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WANTS UNCLE SAM
TO HUNT POTASH
To Fight German Monoply. Con
gressman Lever Amends Agri
culture Appropriation Bill.
Congressman Lovor of South Caro
lina secured an amendment to the
Agricultural appropriation bill, pro
viding that the seoietary of Agricul
ture shall at an initial expense of
not over $120,000 make investiga
tions in the United States to ascer-
tian if there are any potash deposits
in this country.
Germany now has a monoply in
this trade and American farmers
buy from them annually $8,000,000
worth. There is very little actual
knowledge regaYding deposits of pot
ash in the United States in commer
cial quantities, for the reason that
_ no serious attempt has been made
to locate them. The German sup
ply has always been available, and
while the present trust oi v syndicate
methods have long been forshadowed
it is not until the present time that
the Americans have been forced to
make themselves independent of
Germany.
Potash is the result of centuries of
leechings through feldspar and lies
at great depths. There is every
reason to believe that it sinks in
the Western states, in the desert
country where feldspar abounds,
potash may be and will be discovered
through proper investigations. No
systematic works have been under
taken on any adequate scale.
Germany has spent immense sums
in exploration, the result being her
present monopoly of the world’s
supply. One company invested $1,
500,000 in fruitless work and anoth
er has a cash capital of of $2,380,-
000 for such exploration. To-day Ger
many has $200,000,000 profitably
employed in the working of its pot
ash mines.
Boston Women Work
to Establish Library
Eoston, Ga., Feb, 10.—The Wo
man’s Club at this place has been
reorganized and will be known ns
the The Twentieth Century Club,
It now belongs to the Georgia Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs and its
special work is the establishment
and support 6f a free library. Quite
a lot of interest is being shown in it
by the ladies of the town The
following officers were elected: Mrs.
O. T. Hopper, president; Mrs. S.
D. Reid, second vice president;Miss
Mary Reid, secie ary; Mrs. J. M.
Jones treasurer; Mrs. J. A. Horn,
chairman entertainment committee,
Mi's', F. C Jones chairman mem
bership committee.
Tired Creek
M,
t)ie
Sunuai
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvainous Perkins
and wife were the guest of R. B
and H. R. Belcher Sunday.
M. A. Berkins and wife, of Cairo
were visiting in Tired Creek section
• Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Burns was the gnest of G. W
Helton Sunday morning,
Mrs. Mary Holland and daughter
Martha, were the guest of G. W.
Helton Sunday afternoon.
The board of health wants the
people to stop spitting, then, by
gosh! how is a fellow going to grip
his shovel handle.
Dr. W. A. Walker visited the sick
above Tired Creek Wednesday after
noon.
. Wilkes Brown passed through
his section enroute to Cairo Thur
day.
IJ. S. Lucas was in Tired Criek
section Thursday in the interest of
the Wight Turpentine Co.
Mr. Zoarie Miller, of Cairo passed
through Tired Creek section Friday,
Clarence Harrison is hauling gu
ano from Cairo this week.
Mr. Burns was the guest of G. W
Helton Friday afternoon.
Guss Lainy was reparing his pas
ture fence Saturday.
We are sorry to say that Mr
Swamp Williams is still very low at
this writing.
Hog killing’is in fashion these
cool days.
Nominate your friends in the big
contest, then get out and hustle the
premiuns are worth three times the
effort.
Louie Regans is putting in tur
pentine cups for Moore Boars & Co.
this week week near Tired Creek.
Gleaned Through Georgia
Upson county voted on her bond
issue Tuesday.
Cordele city court is in session
this week, Judge Strozier presiding.
The largest civil docket ever in
Jackson county was heard last week
The near-beer license of Rich
mond county brought $29,200 in
the State Treasury.
Three more Sumter county farms
have been purchased by South Caro
lina farmers.
W. G. McNelley has taken charge
of the West Point Herald, which
was conducted by the late Mr.
Haines.
Sumpter county corn club had
fourteen*husky and energetic boy
members enrolled on the first day
of organization.
The Thomas county commission
ers have declared all quar mtine at
an end, advocated vaccination for
the prevention of smallpox.
Wilcox County land brought $30
an acre at a recent sale, several
miles from Rochelle, and thef New
Era thinks it will not be long'before
such land will be worth $10]
Ex-Mayor Warfield of Maryland,
WHOLESALE FOOD PRICES
LOWERIHAUEAR AGO
Jobber Shows Comparisons and
:
Blames Retailer and His High
Rents lor Keeping lip Cost to
Consumer—Everything Cheap
er Except Coliee.
“The wholesale prices of all arti
cles o^foodstuff, with the exception
of coffee, have been reduced consid
erably in the pnst year,” said a
prominent wholesale grocer Monday
to a reporter for The Georgian. He
blamed high prices on the retail
grocers.
When informed that the whole
sale merchants of Pittsburg had re
duced the price of flour 25 cents on
the barrel, he sard that there was
■no significance to that, that Pitts
burg was not the flour center and
that this reduction was probably
due to a fluctuation on the local
market.
“The farmer is the man who
keeps the prices of flour up. Today
the wheat producers of the west are
the men of wealth; they have their
fine homes, automobiles and com
fortable bank accounts, which en
ables them to store their wheat in
e'evators and wait until the market
reaches their price,” he continued.
“Notwithstanding this, however,
the price'of flour today is $1 cheap
er than it was a year ago. Today
flour is selling for $4,25 to $7 a bar
rel, where for the same period last
year the price was $5.85 to $8.25 a
barrel.
“Sugar is correspondingly lower
this year than last. Leaf lard w r as
15 cents a pound last year and is
but 12 cents this year. Compounds
(substitutes for lard) are9 3-4 cents
against 10 7-8 cents last year. Rice
which last year sold for 4 3-4 to
6 1-2 cents a pound, now brings
only 3.1-4 to 5 1-2 .cents. Cheese
sold lastyear for 18 3-4 W.ts and
pow sellmnr 16 cents a pound.
“Mitchell”
The Wagon that has stood
the test of time for durability.
Mitchell wagons have un
equalled records for long ser
vice,; there are hundreds of
them that have been in daily
use for more than
20 Years
and these wagons are good for
many more years yet.
Buy a Mitchell and you will
settle for all time your wagon
troubles.
Wight Hardware Co.
P. S. Our Hardware Stock is Complete.
Call on us when you are in CAIRO.
If. and Mrs. John. Pearce
guest of J. B. Watts, and family '8 pe P
a-day tn-’ViiiabSta on j'is way ,[U 96 pounds, while only $1.
iksohville ar *d t lam pa?:' He «gked today. Potatoes were
before his return |f or a bag of ten pecks and
to Jacksonville
will visit Cuba
home.
Carroll county farmers will
serve the 22d as a day to discuss the
question of good seed corn. Super
visors of demonstration farm work
will be present to take part in the
meeting. Later, some time in
March, the agricultural train with a
splendid outfit will spend three
hours in Carrollton.
Kills a Salamander
Thomasville, Feb. 10.—A. J.
Stanaland of this city had on exhi
bition at his office here a salaman
der which had been killed on his
place in the country. These little
animals which are popularly sup
posed never to find a place to hot
for them, were once quite abundant
all through this section of the state,
but tliey are said to have become
very scarce of late years. Most of
the older inhabitants of the country
districts were very familiar with
them, lmt they are quite a curosity
to the present generation. Much
attention was attracted by the little
animal, which seemed somewhat a
cross between a lizard and a frog,
60 is
$2.25
- . are only
, %2 today. Onion sets are $1 less
ob- this year than last. Cabbage is ex
actly 1 cent less a pound.
“Coffee alone has made an ad
vance, the price this year being
about 5 cents a pound higher. This
has been caused by the Brazilian
government financing < the coffee
plantations, and it is said that a
large American coffee merchant is
behind the venture.
“The egg market has experienced
a heavy slump. Fresh eggs, guar
anteed not cold storage, are retail
ing from 19 to 25 cents a dozen.
“On the prices of ordinary foods”
continued the merchant, “the re
tailer is the man who keeps the
prices up and, I am told, that the
reason given for this in Atlanta is
the steady advance in store rents.”
—AtlantaGeorgian,
Pecan Trees For Shade
Several South Georgia towns are
planting pecan trees on the streets
and in the squares. It is a good
idea that should have been thought
of and ahted on years ago. Besides
the toothsome nuts it affords the
pecan tree is ornamental and its
spreading branches furnish an abun
dance of refreshing shade in the hot
days of summer.—Dawson News,
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MARDI GRAS
FFB. 23 to 28, 1911.
Atlantic Coast Line
Offers Very Low Excursion Rates to
P
ensacola^ -
obile
-NewO
rleans
Tickets on sale Feb. 21 to 27 inclusive. Final limit to reach
original starting point not later than midnight, March 11*
1911. Extension of final limit to March 27th may be secur
ed by depositing ticket and upon payment of $1.00
Don’t miss the chance of seeing the most
spectacular event of the year.
For Schedule Information and Litera
ture—See your Agent or write to,
W. J. Craig, T. C. White, E. M. North,
Pass. Traffic Manager General Pass. Agent Asst. Gen’l. Pass.Agt.
Wilmington, N. C. Wilmington, N. C. Savannah, Ga.
Owing to the fact that we find
that small pox has broken outr in
quite a number of places in Grady
county we wish to afek our citizens
to co-operate with the county phy
sician, Dr- Arline, and the county
board in an effort to stamp out the
disease. We 1 want to ask every per
son who may cbntract the smallpox
to remain indoors as much as pos
sible and not allow anyone to go
near them who has not been success
fully vacinated or who has previous
ly had had it until they are entire
ly well and finished scaling off as
the scales may be carried by the
he wind some distance, and we
wish to ask that every one who has
not been successfully vaccinated to
call at Dr, Arlines office and he
willlvacinate them free of charge.
Respectfully,
29 4t Thos. Wight, Chairman.
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Landredth’s
RED BLISS SEED
The kind that grow potatoes
for a profit. Fresh seed.
PHONE 14,
Wight & Browne,
Leading Druggists.
I2SI
YES! our line of Advertising Fans are
here, that is, part of them. The price
makes them doubly attractive. Progress-