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THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922.
THIS HAPPENED IN ILLINOIS.
South-haters and South-baiters, always ready
to take a lynching for murder or an unspeakable
crime as a pretext for denunciation of southern
lawlessness and mob rule, should now devote their
attention to the Herrin, 111., massacre, from forty
to seventy-five men being tortured and assassin
ated, their crime being no more heinous, says the
Macon News, than “the effort to make an honest
living by hard work.” As expressed on the floor
of the senate. German atrocities in Belgium were
not more horrible.
The Associated Press, always reliable and con
servative. gives some of the details:
Open statements from scores of persons on the streets
here were to the efTert that the working men surrendered
at the first onslaught, and after having hern tied into
groups of three and six, were cruelly massacred, told to
run a gauntlet of rifle fire only to he shot to death at
distance? of a few feet, and when wounded, one or two
of a group would fall and drag the others to the ground :
stabbed and harked to death with knives, beaten with
clubs and at least three of them hanged.
Out in a road near the mine, six men tied together,
all of them wounded by bullets and blows, lay in a scorch
ing sun while hundreds of men and women laughed at
their pleas for water.
One of the men, his fart hloody and one shoulder
shot away, apparently was within a few minutes of death.
"Please, hoys, give me a drink," he moaned.
A laugh from the hundreds of spectators was the only
response,
The correspondent rushed to a house for water and
whn heretnrned be was forced bark by a crowd and quickly
drawn pistols and told to keep away.
When the man begged again for water, “For Cod’s
sake,” a young woman with a baby in her arms placed
her foot on the mangled body and said:
"T'll see you in bell before you get any water.”
The men bad apparently been dragged down a rock
road behind an automobile. Their clothes were torn
pnd pieces of gravel were imbedded in their mangled flesh '
There is no excuse for lynching and burnings,
in Georgia, or massacres, such as hnopened in Illi
nois. but tlie South is not alone in its sins against
the law.
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THEY APPRECIATED THEIR EDITOR.
Here is a story published in an exchange which
shows how grontlv the people of a community in
Kansas appreciate their editor. Tn appreciation of
the work of a Kansas editor for their community,
a hunch of citizens recently presented him with a
bouquet. On the same occasion a quartette from
a local church sang a few sweet songs and a min
ister made a little talk. After the minister’s talk,
six huskv men carried the popular editor from the
home and placed him tenderlv in a model 1921
plumed sedan, and the whole town formed in pa
rade behind the expensive car. After the parade,
the appreciative crowd returned to their homes \
serene in the thought of having provided one |
bright day in the life of their local newspaper pur
veyor. even if they did wait until he was dead to
do it.—Fourth Estate.
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The Lincoln Journel says one advantage to the
preacher in taking babies to church is that they,
keep cevrybodv awake.
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THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR
A GREAT UNDERTAKING.
The hinterland of South Georgia is deeply in
terested in the proposal of a great maritime expo
sition to be held in Savannah in 1926 to celebrate
the first centennial of the inauguration of ocean
steamship transportation, and the spirit with which
the business men of of Savannah are getting behind
the project augurs well for the undertaking.
The plan now is to have an exposition consist
ing of three units. The centennial of land trans
portation is to he celebrated by a great exposition
at Atlanta, largely industrial in character. The
ocean navigation will be celebrated with a great
maritime exposition at Savannah, containing also
many industrial and agricultural phases. The
third unit is to be celebrated throughout the entire
state of Georgia with each town providing its own
particular exhibition and with each city building
at least one permanent building, which is to be
used for public purposes after the exposition is
over.
This is a great undertaking and as Secretary of
State McLendon says, it is the big chance of this
generation to do something bier for the state and
for the people of the South. “The exposition will
pl ace Georgia before the world in her true light,”
says Mr. McLendon, "and the people behind the
exposition will sfle to it that the people who come
here have a good time while they are here. With
such epoch-making events to celebrate, and with
Georgia the acknowledged leader in one of them,
the exposition should he the most unique and most
successful one of its kind ever held.”
Tn getting behind the exposition plan and in
their efforts to make Savannah a great state nort
the business men of Savannah are working wisely
and building well. We expect to see them carrv
these plans to a successful culmination. Thev can
count not onlv on the good wishes, hut the, active
co-operation of all South Georgia.
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WELL UP WITH THE BUNCH.
Mr. Martin V. Calvin, Statistician for the
Georgia Department of Agriculture, recently com
piled some figures showing the per capita wealth
by counties in Georgia, the per capita wealth be
ing derived bv taking the tax digest of each coun
tv and dividing this total hv the total county popu
lation. .
According to his figures, our section of South
east Georgia compare® verv favorably with the
balance of the state. The figures for counties in
this section are given below:
Countv Population Per Capita Wealth
• Emanuel 25,862 $292
Montgomery 20.11 S 145
Treutlen 7.664 504
Toombs 15 .$97 .478
Tattnall 14.502 566
Wheeler 9.817 507
Candler 9.228 508
Os the twelve congressional districts in the
state, our district dors not make such a good show
ing. ranking tenth, all the districts of the state ex
cept the ninth and third having a greater purchas
ing power than the twelfth.
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Life in the United States senate must have
a great moderating influence, and we may yet live
to see Tom Watson known as the Great Pacifier.
Notice where lie served as peacemaker between
two scrapping senators. History may repeat it
self; Ben Tillman went to the senate a fire-eater,
but before many years sent his pitchfork to the
j scrap heap. There must be something soothing
I in long senate speeches,
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Governor Ilardwich has named the week be
ginning July srd ns Watermelon Week, requesting j
the citizens of the state to make the juicy melon
a special article of diet for that week. Tt ought
to be easy to enlist the juvenile citizens in the
proper observance of the week.
THURSDAY, JUNE 29, :922<
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Judge Middle Circuit.
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for Judge Superior Courts
of the Middle Circuit, subject to
the coming primary.
Respectfully,
F. H. SAFFOLD.
For Judge Middle Circuit.
To the Public:
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Judge of Superior
Courts, Middle Judicial Circuit.
Very respectfully,
R. N. HARDEMAN.
For Representative Toombs County.
Subject to the rules of the white pri
mary, friends from Waycross and Heb
nrdsville, Ga., announce J. A. L.
Glaze as a candidate for representa
tive. He begs the ladies, for the sake
of their children, to keep an eye on
immorality and their fingers on every
rotten, being, roguish, crooked politi
cian who invades America and rapes
a civil sovereignty, thus characterized
as a disgrace to Southern politics. A
thousand gratified thanks extended
these seven hundred and eighty-seven
plebiscites of Toombs county who
wrote their names on a stolen ballot
two years ago. Read the 11th chap
ter of St. Luke, 52nd verse, and get
on the firing line. Speaking dates to
be announced later.
BOLL WEEVILS WORK IV
WET WEATHER-SO MIST
THE COTTON PLANTER
If you expect to whip the boll wee
vil in a fair fight, you have got to
show as much energy as he docs—
which means that though the opera
tion may be both difficult and un
pleasant, poisoning must be done
even when the plants are wet and the
ground mudey, so says the United
States Department of Agriculture
with regard to poisoning the weevil
with calcium arsenate. The Depart
ment has found that, during the crit
ical stage, the poisoning should be
done at intervals of about four days.
Two or three applications, made in
good weather, may have got the wee
vils under control. Then there comes
a rainy spell and the farmer nets the
time for poisoning pass while he
waits for fair weather. But that is
exactly the time when the weevil is
busiest. The. numbers are likely to
increase so rapidly that the control
already gained is lost. In tat event
the weevil inflicts about as much dam
age as if no poisorfing had been done
and the farmer loses, in addition,
what he has spent in poisoning opera
tions. The only way to prevent that
sort of result is to let wet weather
interfere as little as possible with
poisoning operations. Stick to the
schedule, the department says, re
gardless of weather conditions.
The Department realizes, of course
that poisoning cannot be done in pour
ing rain but the farmer, the special
ists surge, should take advantage of
j the earliest opportunity to get back
into the fietld after the rain, that he
should make every effort to get the
cotton again duster.' regulorarv, even
put oil poison even in un-?t‘’ed weath
er. It may be off again
shortly but. on the other hand, the
| weather, even when it looks most
| threatening may stay fair long enoug
; to allow weevil control to operate,
i Every farmer, it is pointed out, must
! expect to lose some poison by rain
j hut the operation is sufficiently pro
fitable to justify it.
TYPHOID FEVER INCREASING
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The Typhc!:. Fever season has come
and many many peop.e in Georgia
are still unprotected so far as being
vaccinated is concerned. Tine ann
again the State Board of Health and
the County Boards of Health have
sent out warnings and advised, even
begged, the people to be vaccainateh
Last year 79S people who turned a
deaf ear to such timely advice have al
ready crossed to the unknown.
Any one who wants typhoid vaccine
this year had better order at once.
The supp y Is by no means unlimited.
Order your vaccine from the State
Board of Health today. Have your
physician or health officer administer
it at once.
Georgia State Board of Health.
VIDALIA LODGE K. OF P.
Meets every Tuesday *-♦**!»♦ :i hall
on Railroad Ave. Visiting brothers
always welcome
J. B. TODD, C. C.
T. P 1.F.F.. K. of R. .V S.
000 Cures Malaric, Chills,
hhn Fever, Bilious Fever,
Colds and LaGrippe.
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M other!
Is there sweeter word or one that recalls any
more tender memories than that one word ? It
means so much to all of us.
We think of the mother in the home, surround
ed by the family, leading a life of willing sacrifice
for these she loves, protected by the sturdy hus
band and sons, assisted by loving daughters. It
is an ideal picture. But sometimes the picture
fades, when adversity comes. If the husband
should die and the wife has no business training,
her burdens are doubled. Wouldn’t it be a good
plan to open an account at our bank for mother?
She would appreciate having an account of her own.
Try it and see.
THE CITIZENS BANK
OF VIDALIA
Vidalia, Georgia
Enough to Weather
Any Storm
IT is in time of business readjustment that the
real value of a bank foundation is shown.
Our Resources have been conserved in prosperous
days for just such a readjustment period as this
and with the added advantage of our Membership
in the Federal Reserve System we are better
equipped to serve you now than ever.
THE BANK OF SOPERTON
CAPITAL $25,000.00 * SURPLUS $25,000.00
X. L. GILLIS, President. J. E. HALL, V.-Pres & Crsh.
J. B. O’CONNOR. Y.-Pres. I. H. HALL, JR., Ass’t Cash.
SOPERTON, GEORGIA
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