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Tha News and Sub ia the
Official Organ of the City of Griffin.
Official Organ of Spalding County.
Official Organ U. a Court, Northern
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District of Georgia.
“The Federal Reserve Banks report
that there has been steady improve¬
ment of ‘weather^ signs’ in the busi¬
ness world recently. The outlook has
been better from week to week dur¬
ing January, and February begins
with far more hopeful prospects of
business activity than there have been
in weeks,* ’observes the Albany Her¬
ald. . / -
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a ; THE FARMERS’ PROBLIeM.
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The Macon News .decently pub.
liiUhed an interview with Mr. Blanton
Outler, a prominent farmer of Lau
rens county, calling attention to the
anomalous and unfortunate situation
i which the farmers of that section
find themselves as a result of hav¬
ing responded to the government’s
to raise more foodstuffs.
It is pointed out there is enough
meat in the smokehouses of that
county to feed every man woman
^. f it for the next two years,
- ~ ia practically no market
■ plus- Mr. Outler himself
jtnt a day in Macon trying to sell
hams and well cured side
it met with discouraging re
t was told that the average
preferred western meat to
our own Georgia product >
When theae countr feme are of
fered to the packing ho uses they are
declined on the ground that they are
not uniform in size and have not
been properly, wrapped, and in some
instances even contended that they
are not properly cured.
What ia true of the country
raised meat is in large measure true
of corn, wheat, oats, hay, peanuts, vel¬
vet beans and a number of other
farm products.
This is indeed an unfortunate sit¬
uation, and the government, public
officials of all kinds and the news¬
paper* are in large measure respon¬
sible for the existing condition. Dur¬
ing the war, and even last year, with
the hunger of Europe staring us in
the face, the American farmer was
urged to reduce his cotton acreage
and to increase his production of
I foodstuffs. The advice was sound, so
far jw the need for these farm pro¬
ducts is concerned, for we are a long
way
production of fdod.
But the marketing machinery is
not functioning R should and the
buying public Is not standing loyally
by the fanner. While there are a
great many lessons to be drawn from
this situation, the immediate fact is
that the farmer has been caught in
in jam and he is hesitating about
raising ™tore meat for the future
when, be can find no market for what
.be has.
This would be unfortunate in the
extreme for, with proper co-operation
the hog and cattle raising industry
in Georgia can be profitably carried
to a high state of development, but
in the meantime it is up to the ex¬
perts in each matters to help the
farmer market the crops he has al
reidy produced. Unless this is done
very least of the reactions will be
| that the farmer will go back make to it cotton los
such quantities as to a
iu what we may call
normal times.
Immediate help is what is needed.
B feel that the Georgia State
Rural College and the cham
of imeree throughout (the
. hesrin to work out \ stoic
idered in its larger aspect the
I* be dntwn from the
4 would would I I
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his own interests, in tha long
run, if he would buy Georgia pro¬
ducts. There is no better meat in
the world than a juicy country ham,
or, indeed, any other country meat,
such as is raised and cured right here
in Georgia. Brooks county, for ex¬
ample, has no patent right cm the pro
ceaa that prevails there and yet in
that particular section the hams have
become almost as famous as the
Smithfield variety which Virginia has
made famous.
It is folly to be urging the Georgia
farmers in general to raise more
meat if the consumer, except in a
few special instances, as with the
Brooks county hams, is going to
spend all his money with the packing
houses of the West.
And yet there is some merit in the
contention of the Georgia packing
handle Georgia hams because ney
handle Georgia hame because they
jare not properly graded and wrapped.
In every department of agricultural
products it has come to be recognized
that proper grading and packing i# as
important a part of the industry as
the raising of the commodities.
Peaches properly graded and packed
bring a higher price than if they were
sold in bulk. An attractive container
does much to sell the product. Cer¬
tain sizes of hams as well as of ap¬
ples, and they should be able to get
them of the size they want.—Macon
News.
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GEORGIA HOG MEAT.
The Macon Telegraph, observes the
Savannah Press, calls attention to the
that all over the State the far¬
mers are becoming overstocked with
cattle and hogs, unable to find a mar¬
ket. Not that the people have stop¬
ped eating meat in Georgia—they eat
more than ever and pay more for it
than before the war. But they are
demanding Western meat, because
it is corn-fed and therefore firmer,
and rejecting Georgia meat because it
is peanut-fed and therefore less firm.
The nutrition of Georgia-raised
pork is really bettered by the oil pro¬
duced by the hog feeding bn peanuts,
although this oil prevents it from be¬
ing as good a shipping product as the
corn-fed hog, and therefore brings
two cents less from the packer.
The home market for home-raised
beef is poor, while the market for
outside meats is active, despite the
that the home product should be
and better.
Many Georgia people will not buy
home-made' lard because it is not as
firm as the product from a corn-fen
animal of the West.---- --------
The Telegraph thinks it poor judg¬
ment to buy foreign products when
home products are in season. The
loss to the farmers through this ten¬
dency to buy from the outside is in¬
jurious to the business interests of the
Stated There is no tendency, of
bourse, to boycott outside business.
But this is a question of cbmmon
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sense. The Telegraph does not like
to see farmers standing around, with
herds of cattle at the butcher’s door
and no bidder, wondering what he
must do. Where is your Greater
Georgia?
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RAILROADS OR FARMING?
Fanners in some sections of the
country, who had become discourag¬
ed and in some cases had almost de¬
cided to abandon their farms, are
finding that the labor problem is be¬
ing solved for them in a novel way.
The railroads have been reducing
their forces and hundreds, indeed,
thousands, of young men who forsook
the farm for the high wages offered
by the railroads during the war, are
now turning back to the employment
which they had left.
The present year is going to make
the farm look more attractive than
for many years. Possibly prices will
not reach the level that many farm¬
ers feel they should; it is reasonably
certain that the cost of foodstuffs
will come down, but the labor problem
will be easier and there will be many
more acres under cultivation than for
some time.
Nothing tends to force people to
production so much as hunger. The
industrial depression is always felt
in the cities—the country people have
enough to eat. Therefore, thousands
who have been lured to the city by
what they believed better conditions,
will be back at the farm. ^The labor
problem for ihe fanner will be solv¬
The housing problem of the cit¬
ies will be solved. It sometimes takes
upheaval to set things right.
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Facts the First Requisite.
Facts are to the mind what food
» to the body. On digestion of facto
tepends the strength of the one, Just
• on assimilation of food depends
of the other. Tim man Is
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iPgeit oum her of farm.
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The cartoonists are representing
,the Republican party entering pow¬
er without ti»e former elaborate in¬
augural ceremonies and lending its
interest to the big thrift movement
that has started. Men are becoming
interested in cutting expenses. Saving
is bo longer a virtue for the poor
alone. The income tax law has made
organized money pay, and when or¬
ganized money haB to pay it imme¬
diately interests itself in. economy.
When the moneyed people have had
to pay a little longer, then waste¬
ful expenditures will be cut. The in¬
come tax law may not be deserving
of all bad that has been said against
it.—Covington News.
New York has almost as many
booze patients now as there were
in the old days. It’s the quality,
pot the quantity, that’s doing the
work now.—Waycross Journal.
The present is no time to demand
an increase in wages, but it is a good
time to hang on to your job, if you
have one and leave the adjustment of
wages to some more favorable time.
.—Valdosta Times.
This pleasant weather January has
been letting us revel in may not be
altogether to the liking of farmers
and horticulturists, who realize the
value of freezing temperatures during
the winter, but it is wonderfully
pleasant for those who take the view
that delightful weather ought to be
enjoyed. It truly has been a most
remarkable January.—Albany Herald.
A negro was being given a hearing
in a Pennsylvania court on a charge
of asst^ilting a wonjan, when the vic¬
tim walked up to tl^ black, pressed
a pistol to his side and pulled the
trigger—but the blamed thing failed
to fire. The negro was rushed from
the court room to the Puttsburg jail,
while forty or fifty women in the
room cried “Kill him” and “We’ll stand
by you.” Human nature appears to
be about the same the country o% r er
when a case of this kind comes up.—
Tifton Gazette. .
The government of the United
State wlon’t send the sema-wfeekly
Times-Enterprise or the daily
Times Enterprise to any address in
ThomasviUe covered by carriers but
it will take it to Atlanta or to any¬
body outside the city at regular rates
and in the fact of this cort o f treat¬
ment it asks us to print a hundred and
one notices from various . agencies
during the year and would be insulting
and insulted if you tried to get some¬
thing for it. When they do promise
to pay it takes some months and more
patience than the average man has be¬
fore it can be accomplished.—homas
ville Times-Enterprise.
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May Be In Earnest
“This burlesque queen says she’s go¬
ing to play Hamlet."
“For why?”
“She says she wants to do better
work.”
I* She’s bluffing."
"I don’t think sheto bluffing. She
needn’t bunt for an excuse to wear
tights."
Looked Like Not Player.
Leta, aged five, was visiting In the
country, and, seeing a potato bng for
the first time, she asked s “Mamma,
does flies play tennis?”
“No, dear,” replied the mother.
“Why do you ask?”
“Because," answered the little miss,
“I Just saw one with a sweater on."
SO WEAK
How Miserable This Woman Was
Until She Took Lydia E. Pink,
ham’s Vegetable Compound
Toomsboro, Ga.—"I suffered terribly
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r > that I am now able to do my work.
recommend your Vegetable Compound
to my frionds who have troubles similar
to mine and you may use these facts
as a testimonial. ’’—Mrs. C.F. Phillips,
Toomsboro, Ga.
Weak, nervous women make unhappy
homes, their condition irritates both
husband and children. It has been
said that nine-tenths of the nervous
prostration, blues,” irritability nervous and despondency, backache ‘tho
from displacement arise
ment of some a woman’s system. or Mrs. derange¬ Phil¬
lips’ letter is clearly shows that no other
remedy this condition so successful in overcoming
Vegetable Compound. as Lydia E. Piakham’s
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| was so weak and ner¬
vous I didn’t know
what to do, and could
not do my work. My
trouble was deficient
and irregular peri¬
ods. I read in the
papers E. what Lydia
Pinkham’s Vege¬
done table for Compound others and had
decided to give it a
trial. I got good
results
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A Smashing Two-Day SPECIAL
MEN’S SHIRTS
The Lowest Since 1916
TWO BIG DAYS
SATURDAY. 5 MONDAY, THE
7TH
> We Offer 1,318 Dress Shirts
Fine
In Four Groups-Sizes 14 to 17
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i $5.00 Shirts in This Sale at $2.35
!/» $3.00 and $3.50 Shirts at $1.49
ilSi $2.50 and $2.00 Shirts at 95c
$12.50 and $10 Silk Shirts, $4.95
You Men Have Been Waiting for This Sale-Frankly
it is the Best BUY You Will Have THIS YEAR
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i of styles and materials. Certainly the best val¬
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- will in long while.
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* Positively Shirts won’t he this cheap again this year.
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LOT 318 Fast 1: Standard Colors, This Percale Sale— Shirts, 1 --I 95c W Manufacturers hy We Reductions have Can to make Make shirts six months These ahead
—all through July, August, September and October they
LOT 387 ed and beautiful Pongees, 2: Colored High patterns, Count Madras Corded Percales, and This Madrases Print¬ Sale in $1 .49 were too ING. PUBLIC high—consequently But Consequently, making just TOOK shirts about A to that NOTION—that sell of everybody • time these today. we MANUFACTURERS took everywhere prices a notion—AND were QUIT altogether BUY¬ THE
i one found
himself on January 1st with 600,000 shirts that he had to
LOT 3: $ 2 35 sell for practically what he could get.
541 Woven Madrasses, Satin We bought all could get of these which 1,000,
Stripes, Mercerized Pongees, we was
in wonderful stripes and colors and we had 318 on hand—These are E. & W., Savoy and Ide
These the Greatest Values Shirts.
are
ever offered in Shirts—This Hence we pass them on to you. TAKE A TIP FROM
Sale— US—THIS IS SOME BARGAIN!
LOT 4—In the Spring “A Young Man’s Fancy” turns to
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And in this lot we have included all of our $15.00, $12.50 and $10.00 shirts in the most handsome colors
the newest stripes ^nd weaves in Jerseys, Crepe de Chines, Russian Cloth, etc.
Just 72 Shirts in this lot and they can’t stay here long at these $4.95
prices. Full range of sizes from 14 to 16. This sale at -
That’s all there is—There isn’t any more. Come early and get your pick—buy as many «s you want. /
Strickland-Crouch Company]