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VOLUME XXXIII, FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 29, 1922. NUMBER 24. SHIRLEY AND WARD At Fayette County Farm ers’ Mass Meeting at Fayetteville, On Thursday, Dec. the 14th. Representative farmers from all part* of Fayette county were assembled at the Palace Theater in Fayetteville on Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. Mer chants and bankers were there, and many ladies were also present. The editor of The News acted as chairman of the meetings and with a few fitting words setting forth the pur pose of the meeting, introduced the county agent, Professor C. V. Shirley, who, for the past five years, has been agent of Jefferson county. Mr. Shirley addressed the people, pre senting the great need of organization, co-operation and application, to over come the boll weevil, commenting upon the successful, use of calcium arsenate in the raising of cotton. Mr. Shiriey introduced Prof. F. C. Ward, cotton specialist of the state school of agriculture at Athens, whose address presented ways and means of successful cotton farming by the use of calcium arsenate properly applied, prescribing 2 to 7 pounds to the acre for cotton just beginning to square, using a horn first to insure getting the areenate on the plant when small. Later using a blower when the plant is larger to insure getting the arsenate over the whole plant, and using from 5 to 7 pounds to the acre. Mr. Ward explained the Florida sys tem, in picking off all squares formed and lower blooms while the weevil is in the tender top buds, then to apply poison properly and thus get rid of the weevil almost entirely. Medium early varieties were recom mended by Mr. Ward as best to use, the) Piedmont Cleveland, as one of the best tested varieties. Mr. Shirley announced the securing of nearby acreage for a test plot where demonstration would be made for the benefit of those who desired to see how to properly apply poison, / The agents’ county program was read adopted community meetipgal 4£8£? Barbecue iHirnefrim announced with dates arranged to covert zz ’ m ™ ecue < ISfSpeCtiol the whole county in the near future. Fully 90 per cent of the farmers and land owners present assured the agent of their decision to use arsenate this season if possible to secure it and upon a canvass of those present, about two car loads were subscribed for, if prices can be made at a reasonable figure. Mr. Charles Redwine addressed tha farmers in particular relative to their ability to underwrite themselves, as the banks will be engaged largely in assist ing their own customers. Mr. Redwine further stated that “Aid to the farmer will be determined by the personal ef fort. being put forth by the individual himself.” Mr. A. O. Blalock, folowing Mr. Red wine, stated: “Banks have no desire to refuse anybody, but cannot propost to help everybody; farmer must locate himself and find out his own ability and possibilities and use his own en ergy to develop his very best and then, if need is necessaiy, no earnest needy applicant need suffer; honest, fair work wil,l win.” County banks will help after the first work has been done by the farmer him self. Land owners of communities, by securing payments, can secure arsenate for all, needs. Organization is needed owners can secure money on paper and let tenants have needed arsenate to in sure better investments to owners. The Fayette banks will endorse owners' notes and secure money for arsenate for everybody. Mr. Blalock further requested that the county agent act immediately upon securing from the fanners the approx imate amount of arsenate to be needed and to secure prices from the state beard and others selling. 4. Poultry. (Develop all phases.) a. Housing. . b. Production. c. Feeding. d. Treatment for diseases and parasites. e. Marketing. f. Adopt one or two breeds in the community. (Other phases can be added.’ AGRONOMY: 5. Cotton. (Develop all, phases.) a. Poisoning to control weevil b. Fertilizer tests. c. Seed selection. d. Stalk destruction. e. Marketing. (Other phases can be added.) 6. Corn. e. Seed selection. b. Treating to destroy weevil. c. Marketing. (Other phases can be added.) 7. Oats. Develop all phases.) 8. Wheat. (Develop all phases.) 9. Peanuts. (Develop all phases, including the marketing.) 10. Clovers, Alfalfa and Cbrn Crop. HORTICULTURE. 11. Commercial and Home Orchards. (Develop all phases, including the marketing.) 12. Watermelons. (Develop all phases, including the marketing.) 13. Pimento Peppers. (Develop all Phases, including the marketing.) 14. Sweet Potatoes. (Develop all phases, including the marketing.) 15. Miscellaneous, Horticultural Crops. (Develop all phases, including the marketing. FARM ENGINEERING. 16. Terracing. 17. Potato House construction. 18. Weevil tight cribs. FARM SANITATION. 19. Treating farm animals, disinfect ing, whitewashing. MISCELLANEOUS. 20. Publicity. 21. Fairs. Off Tours. JUNIOR WORK. 23. Boys’ Clubs. a. Every pig club boy a corn club boy. b. Every com club boy a pig club boy. c. Eveiy corn and pig club boy a calf club boy. (The pig club boy needs the corn for his pig; the corn club boy needs the pig to eat his com; and we must have a calf to eat the fodder and hay, so there will be no waste. And we need an acre in cotton for cotton seed meal for calf.) d. Seed the cotton acre in rye at the last cultivation for the sake of the land, pig and calf, and the acre of corn in velevt beans for the sake of the same, and the grain acre in hay for same reason. The Booster’s Creed. FAYETTE COUNTY FARMERS ADOPT SUGGESTED OUTLINE FOR PROGRAM OF WORK By C. V. Shirley, County Agent. LIVE STOCK: Project: 1. Farm dairying. (Develop all phases of this.) a. Dairy association. b. Testing cream. c. Feeding. d. Dairy equipment. e. Permanent pastures. f. Marketing. 2. Beel cattle. (Develop phases such as pastures and marketing.) 3. Hogs. (Develop all phases.) a. Feeding demonstrations. b. Grazing demonstrations. c. Pasture demonstrations. d. Treatment for diseases and parasites. e. Marketing. (Other phases can be added.) f. Adopt one breed in the com munity. 1. I believe in God, in my country and myself. 2. I believe in the love of good wom en and the friendship of true men. 3. I believe there is more good than evil in the world, although the evil makes the more noise, 4. I believe I am as good as any man on earth, so long as I act on the square. 5. I believe my future—to make or mar—is in my own hands. 6. I . believe I can accomplish what ever I honestly try to do. 7. I believe that hard work, thrift and common sense will put any man on top. 7. I believe the knocker, the cynic and the calamity howler are pests that should be suppressed. 9. I believe in eternal justice—that fair dealing always pays and produces the only happiness and success worth while. 10. I believe that all the good things of life, love, honor, friends and money belong to the man who goes after them and never quits until he .gets them.— Selected. BOOK SHOWER. Library of Fayetteville Woman’s Fayetteville Woman’s Club will be held on New Year’s day (Monday, Jan 1st) at the home of Mrs. L. A. Ingram, 2:30 p. m. Miss Clyde Matthews. Mrs. John Adams and Mrs. Carl Graves will entertain with Mrs. Ingram. Every one interested in library, and especially every one who have enjoyed the use of the books, is urged to be present, to bring a book or money for same. Tie this to your thinker: “You know it is better to have lived and laughed than ilever to have lived at all.” Hi HUinBO Again an old year is behind us and a new one is before us, to make or mar—by our own acts. Have we any community plans for the new year?. I , * ; ./v/ Are we going to make it a progressive year? Or shall we just drift along? t The ship that drifts goes only as fast as the tide or current that car ries it. It would take a long time for such a vessel to cross the At lantic. But install a powerful engine in that ship, and turn on the full force of its power, and it will plow its way through the water at a rapid rate of speed. It is so with us, in this community. Our rate of progress rests in our own hands. We can drift along, and let another year find us about where we are now, or we may employ the force of will power and determination and? forge ahead, as the power driven ship does on the waters of the seas. We may “let well enough alone,” and drag along through life without ambition or hope of substantial reward, or we may “pep up” and get there almost before we know it. , If we go after a thing, we, at least have a fair chance of getting it. If we wait for it to come to us, we soon learn what waiting means. The editor considers this an opportune time to suggest that the citizens hold some kind of a public meeting, and submit suggestions and plans for community betterment. No one man carries all of the community brains around under his own hat, and hence it is not from his lips alone that all of the good sug gestions must come. i Every person has ideas, and it is but fair to assume that at least some of them are worthy of consideration. From chance words great events ofteii occur. And some one in our midst may be waiting for an opportunity to utter that word. i Let’s have a meeting, and exchange views. There is plenty to be done, and enough of us to do it. We take this opportunity to extend to our patrons our veiy sincere thanks for the support with which they have favored us during the year that has just passed into history. We feel that a simple statement of our appreciation is as effective as a . volume of rhetorical oratory, or a glowing string of words that but often covers the emptiness of an insincere heart. We trust the New Year* will bring you health and happiness, peace and plenty, and renewed opportunities for laboring in the vineyard of activity to the betterment of mankind. In the future we will endeavor to serve you as faithfully as we have done in the past, knowing full well that no reward is more just than that which is in recognition of services well performed. May you enjoy the choicest fruits of many years yet to come. rsfffMjrA Fayetteville News GOOD ROADS COST STATE $10,000,000 ONE OF THE LARGEST PROGRAMS EVER CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE STATE ANNOUNCED STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here And There From All Sections Of The State Atlanta. — Georgia spent approxi mately ?10,0000,000 in road improve ments, bridge construction and road maintenance in 1922, completing one : of the largest good roads programs ; ever carried out by any state in one | year, it was announced recently by i John N. Holder, chairman of the state j highway commisssion. A total of $8,360,706 was spent in ; construction work including bridges j and nearly $2,000,000 was spent on maintenance and betterment making a grand total of about $10,000,000. During the year the department con structed 23 bridges, 26 miles of con- i Crete highway, 19 miles of asphalt : highway, 99 miles of gravel roads, 589 ! miles of sand-clay roads and 57 miles | of chert roads, making a grand total j of 785 miles of good roads built during : the year. | The bridge construction work was ] carried out on a large scale several I large bridges connecting important ; highways and opening up important j territory being built. | In division No. 1 seventeen projects | were completed at a cost of $932,078. Division No. 2, 17 projects, $1,224,135. | Division No. 3, 10 projects, $737,000. j Division No. 4, 10 projects, $314,268. No. 5, 16 projects, No. 6, 10 projects, 7, 12 projects, STATE GEOLOGIST SAYS NO COMMERCIAL OIL IN GEORGIA Reports State That Soli In Franklin Shows Some Trace Of Petroleum Division Division Division Division Division Division No. No. No. No. 8, 8 9, 8 10, 5 projects, projects, $912,000. $953,000. $684,000. $897,567. $720,000. i Division No. 11, 6 projects, $614,000. projects, $372,215. Columbus C'.iief Of Police Dismissed l lurubus police departiiient which has ! been rumored for several days ma- ; terialized when Chief J. Tom Moore ! was dropped from the force and it was I announced that this is to be followed j by a general reorganization of the de- ; partment. This action was taken by | the city commission which is in charge : of all branches of the city govern- i ment. Chief Moore has been connect- I ed with the department for 22 years. ! He joined the force when 21 years i old and at the age of 29, when a call j officer, was promoted to chief, which office he has since filled continuously. The city commission which succeeded the old mayor and council government has been in office a year. It is un derstood that from the beginning the commisssioners have not been pleased | with the work of the police depart- | ment in law enforcement, particularly ! with reference to the prohibition law. Atlanta.—In one of the most com prehensive and exhaustive reports ever compiled of the occurence of oil in Georgia, State Geologist S. W. Mc- Callie recently, after an examination of soil in Carnesville, Ga., Franklin county, announced the results of his research disclosed the unmistakable evidence of a refined petroleum, bfjt stated “there is not a ghost of £ chance of finding commercial oil or gas in that part of the state.” Examination of the section where oil was thought to exist required sev eral weeks of intensive study and the report of Dr. McCallie shows conclu sively that he delved into the situ* tion completely and energetically. In cluded in his report was a warning to residents of the state to refrain from investing their funds in “fly by night” oil propositions, and this was substan tiated by a letter from Secretary of State S. G. McLendon. Americus Changes City Administration Americus.—Mayor J. Elmore Poole assumed the reins of government in Americus at the regular meeting of council. H. L. Mize, E. J. Witt, E. L. Carswell and W. E. Mitchell are new aldermen who assumed office with Poole. Holdover members of council who will serve during the next year are: R. E. Allison and J. W. Harris. Henry B. Mashburn, mayor protem, W. E. Taylor and C. H. Burke, aldermen, retired. Mayor J. E. Sheppard died recently, Mashburn having served out his unexpired term. Immediately upon organizing the new council at the re quest of Mayor Poole ordered an audit of the city’s books. The audit will be done by Alonzo Richardson & Co., of Atlanta, which firm previously has audited municipal accounts here. Two Colquitt Men Are Pardoned Moultrie.—John T. McCracken and Bill Radney, prominent Mitchell coun ty superior court of murder in connec tion with the killing of Henry T. Jones in June, 1917, and given life sentences in the penitentiary, have been pardon- Columbus. A shakeup of, the Co*. by Governor Hardwick, it was learned here, when the men were re leased from the Mitchell county chain-i gang. Several of the trial jurors sign ed the petition for executive clemency.; Both Radney and McCracken had large families. Re-enact Cain And Abel Tragedy Columbus.—The first tragedy of the Christmas holidays in Columbus was a repetition of the old story of Cain and Abel. Dilliard Owens admitted that he fired the shot that killed his brother, Perry Owens, 30 years of age, a mill operative, in an alleged drunk en brawl at a North Highlands store. In his confession he said that his two brothers were quarreling over the division of some whisky and he start ed to separate them. He says that he doesn't know why he took his pistol out, but before he healized it he was involved in the scuffle and had pulled the trigger. Columbus Prosecutor Resigns Columbus. — Solicitor-General C. Frank McLaughlin, of the Chattahoo chee judicial circuit, mailed Ins' resig nation to Governor Hardwick. It will become effective upon the appoint ment and qualification of his succes sor. January 1 Mr. McLaughlin will have been solicitor-general six years, having participated in many noted cases in this circuit chief among them being the Coart case in Talbot county. Man Lured From Home And Slain Byron.—Missing several hours when a negro came to his house and told him that he was wanted at the saw mill, where he was employed, five miles from here, the body of Zame Bryant was found with his head split open, buried in a pile of sawdust. Of ficers who are confident that Bryant was murdered, have established no motive for the crime. It is known that Bryant had no large sum of money on him. One suspect has been arrested. Fall Trade Good Says Columbus Men Columbus.—Fall trade in Columbus has been exceptional, this being one of the best seasons in the history of the city, according to reports from local.merchants collected by the cham ber of commerce. With numbers of big stores the season has been record breaking and this despite the fact that unseasonable warm weather prevailed for much of the fall and also that cloudy weather prevailed for ten days of the two weeks preceding Christmas. Ware County Roads In Bad Condition Waycross.—The roads of Ware county are in bad condition at the present time due to the heavy rain falls of the early part of the week. Highway officials state that not only have the roads been badly washed in certain places, but that the rains have put a temporary stop to road mainte nance throughout the county. Marketing Association For Bulloch Statesboro.—A. H. Wale, director of the Independent Co-operative Market ing association, is in Statesboro, per- \ fecting plans for the organization here in January of a county auxiliary to his independent Co-operative Market- ! ing association, which has already i been organized in thirty-four counties j In Georgia, Florida and Alabama. - Greek Was Murdered Savannah.—A coroner’s jury inves tigate wthe killing of John Kekenos, who was shot by unknown parties in his fruit store on Bull street. The verdict was that Kekenos came to his death at the hands of unknown par ties. The jury held the killing to be murder. The police say they have ceased to work on the theory that rob bery was the motive for the killing. They suspect it was done in a spirit of revenge. Killed By Accidental Shot Atlanta.—Charlie C. White, 23, whose pistol was discharged, instantly killed Ollie J. Hembree, 26, was lib erated by the coroner’s jury, which held the shooting to have been acci dental. The shooting, which occurred in White’s room, was investigated by officers, who arrested White and held him until a coroner’s jury could In vestigate. White claimed at the time that the shooting was accidental and repeated practically the same story to the jury that he told the officers. Soldier Killed By Runaway Team Savannah.—Charles S. Schneipf, a soldier at Fort Screven, died recently from injuries received in a runaway. Schneipf was driving a wagon deliver ing ice on the reservation. The mule became frightened and ran away, throwing him beneath the wheels of the wagon, which passed over *hls body. He was brought to Savannah for treatment. The dead man waa from St. Louis.