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THE NEWS-GAZETTE
B. H. HARDY, Editor
Subscription, $1.50 Year
BARNESVILLE. GEORGIA
JULY 27, 1922.
A WEEK OFF
For several years I have made it a
rule to attend the annual meetings of
the Georgia Press Association, not
only to enjoy the fellowship of the
members of the association and to
profit by he programs which are ren
dered, in which numerous problems
of the craft are discussed and many
helpful experiences given, but also
for the purpose of getting away from
home and the “daily grind’’ of busi-
ness for a few days. So, on Monday
morning, July 17th, Benjamin, who
is following in the footsteps of his
father to some extent and engaging
in newspaper work, and I left on the
9:45 a. m. Central for Macon, where
we joined the north Georgia party
for Quitman, where the association
was to be held. It was a jolly party
and although it was a long and ordi
narily tedious journey it was not
without its pleasures. Acquaintances
were renewed, new friends made and
everybody, as usual on these trips,
seemed out for a good time. All
along the way, those in the party who
could sing, and there certainly were
quite a number with excellent voices,
joined in the old familiar songs,
which added much to the enjoyment
of traveling. At several places citi
zens who wished to show considera
tion to the editorial party filled the
cars with south Georgia watermelons,
which were eagerly devoured by those
who liked them. Altogether, it was
a happy party about one hundred
strong who reached Quitman on this
train about 6 o’clock in the afternoon
to join another party of about equal
number who had ourneyed from other
directions. All were soon in auto
mobiles and were carried to the
homes of this beautiful and progres
sive south Georgia town, where every
possible consideration and courtesy
•here provided during the entire stay
there. Everybody, without an ex
ception, left Quitman Thursday morn
ing singing the praises of the people
there for the magnificent hospitality
which had everywhere been mani
fested toward the visitors.
The Press Convention was one of
the best the association has ever held.
Harmony and good fellowship pre
vailed throughout and it proved to be
helpful and delightful. The wel
come address by Hon. Lee W. Branch,
one of the leading lawyers and citi
zens of Quitman, was a magnificent
address, in which he provoked the
thoughtful consideration of the edi
tors to a number of vital questions
in the current life of the state and
nation. He appealed to them to
atarni firmly for law and order and
expressed the hope that many of the
conditions of the present would
soon disappear as only an aftermath
of the recent great war. There were
numerous other important addresses
during the convention, one from
Chancellor D. C. Barrow of the State
University, one from Senator Wil
liam J. Harris, and Governor Thomas
W Hardwick made an address to the
Farmers Union at Blue Springs, six
miles from Quitman, Wednesday,
which some of the editors heard, and
where they were guests at a big bar-
becue and basket dinner. There ww*
an audience of about 2,000 people
gathered for the occasion.
The Press Convention program
throughout the three days held the
attention of the editors well, chief
among which was the annual address
of the president, Hon. W. G. Sutlive,
managing editor of the Savannah
Press, the afternoon's program Wed
nesday in charge of the women en
gaged in newspaper work in the
state, which was presided over by and
w-ns in charge of Mias Emily Wood
ward, editor of the Vienna News, who
is one of the most popular members
of the association and one of the
most successful from a business
standpoint, and “Stunt Night," which
really ’closes the convention the last
night. “Stunt Night’’ is just what
its name indicates, when the program
consists entirely of fun. Every kind
of a prank or joke w’hich the presi
dent and his cabinet can think of is
pulled off, affording amusement with
out limit, to the delight of the editors
and to the astonishment of the vis
itors of the community, who probably
never before had dreamed that the
fraternity could give them
aerees over so completely to fun and
frolic. The court room of the court
house at Quitman Wednesday even
ing last week was packed to its ut
most capacity and such a scene wy
dare say was never witnessed thej;e
before. \ Almost every man, womah
and chikk present had a horn, a pop
gun or s<\me other noisemaking a
tide which .was being used with the
greatest possible vigor, everybody
had on some\pecnJiar kind of paper
cap provided fcV the affair and conr
fetti was being Abrcwn at everybody
and in every direction. If anybody
present, old or young, had a care or
serious thought it could not be de
tected. Every number on the pro
gram which followed all this was in
the nature of a surprise and out of
the ordinary. For example there
was a Liar’s contest, in which four
men were called to the rostrum and
a prize offered to the one who could,
in the judgment of the audience, tell
the biggest lie. The four did well.
iThe prize was awarded to Hon. Jack
j McCartney, assistant to the President
of the Central of Georgia Railway,
who, by the way, is one of the most
'popular members of the Press Asso
ciation. One of the finest “stunts”
was the supposed presentation of a
handsome “cut glass” set from the as
sociation to one of its former presi
dents, Hon. J. Kelly Simmons, and
just as President Sutlive had finished
his presentation speech and had asked
Jack Patterson, who conducts a col-
umn in the Atlanta Journal, and who
is one of the jolliest members of the
association, to bring the set forward
Jack stumbled on the steps and down
went the beautiful “cut glass set”
and was broken into a “thousand
pieces” on the floor. In three or four
minutes a half dozen girls were “cry
ing” “Extra!” Extra!” and giving
away copies of the Quitman Free
Press, Mr. and Mrs. Royal Daniel’s
splendid paper, containing a full ac
count of the awful accident. Of
course, it had all been arranged be
fore hand, but nobody knew it, not
even the editors, and it looked as if
it had been purely an accident due
entirely to Jack’s carlessness or
awkwardness. Event followed event
like this until everybody had all the
fun they could for one evening.
Brooks county is one of the best
counties in Georgia and therefore
Quitman is a fine town. Its people
are among the best and most pros
perous in the state. The county for
many years has been famtfus for its
“Brooks County Hams.” The coun
ty grows and ships, we are told, about
8,000 car loads of hogs a year. The
prevailing breeds, in their order, are
Poland China, Duroc Jersey and
Hampshire. The last census showed
96„000 hogs in the county at that
time. Is it any wonder that the
banks there now have tremendous
amounts on deposit, when in the bal
ance of the state and country de
posits are at a very low ebb? The
county this year shipped about 1,000
cars of watermelons. There are two
or more large plants manufacturing
peanut products, such as salted pea
nuts, peanut butter, etc. The boll
weevil is doing damage to the cotton
crop there, as he is in middle Geor
gia. In many fields the cotton ap
peared to be full of fruit, while in
other fields you could see only dead
squares. Brooks county expects to
get about 10,000 bules of cotton this
year, as much of the cotton is already
made and is now rapidly opening in
many places. Brooks county is an
I impressive illustration of the worth
J of diversification, but particularly of
I hog growing. Lamar county could
Ido as well as Brooks, if the people
I will adopt a similar plan of opera
j tions. And it ought to be done.
| Cotton here is going to be an uncer
tain crop for years to come, if not
forever hereafter. Every editor who
' was at Quitman can tell you that
“the Brooks county ham” fully de
serve its reputation.
Thursday morning the editorial
party left Quitman and Brooks county
for an outing at Brunswick, to which
they had been invited by the business
and civic organizations of that city.
Brunswick is a beautiful and enter
prising city and has made substan
tial progress in recent years. There
are several very large and important
manufacturing industries there. A
recent acquisition is a large refining
plant erected by the Standard Oil
| Cos., an immense enterprise which is
going te be worth much to Bruns
wick. One of the most remarkable
things about Brunswick, which is to
be gTeatly commended and which
should be an example to the entire
country, is its accomplishment in san
itation. It is regarded now as al
most a model in this particular. Al
though surrounded by the “Marshes
of Glynn” the fly and the mosquito
have become almost unknown. It
was quite noticeable that you saw
fewer of each of these pests in
Brunswick than you can find any day
in any middle Georgia town or city.
If Brunswick can accomplish so de
sirable an end why not other cities
pnd towns? Two of the most enjoy
able events of the entire week were
the banquet at the Oglethorpe Hotel
Thursday evening and the Fish dinner
aT SC Simons Friday afternoon, af
)er a to Jekel Island, which
i|*qwped hy a number of tbe coun-
Millionaires. It is said the half
dozen or more millionaires who have
hofn'es on Jekel Island own one-sixth
of the wealth of the United States.
The owners must have heard the edi
tors of Georgia were coming to see
.skipped, as none of them
home the day we were there.
so the servants or care-takers told us.
These financial giants come down
about January and stay for three or
four months and then return to their
northern homes. Jekel is a beauti
ful place but the homes there are
not unusually fine or expensive. The
club house is the largest and most
costly building on the island.
After the fish dinner at St. Simons,
which was a genuine treat, as the fish
were fresh and splendidly cooked,
nearly everybody went in the serf for
an hour or two, which all enjoyed
immensely. It is great to visit the
seashore and you should visit it at
least once each year—oftener if you
have the time and money—and we
believe it will do you as much good
as it has done us and the balance of
the members of the Georgia Press
Association. B. H. HARDY.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Who said that “Politics is a son of
a gun?” Whoever he was knew what
he was talking about.
—o —
Hon. Lee W. Branch in his very
excellent address of welcome to the
editors at their meeting in Quitman
last week suggested a moratorium of
ten years in law making in Georgia,
the time being devoted to the en
forcement and observance of the laws
we already have, after which the leg
islature should meet to repeal the
bad laws and strengthen the good
ones. It is a capital idea and if it
could be adopted it would result in a
wonderful blessing to the people of
the state. But probably no such
good fortune will be allowed to come
to us.
The house of representatives has
already passed a bill amending the
constitution of Georgia providing foi
biennial sessions instead of annual
sessions, and it is certainly to be
hoped the senate will pass this bill.
Every two years is often enough for
the Georgia legislature to meet, even
if the state did not need to save the
money involved in meeting
year. Let us have that much mora
torium anyway. I
—o —
Jones county which has been terri
bly hard hit by the boll weevil in re
cent years and by bank failures from
one yeason or another sold a half
million dollars worth of peaches this
year. You can imagine what this
sum of money will mean to the coun
ty and its citizens. Peaches will
grow just as large and be just as
luscious in Lamar county as in Jones
or Upson or any adjoining county.
—o —
With a little time and expense in
preparations for it Lamar county can
grow hogs just as easily and profit
ably. as Brooks or any other county
in Georgia. Whenever hpgs are pro
duced of the quality and in the
quantity that Brooks county is grow
ing there will be no question about
the market for them. Brooks coun
ty has no trouble to find a market
for the several thousand cars of hogs
its farmers produce every year. The
deposits of the several banks of the
county now amount to hundreds of
I thousands of dollars each. There is
I nothing better than “Brooks county
ham” and no money better than the
money which other sections of the
country send into Brooks county for
this ham. Lamar county ought to be
shipping at least a car load of hogs
every month before the close of an-
I other year and the industry could
soon be developed into one of great
magnitude.
It now develops, according to
statements by • different legislators
and writers around the capitol in At
lanta, that Georgia will be behind in
its finances the first of next January
between $4,000,000.00 and $5,000,-
000.00, even if the present legisla
ture does not increase the appropria
tions, and there are numbers of bills
now before the house and senate call
ing for appropriations*
New cotton from the 1922 crop is
already going to market in Georgia
i and just as was to be expected when
| the new crop begins to come in the
price goes down. The crop in Geor
gia will evidently be short this year,
i The outlook for middle Georgia is
1 that there will be considerable cot
j ton produced here, although this
prospect may go glimmering with one
week’s steady rain.
We believe some sort of organiza
tion ought to be put in operation by
the chicken growers of Lamar coun
ty for the purpose of advancing the
industry and puttting it on a more
certain and substantial basis. If
such an organization existed there
could be more cooperation and a bet
ter understanding among everybody
who wanted to raise poultry. Thepe
is no doubt that this indutsry can be
made a pleasant anjl profitable one
and our people should go into it more
largely than heretofore. It would
help the county wonderfully to ship
a car load of chickens every month
or oftener.
It is very easy to find fault and to
criticise, particularly when you do
not know the real facts or when your
faultfinding or criticism is based on
misinformation. Living yourself
without faults and above criticism is
a very different thing.
Let the housewife forsake her
household duties, the merchant his
store, the business man his office, the
physician his practice, the farmer his
labors and take a little rest and
recreation away from home occasion
ally. It will sweeten your disposi
tion and lengthen your life.
Hon. Lee W. Branch in his address
to the editors at Quitman last week
said that it was a lamentable situa-
tion when organizations within the
•government were stronger than the
[government itself, referring to the la
bor unions and other organizations,
which apparently think themselves
above the control of the government.
If the government can not enforce
its own decrees and laws it will totter
and fall. Our people should think of
these things and determine that all
our laws shall be observed and en
forced.
—o —
Everybody in Barnesville and as
many from other sections of Lamar
county as can conveniently be pres
ent should participate in the “No
more war” demonstration exercises
to be held in the city Saturday, July
29th, at 9 o’clock. It is a noble
cause in which to engage and every
possible influence ; should be exerted
to create sentiment against any more
war. If such demonstrations and
protests should be held all over the
world it would have a wonderful in
fluence in an educational way against
the evil of war.
LAMONT NOTES
The Eedbone Woman’s club pre
sented their popular play, “Clubbing
A Husband,” at Gordon Institute Fri
day night, meeting with much suc
cess. Bamesville was so kind and
generous to give them a large au
dience, for which the club feels very
grateful.
Quite a number of our young peo
ple are attending the meeting at
Yatesville this week, conducted by
Dr. McConnel.
Messrs. S. E., J. G. and Howard
Sappington spent Saturday night with
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Harper at Union
ville, and attended the Home Coming
service at Providence church at High
Falls Sunday, and they also attended
the Community Sing %t the Club
House in Barnesville in the after
noon.
Misses Lucy Sappington, Elsie
Moye and Esther Dumas are spend
ing the week with Mrs. T. V. Chat
field at Culloden.
Quite a number from here are an
ticipating attending the third quar
terly conference at Tabernacle next
Sunday.
Mr. Perdue, a brother of Mrs. S.
V. Milner, and who has had about
twenty-five years of service in the
military branch of the U. S., is spend
ing a while with the latter before
leaving for Panama.
Mr. Peurifoy Sappington represent
ed Prospect church at the District
conference at Brooks Methodist
church last week.
The Redbone Woman’s Club met
with Miss Julia Bush last Thursday
afternoon.
The Senior class of the Prospect
Sunday school will entertain next
Sunday morning with a short pro
gram and we urge a good attendance.
The Epworth League meets at Mr.
A. J. Sappington’s next Sunday night.
Politics is beginning to liven up a
little in this section,
Mr. and Mrs. Kyle of Columbus
were recent visitors to the Sugar Hill
farm.
The farmers of our community are
fighting the boll weevil this time and
are determined to make some cotton.
They are plowing more than usual
and are using the calcium arsenate
besides, and they claim they can see
good results.
Protracted meetings will soon Ije
in session over our community, and
may we have a community revival
that will be of everlasting good.
Services will commence at Mt.
Pleasant fifth Sunday and at Pros
pect first Sunday in August and Rev.
B. H. Trammell will be assisted by
Rev. Jones of Thomaston, and the
third Sunday in August Dr. Dodge
will commence services at Fredonia.
GOOD REALTY
Large and small farms
for sale. Also vacant lots
and homes in the city. All
at reasonable prices.
GREENE REALTY CO.
Elliott Building
Bamesville, Ga,
SettingaSandard
We could sell any kind
of clothes-for a while.
The majority of men
would take it for granted
that they were good.
They’d never take the
time to investigate.
We might fool them a couple
of times. They have that much
confidence in us.
V
It’s a question of confidence,
with them. And it’s a question
of deserving that confidence
with us. That’s why we set a
certain high standard for the
clothes we sell.
That’s why we sell Griffon
Clothes.
It’s not so much for your sake,
as ours.
L. A. COLLIER
“All the New Ones All the Time”
Barnesville, Ga.
GEORGIA SEVENTH IN
PRODUCTION OF HOGS
By J. A. Johnson, of Macon,
District Agent
According to the 1920 census and
according to the estimates for Jan
uary 1, 1921, by the United States
Department of Agriculture, Georgia
ranked seventh in hog production.
The estimate of our numbers the
first of last January was 3,102,000
head.
It is possible to materially increase
these figures by taking extra good
care of the sows before and at the
time of farrowing, and by giving the
pigs extra attention during the suck
ling period and at the time of wean
ing. According to records kept by
the United States Department of
Agriculture it is shown that even un
der better than ordinary conditions
10 per cent of the pigs are farrowed
dead or immature, and that 33 per
cent are lost between farrowing and
weaning time. The last figure was
obtained by a study of the records
on 229 litters.
Infestations of intestional worms
cause a heavy loss of pigs every year.
Where hogs are fed on the aground,
the feeding place should be frequent
ly changed. Plenty of pure water
should be provided so that hogs will
not be tempted to drink water stand
ing in low places in the lots.
Little pigs will often become in
fested at an early age when the sows
are allowed to soil their teats with
the litter and mud of infested lots.
To avoid this, sows before farrowing
should be put in pastures or lots not
recently used for hogs, and the pigs
left there until they have gained con
siderable sire. As hogs increase in
size and age, they gain resistance to
parasitic infestations.
The following treatment for intes
tinal worms in hogs is recommended
by the veterinary division of lowa
State Colleger
Santonin, 8 grains.
Areca nut, 2 drams.
Calomel, 2 grains.
Sodium bicarbonate, 1 dram.
The above is for a 100-pound hog.
The amount given to a herd should
be proportionate to tbe size and
number of hogs.
The United States Department of
Agriculture recommends 45 drops of
oil of chenopodium to one ounce of
castor oil for each shoat weighing 60
to 100 pounds. The department
recommends that each hog be treated
separately.
When hogs are to be treated for
worms, they should be taken off feed
12 to 24 hours. Then feed the medi
cine in as small an amount of damp
feed as is possible to handle, and se
cure equal distribution among those
treated. It is best to put six to ten
hog’s of equal size in a pen for the
administration of worm medicine.
Treatment may be repeated in one to
three weeks if needed.
Means of Prevention
Vigorous, healthy swine are more
resistant to the attack of parasites
than those in an unthrifty, poorly
nourished condition. It then follows
that good feeding and . proper hous
ing, which bring about good health,
will tend to prevent parasitic infesta
tion. The best condition of health is
attained by feeding wholesome feeds
containing the needed elements for
body development, combined with
proper living conditions, and to se
cure this state of health, it is neither
necessary nor beneficial to be contin
ually giving tonics, stock feeds, or
worm eradicators.
A dose of reliable worm medicine
for a shoat can be bought for about
the market value of one pound of
hog. Its use is much more econom
ical in the end than is the use of
some cheaper medicine, which often
causes the treated animal to lose
weight and condition.
o
One Dollar Saved Represents Ten
Dollars Earned.
The average man does not save to
exceed ten per cent of his earnings.
He must spend nine dollars in living
expenses for every dollar saved. That
being the case he can not be too care
ful about unneceseary expenses.
Very often a few cents properly in
vested, like buying seeds for his gar
den, will save several dollars outlay
later on. It is the same in buying
Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea
Remedy. It costs put a few cents,
and a bottle of it in the house often
saves a doctor’s bill of several dol
lars.
There are 6,500,0CK> farms in the
United States.
o •
Snails were introduced into Britain
by the Romans, tradition says.
o
Almost every fresh water fish can
be found in Michigan.
Foxes do not like to wet tbeir feet.