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Look Look Look
To The Trade
Given Away Free Last Saturday in January
at Medley-Bird & Co.’s
Beginning Saturday, Jan. 5, 1924, we will give: For
each and every dollar cash or paid on account, a coupon,
pjplicate number to be held until the last Saturday of
this month, Jan. 26.
First lucky number drawn to get one pair of our best
Mens or Ladies Shoes.
Second lucky number to get a 24 lb sk Sweet Rose
plain or self rising Flour.
Third lucky number to get SI.OO worth of a good flat
grain Coffee.
Drawing to take place at Medley-Bird & Co.’s store
at 3 o’clock Saturday, Jan. 26,1924.
Tickets must be on grounds at drawing.
MEDLEY-BIRD 4 COMPANY
Phone 141. Jefferson, Ga. R. H. Owens, Mgr.
Winder-Jefferson Road
A good wagon on the farm is very
essential to successful farming. I
have just received a small shipment
of Mogul Wagons. The quality is
second to none, and my prices right.
/
If in Need of a Good Wa&on,
See Me
Respectfully,
tf. I. iVfobley
Jefferson Ga.
COMMERCE BRICK & LUMBER CO.
BUILDING MATERIAL
CONTRACTING
BRICK
CEMENT
LIME
PLASTER
GRATES and TILE
METAL ROOFING
‘Quality and Quantity to Best Serve Your Purpose at
Reasonable Prices”
Phone 147 Commerce, Ga.
MONEY TO LOAN TO THE FARMERS
I negotiate loans on farm lands in amounts from $500.00 to $100,000.00,
time five years; interest payable annually. See Judge C. L. Bryson, Jeffer
•on, Georgia, who will take your application for a loan; or write to me,
*nd I will send my Land Inspector to have your property inspected at
once. Your loans will have my prompt attention.
S. G. BROWN, BANKER, Lawrenceville, Ga.
(Private Bank, Not Incorporated)
GAINESVILLE MIDLAND
RAILWAY
.
1923
Schedules Effective September 9th.
No. 2 leaves Jefferson for Gaines
ville, 8.54 a. m.
No. 12 leaves Jefferson for Gain
<sville, 1.00 p. m.
No. 11 leaves Jefferson for Athens.
9 a. m.
No. l leaves Jefferson for Athens,
p. m.
CEQAR AND
PINE SHINGLES
LUMBER
MOULDINGS
WALL BOARD
SASH AND
DOORS
MONEY TO LOAN
Money to loan on farm lands.
Inquiries answered promptly. Quick
inspection of land. Write: O. Moore,
401 Holman Building, Athens, Ga.
Representative Atlanta Trust Cos.
Habitual Constipation Cured
in 14 to 21 Days
•LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN” is a specially
prepared Syrup Tomc-Laxati ve for Habi tua!
Constipation. It relieves promptly but
should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days
toinduce regular action. It Stimulates and
Regulates. - Very Pleasant to Take. 60c
■er bottle
PAINTS
VARNISHES
STAINS
OILS
GLASS
BUILDERS
HARDWARE
POND FORK
Let’s everybody remember that we
will have Rev. Hoyt Cruce to preach
for us next Sunday p. m., the fourth.
We welcome one and all to come.
Frof. and Mrs. R. A. Hawkins and
Miss Pauline Whitlock spent Friday
night with Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Yopp
and family of Talmo.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Whitlock and
family spent Saturday and Sunday
in Lula with Rev. and Mrs. G. W.
Wallace and family. Grandma Whit
lock returned home with them.
We are glad to state that Mrs.
Francis Latimore is able to be out.
She visited Mrs. Sallie Latimore of
near Sugar Hill, and we are hoping
to see her out many more times.
Mr. Edward Latimove is at home
from the army.
Miss Latrelle Gee in spending a
while with Mrs. D. W. Lord, near
Dry Pond.
Mrs. C. F. Simpson is on the sick
list this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gee spent
Sunday with the former’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Truman Gee, of near
Talmo. 1
NEW VIRGIL
Sunday school was organized last
Sunday at this place, and the follow
ing officers elected: Z. T. Niblack,
superintendent; R. M. Culberson, as
sistant; J. F. Doster, secetary and
treasurer; W. F. Monroe, choir
ister. We want each and every one
to be present next Sunday at 2
o’clock, and every Sunday on and on
when the weather will permit, and
let’s have one of the best or one
among the best Sunday schools.
Come, one and all.
The singing at Mr. .W F. Monroe’s,
Sunday night, was quite a success.
Mr. Jesse Moore and family, who
have been visiting relatives and
friends here for some time, returned
to their home last week at Latamore,
N. C.
The dance given at the home of
Mr. J. F. Doster last Saturday night
was enjoyed very much by all pres
ent.
We regret very much to give up
some of the good neighbors from our
community. Mr. Bob Evans and
family have moved near Academy;
Mr. T. B. Hayes to Cave Springs;
Mr. Dave Brooks and family to
North Caolina, and Mr. Clifford
Phillips to Crawford, Ga.
Mr. Born Bryant and family have
moved into the house vacated by Mr.
T. B. Hayes. Also, Mrs. Susia Rey
nolds has moved into the house vaca
ted by Mr. Clifford Phillips and fam
ily-
Master Curtis Brooks of near
Crawford was the guest of relatives
here a few days last week.
The oyster and rabbit stews given
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Phillips last Thursday night was
highly appreciated by all present.
There are several cases of measles
in our community, but vje hope they
will soon be well, and drive them out
to parts unknown.
Mrs. Susan Phillips and Miss Mae
bell Brooks spent one day last week
with Mrs. Jim Chandler, at Ebene
zer.
Mrs. Hugh Phillips, who spent sev
eral days last week with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Brant Duncan, and other
relatives and friends at Monroe, re
turned home last Thursday.
Mr. B. B. Phillips of Winder was
visiting relatives here last Sunday.
We welcome Mr. Henry Wallace
and family to our community from
near Hoschton to make their home
for another year.
This community was more than
shocked when the news reached here
of the death of Aunt Nancy Doster
of Jefferson. We deeply sympathize
with the children and relatives in
their loss of a good mother and
aunt. May God’s richest blessings
rest upon each and every one.
Mr. Jce Brooks was the guest of
relatives last week at Crawford.
Miss Mary Lyle is slowly improv
ing at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Phillips and
children of Elmwood spent Saturday
night with the former’s parents, Mr.
and Mr.s. Hugh Phillips.
Last Monday was another cold day.
Seemed like everything was at a
freezing point. Wo sure did sympa
thize with our R. F. D. carrier, as it
was too cold to be out.
Mr. R. M. Culberson, who has been
confined to his bed with sickness, is
reported some better at this writing.
Wc wish him a speedy relief.
Messrs. T. W. Phillips and Joe
Brooks visited the latter’s brother at
Maysville last Sunday.
“A Hearse Is a Poor Vehicle to
Come to Church In—Why Wait?”
This sign on the bulletin board of
the Saint Andrews United Brethren
Church of Dos Moines started the
congregation talking—and going to
church. 1
A County Cotton
Flan Outlined
The Object:
1. To help every farmer produce
some cotton.
2. To help every farmer to pro
duce the most cotton that can be
produced on a small acreage.
3. To help each one to make a
good yield at the greatest profit.
The Plan:
1. Induce each farmer to plant
pure bred seed of a variety best adap
ted to weevil and local conditions.
2. Encourage each farmer to make
a liberal application of high grade
fertilizer of a formula best suited to
cotton production.
3. Co-operate only, with the farmer
who agrees to use calcium arsenate
properly and to conform with the
conditions herein outlined.
How to Work the Plan:
1. Let all the banks in the county
agree to furnish, each reliable eus- ,
tomcr, with the means (on fair
terms) necessary to purchase pure
bred seed, fertilizer, calcium arson- I
ate and machinery to apply it with, j
2. Do not propose to furnish farm
ers bread and meat and other farm
or home supplies, that should
be grown by them.
3. Let all the farmers who desire
to grow cotton under this plan and
who need assistance, go to the bank
in his community, or the one in which
he does business, and fnake his wish
es known.
4. The farmers who are able to
finance themselves and do not have
to go to their bank for assistance,
may aid materially in the movement
by co-operation, and they also may
be benefitted by purchasing the sup
plies needed in connection with the
others, as the plan is to buy every
thing through a purchasing commit
tee and at wholesale, ca:.h prices. By
so doing, they will be gotten much
cheaper.
What We May Expect to Obtain:
1. Asa basis we estimate 1200
acres of cotton planted under this
plan. The cost of the supplies above
named should not exceed $17,000 to
SIB,OOO (a very small amount ap
portioned between the banks of the
county and among so many farm
ers. )
2. We may reasonably expect to
make 600 bales of cotton under the
worst weevil conditions that may pre
vail. We ought to make more, but
should be humiliated not to make the
600. It is possible to make 800
bales on the 1200 acres.
3. This conservative estimate is
easily worth today, (seed and lint),
$120,060, a handsome dividend on so
small an investment. It means also
the reconstruction of cotton produc
tion, which is an absolutely neces
sary element in the commerce of our
country. It means furthermore the
re-establishment of our citizens, not
the least point to be accomplished,
the placing on his feet a discouraged,
honest man, and putting him in the
road that leads to independence.
The above plan as outlined has
been successfully worked in Carroll
and other counties, and can be in
any county undertaking it where uni
ted effort is made. 1
In ail cases a purchasing commit
tee should be appointed to see that
things are bought at a fair price and
to see that the farmer gets what he
pays for and without speculation. |
This ‘‘County Unit” plan is the
only one that has proven successful
in re-establishing cotton industry,
and at the same time to reach the
general condition of the farmer. The
Board of Entomology is ready to
help any county to work the plan.
J. C. Maness, Field Agent,
Georgia State Board of Entomology
FEWER MOONSHINE
STILLS CAPTURED
DURING YEAR 1923
Capture of stills in 1923 showed a
decrease as compared to 1922, ac
cording to a report filed with the
Washington headquarters by Fred D.
Dismuke, director for Georgia Thurs
day.
The number of stills confiscated in
1923 totaled 2,595, while the Georgia
officers in 1922 seized a total of 2,-
716. While the report showed adr
crease in the capature of stills in
1923, the work accomplished was con
sidered more effective during the past
year than in the previous 12-month
period.
The amount of whiskey seized in
1923 aggregated 21,455 gallons,
while in 1922 the officers confiscated
27,331 gallons. A total of 186 auto
mobiles containing contraband whis
key were captured in 1923 as com
pared with 169 in 1922. There were
1,461 arrests reported in 1923, and
1,138 in 1922.
Property destroyed by dry agents
in enforcing the law during 1923 ag
gregated $500,000 while in 1923 the
estimate was higher, being $623,000.
Will There Bea Scarcity?
One of the financial writers in a
New York paper states that there
are only 8,000,000 bales of cotton
now at the beginning of the year
1924 and consumption is going on at
the rate of 1,000,000 bales a month.
It will be nine and a half months
before sufficient new cotton can be
counted on to supply the require
ments of the mills. In other words,
there will be a demand for 1,500,000
bales more cotton than there is in
sight, so that there is an exceptional
field speculation. In other words,
the mills of the world will take much
more cotton than is offering to fulfill
the actual spinning requirements.
That would indicate a very much
higher price than 35-cent cotton.
Frequently there is talk of cotton
scarcity, but some way or somehow
there always turns up a supply every
year. Still it seems now that there
is an insufficient supply to go round,
unless there is an unprecedented i
slacking of demand. In Liverpool j
the mills have on hand less cotton '
than they ever had before. In Eu
rope and in the East the shelves of
the cotton merchants are barer than
they have ever been before.
How can one, therefore, prophesy
a slackened demand unless he says
! that buyers will not pay the price?
| One hardly thinks he can say they
will not pay the present price because
at these prices hundreds of thous
| ands of bales of cotton have been
sold and as the passing days bring
acuter shortage, how can he prophesy
that they will not pay the present
and higher prices?
To our mind, there is only one
question. Where will the inadequate I
supply reach its limit of price in the
presence of a superior demand? We
do not pretend to know.
It looks like the price is going to !
be fixed by bidders and holders in the
open market governed by the law of |
supply and demand. The prices made
by this law are the prices which will
prevail. In the meantime, boll wee
vil conditions and Southern diversifi
cation do not seem to be favorable
to a big crop even should there be
an increased acreage.—Savannah
Press.
COLD WAVE MADE
CLEAN CROP KILL IN
MIDDLE GEORGIA
0 Macon, Ga., January 15.—Crop
damage in middle Georgia by the
freeze of January 5, 6 and 7 was
the worst in the history of the state,
declared W. G. Middlebrooks, Bibb
county farm demonstration agent,
today.
“It was a clean sweet; the cleanest
sweep I have ever seen,” said Mr.
Middlebrooks, after returning from
an inspection of several young alfal
fa fields. “There isn’t even an on
ion left. Collards, cabbages, carrots
—in fact all kinds of early truck,
were completely wiped out.
“And now I find that most of the
young alfalfa was killed. There will
be no grain crop in middle Georgia
with the possible exception of a little
rye, and even the rye crop has been
badly damaged. Oats and wheat
have been completely destroyed. The
old alfalfa fields have been damaged, j
but that crop is not killed. The young
alfalfa is gone.”
The same damage that has been
suffered by middle Georgia will ap
ply to other sections of the state, ac
cording to Mr. Middlebrooks, even as
far as the Florida line. The loss will
run into millions of dollars.
TO PLANT 200 ACRES IN
TOMATOES AND CUCUMBERS
The Worth County Truck Growers
Club, composed of some thirty mem
bers, have signed up to plant this
season something over 100 acres each
in tomatoes and cucumbers. They
have contracted with a Tifton man
to furnish the crates and seed.
A PHILOSOPHER
To take things as they be—
That’s my philosophy
l No use to holler, mope or cuss—
If they was changed they might be
wuss.
If rain is pourin’ down,
An lightin’ buzzin’ roun’
I ain’t a fearin’ we’ll be hit,
; But grin thet I am’t out in it.
If I got deep in debt—
It hasn’t happened yet—
And owed a man two dollars, Gee!
.Why I’d be glad it wasn’t three.
If someone comes along,
And tried to do me wrong,
Why I should sort of take a whim
To thank the Lord I wasn’t him.
I never seen a night
Cos dark there wasn’t light
Somewhere about if I took care
To strike a match and find out where.
—Exchange.
' Truth Stranger Than Fiction
Editor Royal iHniel, of the Quit
man Free Press, illustrates this in a
timely editorial:
“As I recall, I spent eight years
in the study of Greek. It is just as
much a dead language to me today as
it was then, so far as anything prac
tical is concerned. To save my life.
I couldn’t conjugate a single Greek
verb, regular or irregular. And what
would it amount to if I could.
“Without doubt the mental train
ing was excellent. But could not
those eight long years have been bet
te employed and the mental training
just as valuable if they had been de
voted to the study of something that
was practical?
“Why burn the child’s candle of
youth by filling the convolutions of
its brains with the story of the in
vasion of Gaul when America and
Georgia and Brooks county are being
invaded with foreign raised products
and alien born farmers who are even
tually to take the bread out of his
mouth?
“Heinz, of the fifty-seven variety
fame, has made a fortune of more
than $100,000,000 by doing what any
girl graduate in Brooks county could
do if she were properly trained.
“I bought a small glass jar of wat
ermelon rind preserves the other day
and paid fifty cents for it. I could
carry it in my vest pocket. It was
put up in California; I paid the ex
press on it; I paid the middle man hi*'
profit and the grocer his, and here
in Brooks county there are watermel
on rinds in sufficient quantities to
provide the entire world and enough
girls and women to do the job.
“But lilce the native pecan, which
is sold here at twenty cents per
pound, shipped away and returned to
us at one dollar per pound in a stan
dard package, so are our watermelon
rinds and a lot of other things.
“And the pity of it is that the
young people are studying of the fa
bled founding of the city of Rome
which fell so many centuries ago
that it is not even fascinating or en
tertaining.”
HERE’S A NEW ONE ABOUT THE
BOLL WEEVIL
Mr. George Wallace, a bailiff, of
! near this place, tells anew one about
the boll weevil. During the recent
1 cold snap, Mr. Wallace was out rab
bit hunting, and when he killed a
rabbit, he found numbers of weevils
hibernating on the rabbit’s back. He
alleges that when he picked the rab
bit up, the weevils began falling
from the hair of the rabbit on the
ground.
i Wc do not vouch for the truth of
this statement, but we have no
grounds for calling it in question,
inasmuch as Mr. Wallace bears a
good reputation. The weevil is no/
fool. With its steel bill and pure
cussedness, it mids to have been
endowed with an instinct that ena
bles it to take mighty good care of
itself when the cold wind blows. The
back of a rabbit is a good place to
keep the weevil warm and-comforta
ble when the thermometer hovers
around the zero notch.— Commerce
News.
NOTE IN BOTTLE TELLS
STORY OF SEA TRAGEDY
OFF COAST OF FLORIDA
Miami, Fla'., January 17. —The sea
which battled down the tanker City
of Everett and sent it to the bottom,
October 11, 1923, 150 miles east of
Tortugas, with all on board, recently
tossed up a message from the trag
edy. It was found in a bottle at El
liott’s Key, twenty-five miles south
of Miami. Captain A. L. Baker of
the Launch Gladys picked up the
bottle Monday from driftwood. The
tightly corked bottle contained *
note scrawled on a soiled piece of
paper, it read:
“SS City of Everett.
“This is the last of us. Any one
finding, please send notice to Divine,
330 South Hicks street and 633 North
47th street, Philadelphia.”
On the reverse side of the paper,
a piece of ordinary folded letter pa
per, were the words:
“To the dear friends who finds
this.”
In big, sprawling letters, appar
ently the last thing written, was:
“Good-by, good-by, forever and
ever.”
The note was written in penciL
Oddly, it bore no name as if the im
pending tragedy had swept this de
tail from the thoughts of the per
sons who scribbled the death mes
sage.
Col. Sam G. Brown has a huge de
posit of Ocala lime stone on his place
in Houston county, which the State
Geologist says is the purest ingredi
ent with which to make cement. The
! rock is harder steel, as steel
I drills could not go through it.—Law
rer.ceviile News-Herald.