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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XXXII. FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA, MARCH 17, 1922. NUMBER 35. HOLD “EASY DEGREE” UNVER- SITY FOUNDER Postal Regulations Vio lated, Is Charge; Inves tigation Promises to Be Thorough. MR. A. O. BLALOCK who announces himself as a candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture against J. J. Brown, incumbent. Washington, March 2. — (Capital News Service.)—The State Depart ment has received scores of letters from foreign governments asking for some oficial information on the stand ing of the Oriental University and tell ing of the apparent ease with which its diplomats were obtainable in their countries. The “university” has been in opera tion for 17 years under a Viirginia charter. The authorities were advised that the founder, Helmuth P. Holler, had advertised the property for sale and was about to go to Europe. He was arrested and taken before United states Commissioner Hitt on a charge of violation of postal regulations and | held in $3,000 bail for a further hear ing. Government authorities are alive to the danger to long established institu tions of learning, in the continued ex istence of “universities” whose re quirements for a “degree” are largely monetary. The right to use* Ph. D., D. Sc., or B. A. after a name comes from long, hard study and a success ful passing of difficult examinations. The worlds of business, religion, sci ence and art recognize these and simi lar abbreviations as indicative of cer tain qualifications and attributes in their owners. If they or similar “de grees’’ can be obtained by anyone with tl^e price, they will no longer possess rafly value. Hence the present investi gation, which it is promised is but the first of several. CONFUSE “EDU CATION” AND “INFORMATION” Iffrong Ideals of Learn ing Prevent Spread of Knowledge Among the American Scholars. Washington, March 3. — (Capital News Service.)—-The president of the American Educational Association, Dr. Charles Aubrey Eaton, says that Amer icans continually confuse “education” with “information," and that even so eminent a man as Mr. EJdison does not make the distinction, as shown in “that fearful list of questions.’’ Dr. Eaton believes the major educational problem of the day is not teaching quantities of isolated facts, but in culcating a knowledge of how to think, and so to be able to realize respon sibilities as citizens. "Encyclopedias were invented to hold information of fact, the human brain was not,” Dr. Eaton declares. ‘^Education should be so carried out that it will fit the student for the con ditions and environment in which he will live. Since the supreme organ of civilization at present is industry, education should fit men for leader- shing in industrial fields.” GOOD ROADS (Greatest Issue Before the People. Atlanta, Ga., March 15.—The Geor gia Good Roads Association has plan ned to have the v matter of the pro posed $75,000,000 road bond issue pre sented at the spring ter,m of court in leveiy county in the state, and at the district meetings of the state fed eration of women’s clubs, according to T. G. i,Farmer, Jr., managing di rector of the good roads association. ‘We regard the good roads bond is sue as the (most important piece of legislation coming before the next leg islature, and we have no doubt of its passage, if we can get the people in formed as to its benefits,” said Mr. Farmer in an!interview today. “Inqui ries Ancerning the plan have come in from every section of the state at such a rate that we have had to in crease our office force to handle the correspondence. We |are sending to each inquirer a little good roads prim er and chart showing how the bonds wDI jbe floated an(d retired and an swering every question a voter could ask regarding the bond plan.” "-S&Jtiment is rapidly,crystalizing in favor of the bonds and by (the time the legislature meets we expect to see the issue so popular that no one can be found who would dare lift Jiis voice to longer keep Georgia in the mud ."j ARE THE CROP YIELDS OF FAYETTE COUNTY PROFITABLE? BLALOCK SUP PORTERS OR GANIZING IN MANY COUNTIES Campaign Being Organ ized in Fayette County. Announcement by A, O. Blalock, prominent farmer, business man and banker, of Fayetteville, and collector of internal revenue for the state un der the Wilson administration, (thtet he will be a candidate for the office of commissioner of agriculture, in the coming state primary, has been receiv ed with much interest in Fayette coun ty, and a campaign is 'now being or ganized in his behalf. Mr. Blalock is well known through out the state, and if the pulse beats in the heart of his home town [and county mean anything, the congratula tory letters that are pouring in from all parts of the state over his an nouncement speak a volume of the sentiment of the people of i Georgia. Campaigns are being organized in many counties in his behalf and the outlook seems very encouraging to Mr. Blalock and his many friends. Mrs. Hollingsworth Dies at Age of 83. Funeral services for Mrs. R. H. Hol lingsworth, the mother of Judge W. B. Hollingsworth, (of Fayetteville, who died at 4 o’clock Monday afternoon at her residence, at 385 Flat Shoals ave nue, were held at the Martha Brown Memorial Church at 10 o’clock Wed nesday morning. Interment took place at the .Marten icemetery, at Lithonia, Georgia. At the ripe old age of 83, she was still the constant companion and ad viser of the young people of the com munity and her death is deeply mourn ed by many friends. Mrs. Hollingswortht is survived by three children, Jugde W. B. Hollings worth of Fayetteville; W. H. Hollings worth of Lithonia and Mrs. R. S. El lis of Hazlehurst, Ga. Iowa Physician Falls Dead When Told „ Amount of Taxes Davenport, la., March 10.—Dr. H. P. Brown fell dead in the county treasur er’s office Thursday shortly after be ing told the amount of his taxes. He was 75 years old. Letter Box Novelist's Invention. The letter box was invented by Anthony Trollope, the novelist, who was a surveyor of the post office in England from 1841 to his retirement from the service in 1807. ( Remarkable. “It is simply rotten. The people here treat us as if they knew we were not accustomed to much money—and yet I am always talking about money.” —Meggenderfov 'Munich), Interrupted Quest “De reason some folks can’t find work," says Uncle Eben, “Is dat dey’d have to pass too many crap games on. deir way to look for it.” By David D. Long, Soil Specialist, Soil Improvement Committee, Atlanta, Ga. In this time of stress when all farmers are trying to work out of a depression, it is es sential that farming as a business should be looked upon from a business basis. It is necessary to diversify, for diversification always has been a paying proposition even before the boll weevil came, and especially so in relation to the production of home supplies. Diversification, however, is not the whole solution unless the yields of the crops are profitable. It cannot be expected that a farm operator lean just diversify and expect to work out of this serious situation. It requires more than that. It requires that the yields shall be sufficiently high to pay costs of production and leave a profit. Low yields are very often the cause of complaint that prices do not pay costs of production. Co§t surveys as conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture show that with increased yields the costs of production per bushel, or pound of a prqduct decreases and that the profits per acre increase. It is necessary, therefore, to look well to your yields to determine whether or not they are profitable. Assuming that costs of production for 1922 are about the same as for 1914, we can ob tain from the Farm Management survey of Brooks county, Georgia by the United States Department of Agriculture, cost records which are valuable in determining whether yields are profitable. * t COTTON. A yield under 200 pounds of lint'eotton cost 11.6 cents a pound; [from 200 to 300 pounds lint, 9.1 cents a pound; from 300 to 400 pounds lint, 7.8 cents a pound; and for 400 pounds and over, 7:5 cents a pound. The average costs per acre was $34.51. The boll wee vil1 will, of course, in crease the cost, even if the cotton is protected. The census returns of 1920 show that the average yield of Fayette county was 240 pounds of lint. CORN. The same government investigation shows that the cost of producing corn was as fol lows: Yield. Cost. 9.3 bushels per acre $1.26 per bu. 13.4 bushels per acre 17.8 bushels per acre 24.2 bushels per acre 85 per bu. 73 per bu. 66 per bu. Average 14.3 bushels per acre 89 per bu. Quoting from the above publication: “The data (presented also indicate that under con ditions found, with com at an average price of 75c per bushel, it is necessary to secure a yield above 10 bushels per acre of com planted in rows alternating with peanuts or about 18 bushels of com planted “solid” if a profit is to be shown when figured by cost deter mination methods.” The average yield of corn for Fayette county, 1919, was 14 bushels, according to the census of 1920. A comparison with the above figure^ reveals at a glance whether this av- erage yield is profitable. OATS. , Again quoting from this survey: “Oats must yield about 15 bushels to show a profit at an average price of approximately 50 cents; but when the yield slightly exceeds 25 bush els, the cost is reduced to 36 cents per bushel. The latter yields a good margin of profit.” The average yield of oats for Fayette county as reported by the census of 1920 is 18 bushels per acre.' From the above statement is this yield profitable? PEANUTS. The average cost of producing peanuts as determined by this survey (was $36.61 per acre. The average yield was 37 bushels per acre, with a net cost of 99 cents a bushel. The .average yield of Fayette county for 1919 as reported by the census was 32.6 bush els. Assuming that the average cost of $36.51 to be the average cost under Fayette county conditions, the cost of production per bushel would be $1.12. By increasing the yield, the cost per bushel is automatically decreased as in other crops. SWEET POTATOES. The average yield of sweet potatoes for Fayette county in 1919, as shown by the census report of 1920, was 131 bushels per acre. Of all crops this yield appears to be most profit able. The analysis of cost of production shows that the costs of production per bushel rapid ly decreases as the yield increases. The profits also [increased with increased yields. Under 1914 conditions an average yield of 70 bushels per acres, cost per bushel to produce 36 cents and gave a profit of $14.18 per acre. With a yield of 100 bushels per acre, the cost was reduced to 28 cents per bushel and the profit increased to $27.27 per acre. But when the average yield was. 162 bushels, the cost per bushel [was 22 cents and the profit ner acre increased to $65.01. . ■ From the above figures, it appears urgent that the acreage yield of all crops be in creased to a profitable point The farmer well knows what it takes to make higher yields per acre. He knows the value of good seed, building up the soil with organic matter, the intelligent use of fertilizers, cultivation, etc., and now is a good time to » practice these measures to put the farm on a profitable yield basis. Some reader has in his mind the question of markets. All marketing associations well managed will certainly help in the matter of distribution and prices. However, no market ing association will be able to turn high costs per bushel or pound on account of low acre age yields into a profit. Marketing is no substitute for low acreage yields and - high costs, nor is it a substitute for good seed, good fertilizers or good farming. But, above all, consider carefully if your average yields are profitable! If not, plan to make them profitable. If they are, plant to keep them profitable or to increase the profits per acre. Fight the boll weevil. The Georgia Educational Association, Columbus, Ga., April 19-22, 1922. Tentative Program. April 19—Wednesday, 8 p. m., City and County Superintendents and Offi cials; Supt. M. L. Brittain, president. Opening session. April 20—Thursday, 9 a. m., City and County Superintendents Business ses sion. April 20—Thursday, 8 p. m., Opening session, Georgia Education Associa tion. Address of welcome. Address, Miss Chari O. Williams, president Na tional Education Association. Presi dent’s address, Kyle T. Alfriend, presi dent Georgia Military College, Mill- edgeville. Friday, April 21, 9 a. m.—Address, Industrial and Technical Education, Supt. W. A. Sutton, Atlanta. Address. Relation of the (University to Public Education, Dr. A. A. Murphee, Presi dent University of Florida., Address. Dr. John J. Tigert, National Commis sion of Education. Address, Mrs. James E. Hayes, president Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs. Ad dress, The Need of Christian Lead ership, Dr. Thornwall Jacobs, presi dent Oglethorpe University. Address. The Public Schools and Health Prob lems, Dr. John P. Faulkner, Raoul Foundation. Friday, 12 o’clock—Visit to Camp Benning, largest military school in the world, where demonstration will be given to association. Friday, 3:30 p. m.—Departmental meetings. Friday, 5 p. m.—Columbus Public Library. Demonstration of Physical Education given by Columbus Schools. Friday, 8:30 p. m.—Address, Amer ica’s Leadership of the World: Ex- Governor Charles H. Brought, former President of University of Arkansas. Saturday, 9 a. m., April 22—Address, Miss Martha Berry, Berry School, Rome, Ga. Address, Dr. Philander P. Claxton, Provost University of Ala bama. Address, Military Training, Col. Paul B. Malone, U. S. A., Camp Benning. Elections of officers. LATEST NEWS-HOT FROM THE WIRES No newspaper in the South is bet ter equipped than The Atlanta Jour nal for getting the news to you the day it happens. For years The Jour nal has been served by the Associated Press, the world’s greatest news gath ering agency, with its full leased wire service. Recently the Journal has taken on the full twenty-four hour ser vice of the Associated Press. All through the night, all during the day, even in the wee small hours of the morning, these leased wires pour the news of the world into the Journal office, and it goes to you on the first train leaving Atlanta. Besides the Associated Press, The Journal is serv ed by the United Press full leased wire service. If it happens, you can't miss it, if you subscribe to The Journal. Subscription Rates. By mail, payable in advance, daily and Sunday—one year $9.50; six months $5.00; one month $0.90. The Daily Journal.—one year $7.50: six months $4.00; one month $0.70. The Sunday Journal—one year $5.00; six months $2.50. SEVEN KILLED IN R.R. WRECK Broken Wheel On Front End Of Last Passenger Coach The Cause— Funeral Party Included + + + + + + + + + + 4’ + 4’ + + + + + + LIST OF DEAD * + + + G. T. Elmore, cashier local + + freight station, A. B. & A. rail- + + way, Atlanta. + + W. E. McIntosh, Roanoke Ala. + + B. C. Driver, Roanoke, Ala. » + + W. E. Johnson, seetion fore- + + man, Birmingham division, A. B. + + & A. rialway company. + + R. W. Lanier, operator, A., B. + + & A. railway, Senoia, Ga. + + Mrs. Dr. I. H. Etheridge, At- + + lanta, Ga. + + W. M. Brooks, lineman West- + + ern Union Telegraph company, + + Manchester, Ga. + + + ++++++++++++++++ Atlanta, Ga.—Seven persons, two of them Atlantans, are dead, and six teen others, nearly all Atlantans, are iu hospitals from injuries, as a re sult of the wreckage of one car of an Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic train which left here for Fitzgerald, March 12, when it dropped thirty feet from a trestle imo Camp creek, thir teen miles from Atlanta. Several of those injured are in a dying condition. They are: C. D. Moure, Atlanta; Thomas W. Ethridge, Atlanta; Mrs. T .W. Etheridge, Atlan ta: Thomas Etheridge, Jr., baby, At lanta; Miss Mktie Wall, Fitzgefald, Ga.: Miss Estelle McNiece, Atlanta; Miss Caroline Dunbar, Langdale, Ala,; Mrs. A. B. McNiece, Talbotton, Ga.; II. F. Hentz, McGee apartments, At lanta; Miss AJive Sygirt, East Point, Atlanta; C. A. Davis, Alvaton, Ga.; Miss Mamy Whitlock, Atlanta; Mrs. V .G McNeely, East Atlanta; Mrs. J. P. Murray, Atlanta; J. P. Murray, At lanta;'Willard Cope, Atlanta. All of the dead, with the exception of cue, were men. Derailment of the car, which plunged from - the ires tie, was blamed by road officials on the bursting of one of the car wheels. The train was nearly at a standstill when the coach left the trestle. The train left Atlanta at 7:45 o’clock in the morning, and it was barely 8:00 o’clock when the wreck occurred. The trestle Js located two miles from Ben Hill and about four and a half miles from Union City, where aid was first sought by the engineer. Col. B. L. Bugg, receiver for the A., B. & A. railroad, issued a state, Jn which he declared that his investiga tion had showed that the accident was unproventable and was caused by faul ty equipment, which careful inspection had failed to detect. According to the road investigators, a wheel of the front truck of the rear car burst as the car reached a point about one hundred yards from the tres tle ever Camp creek. The train was proceeding at a normal speed of about thirty miles an hour, it is stated. Survivors declare that in the fall, of approximately thirty feet, the coach turned over several times and landed, ipslde down, in the shallow water, with the greater part of the wrecked coach lying alongside of the southern bank. The train was in charge of Conduc tor H. S. Dixon and Engineer P. R. Bo-worth. As soon as the engineer took N jn the extent of the disaster, he uncoupled the engine and opened his throttle for a full speed ahead run to Union City, four and a half miles away. There he flashed the message of the disaster to Atlanta, while railroad men scurried about the little town calling every doctor and rescue worker avail able. Mrs. I. N. Etheridge, the only woman to meet death in the crash, in com pany with her relatives, Thomas W. Etheridge and Mrs. Etheridge and their baby, was on her way to the funeral of a relative at Woodbury, Ga., whith er they were taking the body. The body passed safely over the trestle on the baggage car. Every one of the Etheridge party was killed or injured. Rand Rebellion Foiled By “Smuts" Johannesburg, S. A—The South African mine rebellion is practically over. Except for one stronghold, where the mine workers are still heavily entrenched and offering stub born but futile resistance, the gov ernment forces have shattered the grip of the workers on the big mining centers. Servants Are Held In Jewelry Robbery Memphis, Tenn.—Diamonds and jew elry valued at twenty thousand dol lars are missing from the home of liirsch Morris, local banker, and four servants of the family are detained by the police for investigation in con nection with their disappearance. Mrs. Morris told police the jewels, wrapped in a handkerchief, were hid den in a wardrobe. The robbery is one of the biggest sensations in the his tory of Memphis, and the detective and police forces are working night and day an the case. Atlanta.—The general deflation of farm products has resulted in a de crease in the valuation of farm lands. During the era of high prices the cap italization of land was made to accord with increased returns. In the cen tral part of the state the boll weevil has also been a primary reason for de cline in price. Savannah.—Edward Molton, 6-year- old son of Mrs. Roy Molton, flying his kite in the street, near his home, was run over and killed instantly by an antomobile driven by Mrs. R. G. Helmley. Neither child nor autoist saw the other in time to avoid the tragedy. Mrs. Helmley is under $1,- 000 bond, pending investigation. Sylvester.—The Hall Milling com pany, of Slyvester, has just compjet- ed the erection of a modern grain elevator with a capacity of about 10,- 000 bushels daily, ana is now in oper ation, affording a ready market for all the grain that can be furnished by the farmers of Worth county and sur- hounding counties. Atlanta.—Six vacancies in Company F, 122d infantry, Georgia national guard, made up exclusively of former service men residing in Atlanta, the personnel of which is considered of the highest class of any national guard organization in the state, it was announced by Captain Eugene Oberdorfer, commandant. Atlanta.—A location for the girls’ high school on the south side and sites for the four junior high schools have been picked and are under op tion to the board of education. It is also stated that the survey commis- sionSs complete building report, with recommendations, is in the hands of the board, having been handed to Com missioner W. L. McCalley, in New York, recently, by Dr. N. L. Engle- hurdt, who directed the Atlanta sur vey. Its contents are withheld by Mr. McCalley. Atlanta.—Upon petition of- J. H. Ewing, W. Blayne Gibson, W. B. Smith and S. W. Carson, Judge George L. Bell, in Fulton superior court re cently, signed a temporary injunction 1 restraining William A. Wright, comp troller-general, and W. S. Richard-; son, tax collector, from collecting a special tax of $25 levied by the gen-' eral assembly last year upon persons engaged in negotiating loans and: charging a commission for their serv ice. Hearing on the pettion was set; for March 25. Atlanta.—The thing of particular in-: terest to this great argicultural state} is the stability of values in the south-i ern section where the farmery have: learned to fight the weevil and to; grow other money crops, such as pea-; nuts, sugar cane, tobacco, peaches,! livestock, etc. While there are some} slight recessions in values, there is: nothing that approaches the disaster-} ous. The central part of the state} which was stricken by the boll weevil} last year may well copy the methods' which have been found profitable i» the region first infested. Atlanta.—Claiming that the state tax law on funeral directors is un constitutional and discriminatory, the undertakers of the city .will file a' suit against the state of Georgia to test the validity of the law. The un dertakers who have joined in the ac tion against the imposition of the tax; ire Barclay & Brandon. Greenberg & Bond, Harry G. Poole, Awtry &'• Lowndes, Donehoo & Basemore, A. S.> Turner, A. C. Hemperly and H. MJ Patterson & Son, who will ask other* undertakers to join them. Atlanta.—Corn on Georgia farms; March 1st exceeded in amount that of any previous year, according to the' monthly report of the local statistic-' ian, Z. R. Petit, of the U. S. Depart-: ment of Agriculture. The record break ing reserve is more striking because the amount of corn-sold is also above the usual. The index figure showing the amount on farms March 1st was 53 against a ten year average of 49. the index of the amount shipped out of the country where grown was 6. against a ten year average of 4. Both of these bear out previous forecasts of a record crop last season. On the other hand the per cent of a corn of a merchantable quality was very low. Hundreds of correspondents say the farmers are slow to shell and grade corn so that it will compete with the western product. As a general thing it is heavily docked and iu some cases entirely unsalable. Some mills still use western corn, even in sections where we have a heavy surplus of home grown corn to sell. In spite of these handicaps, the price of the Geor gia cereal has been rising steadily. During the past two weeks the ad vance has been notable, in some cases registering as much as fifteen cents. This is due to the upward movement in western grain, io the approaching exhaustio nof reserves of corn for sale, and to better local demand. Past ex perience shows that Georgia corn gen ially rises in value as the farm sea- r >n progresses, because the 3tate is! r short of producing enough to coveil •ls need?