cripples
may be seen sitting near their shat
tered homes in Melines nodding mute
ly at the cathedral with its shattered
windows and tottering walls. Simi
lar conditions are found in small vil
lages between Antwerp and Brussels.
Few stores are open. Villages that
stood near contested forts literally
were razed. Many inhabitants remain
lying in rudely constructed sheds or
tents. In Brussels the streets are fill
ed with German soldiers and marines.
Automobiles of the officers dash in all
directions.
STATE TO WORE OFT OFFER TO
BELGIAN REFUGEES.
Quitman, Ga., Oct. 28.—Announce
ment was made at the otfice of the
Brooks County Industrial Club Mon
day that the wide-spread interest in
the Belgian refugee offer made by the
proportions which the movement had
taken on, made it advisable for the
State at large to take hold of the mat
ter and work out a standard offer to
the Belgians.
To meet the situation it is announc
ed that a committee with a member
ship in every county of Georgia will
be named within the next few days,
for the consideration and handling
of the Belgian offers made in all Parts
of Georgia. On this committee will be
placed all those who have made offers
or who are interested in the proposal.
A meeting will be held in Atlanta
Nov. 24 by the committee and will
confer with the Belgian consul. Hen
ry L. Degive, and with Dr. R. L. May,
the French consul, located at Atlanta
and Hon. J. D. Price, commissioner of
agriculture. Additional information
is being received daily at the office of
the Industrial Club as regards the
character of the Belgian farmers.
There are already homes, rent free,
for one year in various parts of Geor
g'a for over three hundred Belgian
families. The following additional
persons are making offers of homes:
Robert F. Shedden, Atlanta; H. H.
Jarred, Rays Mills; J. A. Coursey,
Lyons; Mrs. F. H. Johnson, Gray;
R. L. Moss, Cutting; Mrs. J. F. Minis,
Clarkesville; Mr. James \V. Jackson,
Cornelia; S. S. Spear, Box Springs;
D. L. Beatty, Albany.
ASKS THAT THE FARMERS MEET
AT COURT HOUSE HERE NEXT
MEEK SATURDAY.
On account of the extreme situa
tion due to the cotton market, and rec
ognizing the importance of co-opera
tion and concerted action in handling
this year’s crop, I suggest that the
farmers of Coffee County meet at the
Court House, in Douglas, on Satur
day, November 7th, at 10 a. m., to
discuss the situation as pertains to
the marketing of cotton, and to take
such action as may be to our best in
tpi’pcfs
RICHARD VICKERS.
$1 Per Annum
BIG CROWDS ATTEND
GEORGIA-FLORIDA FAIR
Myriad of Exhibits and a Splendid
Program Will Make Fair a
Record Braker
COE FEE COT NT Y EXHIBITS ARM
In Charge of Prof. Eunice and Hdii. JL
'I. Hatfield.—Clear, Crisp Weather
Sends Crowds Over Grounds
Special to The Progress.
Valdosta, Oct. 28. —Clear weather,
crisp and bracing, sends a merry and
jolly crowd over the grounds of the
Georgia-Florida fair grounds to see
the mysteries and view the many tine
displays that are on exhibition.
There are seven great county exhib
its, many individual displays. Live
stock, Corn Clubs and a wealth of
clean amusement features to hold the
attention of the throngs of visitors.
The Georgia & Florida railroad has
arranged to hold the afternoon train
at Valdosta until 6 o’clock, which w ill
give Douglas visitors 8 hours in Val
dosta. This arrangement will hold
good until the close of the fair.
From the opening hour of the big
white entrance gates, the promise of
the fair officials “for the best and big
gest fair in history," made good.
Each new crusade into agricultur
al and industrial displays, carried
w'th it the conviction that the present
fair is the most notable meet of its
kind ever held in South Georgia.
The clear, crisp October weather
has been ideal for the merry, hurry
ing crow r ds, who have sw r armed over
the grounds, initiating themselves in
to the maze of mysteries of agricul
tural exhibits and industrial displays
live stock shows and poultry portray
als, and finally ending, as do most
pleasure seekers, in the happy con
fines of “Joy Avenue.”
Coffee County is represented at the
fair with a splendid exhibit which is
in charge of Prof. Eunice of the 11th
District School and Hon. J. I. Hatfield
and is attracting a good deal of at
tention.
The fair will continue throughout
the week, and each day there will be
a splendid program carried out.
WiLL YOU PLANT ONE
OR MORE ACRES WHEAT
In every emergency a plan of ac
tion is a great help. The prices of
food products are high and there is
every indication that they will remain
so during the next year. The war in
Europe has disturbed production
abroad and has interfered with con
sumption and with markets and finan
cial conditions in this country. This
state of affairs, familiar to every one,
makes it imperative that every farmer
and every community should plan for
next year’s work accordingly.
Never before has the farmer needed
to adopt the “Live At Home” plan as
a slogan and see that It is put into
practice more than now. Cotton is
low and but few can meet their obli
gations. We know our supply mer
chants cannot carry our accounts for
ever without some payments from us
because their notes can only be dis
counted with Georgia banks, whose
limited credits in New York can be
utilized only where their obligations
are based on cotton and we all know
where cotton stands today.
It has been thoroughly demonstrat
ed to this section that wheat will
grow here successfully and as I have
gone about the county, I find a number
of people that are willing to sow an
acre or two if they can be assured
of having it properly ground. At the
same time there is no man that wants
to prepare to grind wheat unless there
is some assurance of it being grown.
So I have decided to ask as many
as will to arrange to sow at least one
acre and to drop me a card at once so
I might give the information to some
miller.
Hoping we can get two hundred ac
res sown, and we can.
Yours truly,
G. B. EUNICE,
Farm Demonstrator.
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
The Smyrna Baptist Association
convened with the Stokesville church
on last Friday and was in session un
til noon Sunday.
Of the twenty-eight churches in the
Association, twenty-five were repre
sented by messengers who submitted
detailed reports on the year’s work
just closed.
A summary of the reports will show
substantial progress along all lines.
Rev. H. H. Shell presided for the
third time as moderator and Rev. H.
M. Meeks was re-elected clerk.
Next year’s session will be held at
Denton Baptist church.
NOTICE.
Pearson Union Warehouse is open
for business and solicits cotton for
storage. Charges reasonable. Full
insurance carried to protect our cus
tomers H. L. LANKFORD, Manager,
Pearson, Ga.