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Congressman Walter Wise Seeks Re-Ele<ftion This Year HON. J. W. WISE HON. J. WALTER WISE MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT Hon. J. W. Wise of Fayetteville announces this week for re-elec tion to congress from the sixth district in the primary of Sept. 12. M-i. Wise’s announcement will be of political interest throughout the sixth district. He is now serving his first term, is able, ac tive and very popular with his constituents. Mr. Wise is mak ing a splendid record in congress and is a fit successor to the able leaders who have represented the old sixth district in former years. It is not known if Congressman Wise is to have opposition this year, but in any event he is as sured the hearty and loyal sup port of thousands of devoted ad mirers in every county in the dis trict. The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head Hccause of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA TIVE HROMO QUININE ia better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and look lor She signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c WORTH VILLE Mr. and Mrs. ,1. J. Hammond and children, Mr. Charles Ham mond. Mrs. W. A. Aiken and Miss Jewel Mae Aiken motored to Hampton Thursday, and at tended the commencement exer cises. Mr. Ocie Stodghill. Mesdames W. F. Stodghill and Troy Lofton and Miss Lessie Stodghill were visitors to Jackson Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chambers have the sympathy of their friends in the death of their eighteen-months daughter which occured Friday. The funeral was at the Baptist church, Sat urday at 3 p. m. Rev. T. H. Vaughn officating. Mesdames G. W. and Will White spent Wednesday in Jack son. Messrs. J. J. and Charles Ham mond, W. A. Aiken and Kenney Wilson were visitors to Milner, Sunday. Miss Lessie Stodghill left Sun day for a lew weeKs visit with FOR BETTER RURAL EDUCATION IN GEORGIA Conference on Rural Education to Be Held at University of Georgia During Week Beginning July 17. Athens, Ga. —The annual conference for rural education in Georgia is to be held at the University of Georgia at Athens during the week beginning with July 17. This will be during tiie Summer School that will be in session here. It will very appropriate ly tit in with the special emphasis which is being put on rural educa tion and vocational training at the Summer School this year. The coun ty superintendents will be looked to for practical information about Geor gia problems. State Superintendent Brittain and others who know the conditions in this state will lead the thought of the meeting, while specialists of high standing like Hon. Thos. E. Finnne gan of New York state and represen tatives of the United States Bureau of Education will be looked to for inspirational talks and guidance out of their wide observation and study. During this conference the agricul tural club work among the boys and girls will come in for a large share of discussion, with a view to increas ing the effectiveness and numbers ■ f these clubs. The part which the ehool can play not only in boys and girls clubs but in the home econo mics work contemplated by the Smith-Lever bill, will be presented by the leaders now directing the work in the state. In the courses offered at the Sum mer School of the University of Geor gia increasing attention is given to making rural teaching more effective not only in aligning the schools with agricultural club work but in fitting the rural teacher to teach agricul ture in an intelligent and interesting wav; in preparing them for teaching handicraft as represented by draw ing, basketery and manual training; in qualifying them to present the fun damentals of home economics with respect to food values, cooking, sew ing, etc. relatives in Atlanta. Mr. Robert White spent the week-end in Atlanta. Mr. Lutfier Cawthon and Mrs. Luke Cawthon spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cham bers. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Stodghil’J Mr. and Mrs. Ocie Stodghill and children were visitors to McDon ough Sunday. Mr. Jim Houses spent, the weelS end with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pope. Value of the Farm Woodlot J. B. Berry, Prof. Forestry, Ga. State College Of Agriculture. Just what value do you place on that patch ot woods on your farm, or do you consider it only as an ob stacle to the cultivation of the land? A hundred years ago timber was very plentiful and prices low. At the pres ent time the best of the timber in the East and South has been logged, or destroyed, and lumber prices are advancing rapidly. No longer are the big timber holders of the United States recklessly logging their lands —rather, they are holding their tim ber to take advantage of the rapid increase in wood values. It is con servatively estimated that the pres ent forests of the United States cannot supply the demand for more than seventy-five years. When this is gone we shall have to compete with England and Germany in the world’s markets. During the year 1914 lumber prices in Germany ranged about four times as great as in the United States, and these prices showed an increase of 10 per cent to 15 per cent over the current prices of the year 1913. If this then is true — that the present lumber prices of the United States will be increased 300 per cent or 400 per cent during the next twenty or twenty-five years—can there be any doubt as to the value of a timber investment? The South is particularly favored in the matter of wood produc tion. Now'here else do trees and for ests grow more rapidly. During the course of twenty years a second growth thicket of old field pine and yellow poplar has developed into a forest, the trees of which average 12 to 15 inches in diameter. While trees of this size do not produce a high per centage of good lumber, there is a strong demand for this class of mate rial in the production of boxes and packing cases. Even as rough lumber the product of these trees would have a value of from S2O to ?40 per thou sand feet, and, at the present rate of increase, these prices will have dou bled in ten years, quadrupled in twen ty years. If this is true, and there can be no doubt of it, are there any other portions of the farm with the potential value of these thickets of young trees? What, then, is to be thought of a man who clears away this young timber, often from steep slopes, with the object of placing the land under cultivation for a few years until erosion has carried away the surface soil) and then abandon ing the area to weeds and small trees until nature has painstakingly and slowly re-established a forest cov er? Instead of creating wealth, is he not in reality destroying it? TIMELY AGRICULTURAL BULLETINS ISSUED Among the recent bulletins issued by the Georgia State College of Agri culture which are for free distribu tion within the state are "Soil Survey of Stewart County,” "Forest School Announcement,” “Teachers’ Manual of Agricultural Club Work.” "An nouncement of Veterinary Degree Course,” Catalog 1916-17, “Boys’ Pig Clubs, 1915.” Circulars recently Issued have been on the following subjects; "Corn Cul tivation," "Lime and Its Relations to Potash," "Peanut Oil Production.” “Cotton Variety Tests,” ‘‘Poultry Clubs, 1915," “Summer Courses in Agriculture, 1916.” We sl:ay open Wednes day Afternoon. For Groceries phone 186 For Ready-to-Wear and Millinery phone 94. For Clothing, Shoes and Dry Goods phone 167. For Office phone 93. Your orders appreciated. Carmichael-Mallet Cos. There will be an all day Sacred Harp singing at Old Bethel Sun day, June 4. and singers and lov ers of music and the public gen erally are invited. Dinner will be served on the grounds and those who attend are requested to take the well known well filled basket. Now that the hot season has arrived, see to it that the dumb animals are treated in a kind and humane manner. There is no ex cuse for the cruel treatment of dumb animals RURAL CARRIERS HAVE MEETING JACKSON MANPRESIDENT Delightful Session Tuesday at Indian Springs The Sixth District Rural Letter Carriers Association met in an nual session at the Foy Hotel at Indian Springs Tuesday, and a Jackson man. Mr. S. J. Watkins, carrier on route No. 1, was elec ted president for the following year. Charles T. Wolf, of For syth, was named as secretary and treasurer. About twenty-two members were present and considerable en thusiasm and interest was mani fested. Miss Joe Varner made a short but interesting talk, telling GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT What the Summer School Means for the Advancement of High Schools. The teachers in the high schools of Georgia generally receive higher sala ries than teachers in the lower schools, and the terms are longer than the terms in most of the rural schools. These high school teachers should become the leaders of educa tional reforms and activities. They should patronize more freely the Sum mer Schools, the chief agencies to put them in touch with modern move ments. There is a great and increas ing demand to re-order education so that it may minister more directly to the life needs of the children. This calls for the vocational trend in new subjects, and a remodeling of our older subjects. The following will give some idea of the courses offered and the talent secured to reach the high schools through their teachers in the Georgia Summer School. English. Miss Elvira D. Cabell, A. B. (Chi cago), the head of the English depart ment of the Chicago Normal College and a teacher of superior reputation has been secured to give a course in High School Literature, and a course in the Teaching of Composition. These are two most important subjects of ten nor. well presented because of difficulties. Miss Cabell will be a great help to all English teachers who come to the Summer School. English Grammar will be given by Dr. S. V. Sanford, author of the State adopted text. Professor Steed of Mercer University will give courses in Shakespeare and in the Novel. He will also give a series of interpreta tions, lecture readings, of great mas terpieces, leading to a genuine insight and literary appreciation essential to inspiration in the teacher of litera ture. Dr. Sanford will give a compan ion series on Tendencies of American Fiction, and Dr. Park one on Literary Criticism. History. With Dr. McPherson in American History, Professor Payne in European and Ancient History, and Dr. Brooks in Southern History and Civics, the field of history must bring forth good fruit for high school teachers. In addition, there will be offered a course in Geographic Influences in American History with Old World illustrations by Dr. F. A. Millidge (Chicago), now Professor of Geog raphy in the Normal College of Virginia. Another course especially valuable for teachers of history and of geography will be the course on International Relations. This course will present an interesting and valu able study of conditions, geographic al, industrial, social, and political in Latin America, as the basis for furth er extension of principles of interna tional relations. It will be given by a distinguished man sent by the Car negie Endowment, Dr. J. G. McDonald, now at Madrid, Spain. We are all so little acquainted with our American neighbors that this will be a valuable course for all. High School Science. High School Science has been a perplexing problem. Dr. Clifton F. Hodge, of the University of Oregon, author of Civic Biology, will give a course based on his book offering a solution to the problem of flrst-year science. Dr. Campbell will give a of the growth of the R. F. D. service. Mr. J. H. Mills made an address also. Congressman J. W. Wise was invited to deliver an address but could not attend. The following delegates were elected: To state convention in Savannah July 4. John J. Fisher, McDonough; alternates. I. T. Wy att, Farrar, W. C. Smith, Shady Dale, and H. B. Whitaker, Jen kinsburg. Miss Rudisill, post master at Forsyth, and Mr. I. J. Slaughter, post master at Jackson, attended the convention. The 1917 convention goes back to Indian Springs. How To Feel Good Tomorrow Indigestion quickly develops sick headache, biliousness, bloating, sour stomach, gas on stomach, bad breath or some of the <kher conditions caused by clogged or irregular bowels. If you have any of these symtoms, take a Foley Cathartic Tablet this evening and you will feel better in the morn ing. "The Owl Pharmacy, adv. course based on Bailey and Coleman, and an additional course in Biology. Dr. Hendren will give a course based on Clark’s General Science, also a course in Physics and Laboratory work. Courses in Chemistry, general and household, will be given by Dr. White. These indicate how science will be cared for. Agriculture. One other illustration will be giv en. Agriculture is one of t.he modern subjects calling to the high school for treatment and sadly in need of teach ers. The College of Agriculture is responding to the call with courses in the Summer School for teachers who should inaugurate this work in many town and rural high schools. Even the city schqols should have the Na ture Study and Gardening, if not more. Professor Fain will give a course in General Agriculture, Professor Crabb in Soils and Field Crops, Pro fessor Goodwin in Animal Husbandry, Dr. McHatton in Floriculture and Gardening, and Professor Hart in Manual Training and in Farm Me chanics. This is anew field for the Summer School, but one whose call for- the needs of Georgia should meet with ready response from teachers. Other Courses. Mathematics, Household Arts, Phy sical Education and Athletics, Draw ing, Psychology, Music, and Foreign Languages will be as strong as the departments above outlined. In High School Administration, School Supervision, Principles of Teaching, History and Principles of Education, Educational Psychology, and educational conferences, the pro fessional side of the work will be pre sented to supplement the scholarship work of the other courses. This story can give only this brief of what the Summer School is pro posing to do for high school teachers. These courses nearly all extend into college fields, carrying the teacher over and beyond courses as given in the high school. College courses are offered, and a series of graduate courses leading to the M. A. degree. Adapted to the needs of Georgia and the kindred South, teachers cannot get so many valuable courses else where. The strength and richness of the 1916 Georgia Summer School should be a source of pride to all Georgia teachers, and their apprecia tion should be shown in their re sponse to the offerings. STATE EXAMINATIONS FOR TEACHERS’ CERTIFICATES The dates for state examinations for teachers’ certificates from the summer school of the University of Georgia, have been set and are August 4 and 5. This will be at the close of the summer school session. These examinations, of course, are all that are required of a teacher at tending the summer school, who in tends to teach in the state. ENTERTAINMENTS AT SUMMER SCHOOL. Entertainments at Summer School. Those who have charge of the sum mer school of the University of Geor gia leave nothing undone to make the session both entertaining and help ful. Among the attractions announc ed for thia summer are the Coburn players offering three plays; open air< concerts; mountain excursions; local excursions and picnics; opera con certs; pageants; muslcales; games; swimming; tennis; play festivals; story teUlng hours, etc.