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AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION AT THE SCHOOLS
The need of intelligent direction of farm operations has never
fieen quite so apparent as now. Farming has been taught at Agri
cnlinral Schools and by law was made compulsory to be taught in the
raral schools of Georgia some years ago. No heed was paid to this
feature of the law, except in so far as teachers included the text books
o the Prescribed grades of their pupils. Few of our rural teachers
are eganpped, educationally, to give this part of their duties the at
teateon they would like to, and that it deserves. With the employ
mrent «f 2 county demonstration agent, financed largely by the two
fanks of the city, the A. B. & A, and the Farm Extension Depart
ment of the U. S, it becomes possible this year to make definite plans
for agrnienltural instruction at the school houses and the teachers as
wedl s the children will get their chance, too. Unlike other studies,
zhaxs mstruction must come IN SEASON and with the seasons, so
tl=st wo lime should be lost in getting the local ground ready at once
1o begin work., The trustees of the schools will no doubt have the
#sacts put in shape, plowed and harrowed, so that when Mr. Pittman ‘
zets around to their 'schools no time may be lost. |
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES
We don’t want to make our farmer friends tired by giving un
=obwited advice about regulating their farm operations for the com
g year, but the persistent reports coming to us of the arrival of the
¥ weevil in this section furnishes the excuse to present to you the
vepeated experiences of the sections where the weevil is and has been
fowr somme time.
Yen all know “Jack” Dorminy; everyone of you believe in his
wmkgmment, and have done so since he changed from knee breeches to
long pants. te has just returned from his mill in a South Alabama
wonnty, where two years ago they harvested 21,000 bales of cotton—
the year before the boll weevil arrived in that section.. This year they
marketed 1,500 bales in the same county and from the same acreage.
“The Doll weevil got the rest of it. Mr. Dorminy, who is a pactical
farmer and business man, and a close observer, does not bring this
tale of woe from Alabama to scare any of you, but merely states the
cokd facts, o assure you that to raise cotton with the boll weevil
zmader the old method ils not possible.
©ver im Alabama they have learned by experience, we can learn
here throngh their paid-for-experience, and now is the time to begin
the Yesson. Plant grain crops, plenty of them, and the kinds you
&now will do well here—-oats, wheat, rye, and such other crops that
stk fatten on. Turn under the cotton stalks RIGHT NOW ; don't
ry to gather the last lock of cotton, its not worth the price you pay
wx giving the boll weevil a place to lodge. TURN IT UNDER. Then
early mn the spring begin to plan to plant a limited number of acres of
<ottom fo the plow and, as Capt. “jack” says, work it fast. In Ala
fama, as elsewhere, they have found that to be the only way to beat
the weevil 1o it and YOU will find it the same way here.
!‘.FEW STATES ESCAPE OPERATION OF CHILD LABOR ~
‘ LAW
=ik Y report recently circulated that the federal child labor law
will anly affect two or three southern states is denounced at the
Ebeadquarters of the National Child Labor Committee as another ef-
Fort to discredit a law which will be far more effective than its ene
¥mies care to have it. E
“¥¢ s true that there are only three states that have not yet
adopted the 14-year limit provided for in the federal bill,” said Owen
R Lowejoy, general secretary of the National Child Labor Commit-
T, “Bart 1t 15 also true that of the 46 states which have adopted the
#4-year imnt (including the District of Columbia) there are 19 which
Txve exemptions to it for cases of poverty, emyloyment in canner-
Jes, employment with special permit, etc. Such exemptions will not
e permitted under the federal law.
“There are other provisions in the bill beside the 14-year limit,
Bowever. The 8-hour day clause for children under 16 will affect
28 states which still permit such children to be employed for 9, 10
and 11 honrsa day. The prohibition of night work will prevent child
renmnder 16 from working at night in 14 states, and the 16-ycar limit
#ormines-and quarries will eliminate young children from the mines
wl9 mining states.
"g_;nly two states—New Mexico and Wyoming—have none of
“the provisions of the federal law, but on the other hand only nine
-states have adopted all of the standards. This means that 39 states
amd the District of Columbia, instead of three states as some of the
sewspapers have reported, are below the standards of the federal
Eaw, amd some of these will be affected not only on one count but on
several” t ;
- A dollar spent on subscription brings you ten in wisdom. Be
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“The merchant who advertises never counts the flies on the wall.
~“here’s a reason.” \
_ Life is short at best and the one who fills it with scraps and
wowls has only half a life to spend.
AN eio st i
‘When laughing at the other fellow just remember that he may
Zave quite as much fun at your expense another day.
THE LEADER-ENTA};B}‘ RISE AND PRESS, WEDNES DAY, OCTOBER 18 1916
THOMASVILLE WILL HAVE
“LARGE” DAY FRIDN,
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A FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 3RD -
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Hon. Roscoe Luke, chairman
of the Barbecue committee fori
the Thomas County Fair, who
was recently elected judge of the
court of appeals of Georgia, dc-‘
sires tp state to the great gcncral‘
populace of South Georgia, East
ern ‘Alabama and Northern Flor
ida, that the meat has been “got”
for the Big Free Barbecue, to be
given the third day of the Fair
at Thomasvillie, November 3.
As the official host, Judge Lyke
invites everybody to come And
get a piece of barbecue. He ghar
antecs that everyone will g¢t his
slice of meat. He does notf/guar
antee, however, to feed thofe who
come and those who stay gt home,
too. He just will feed thpse who
come, ‘
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“Howsomever,” sagys Judge
Luke, “with 15000 pounds of
dressed meat, we shofild be able
to feed this section of the world,
still we’ll be proud feed some
othen\ sections if they come, so
tell them all to be here, both great
and small; men, women and chil
dren. | Colored folks will please
stand 3side and let the white folks
get something to dat..”
The invitation {s a very broad
one and includes| all citizens of
every settion of the southeast, re
gardless of their ationality, creed
or previofys state of servitude,
just so thay are jwhite.
Judge Luke sgys that even rail
road men, \newspaper men and
preachers will pe allowed. That
should be suffi¢ient to give the
hint to everybody that they are
welcome. If it is not, the Bar
becue Committee can do no more.
The jig’s up and the Barbecue
will be eaten by some one else.
Thomasville is preparing for
an enormous crowd on this occa
sion. Last year over 40,000 peo
ple attended andisome of the big
city dailies wasted much money
calling their local correspondents
to find out if four thousand was
not meant instead of ten times
that number. The affair will be
conducted in “jam-up” style and
every precaution is being taken
to guard against any one going
hungry for one meal at least.
SOUTHERN RAILROAD IS 1
ABOLISHING CROSSINGS
Washington, Oct. 17.—Ninety
three grade crossings of the Sou
thern Railway’s Washington-At
lanta line have been eliminated in
connection with double track
work between Orange, Va,, and
Central, S. €
Thirty-eight were supplaricd
by overhead bridges, 33 by uader
passes, while 22 were removed by
changes in the route of public
roads.
In all construction work the
i'xed policy of the Southern is 10
scparate important highway
crossings wherever practiczile.
This policy means large addi
tional expense which is under
taken as a permanent investment
for safety.
The Soutiiern has 2'so co-one
a-:' with local authorities in the
elimination of many dangerous
crossings on other of its lines,
devoting to this work as much as
its resources and other obliga
tions would permit.
MR. HANSON RETURNS
. Mr. F. J. Hanson, \who has
‘been spending the summer in
Michigan and Illinois, returned to
the city Tuesday. Mr. Hanson
tells interesting stories about his
trip and brings back cheering
news about the progress being
made by the Wilson campaign.
Being very much interested, Mr.
Hanson made several poles in
Chicago among business and pro
fessional men and found that the
sentiment 1s rapidly turning to
Mr. Wilson in that state and Mr.
Hanson predicts that Ilhnois wil!
be 11 the Democratic colunmn.
Bostonians using a new inven
tion, the oscillograph, were the
other day able to hear the waves
of the Pacific beating on the San
Francisco shore.
HEREAFTER 1 shall deposit in
the EXCHANGE NATIONAL
BANK. I surely can make no mis
take to deposit my money where
many other neople have deposited
thousands and thousands until the
bank has larger deponsits than any
other bank in this portion of the
state and where the HONORABLE
i TREASURER of the UNITED
iSTATES deposits U. S. Governmeunt
| moneys.—Mr. Prudent.
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WITHOUT GOTTGA
Messrs. E. K. Farmer and Ma
rion Dickson just retarned from
Tennessee and Keatucky, where
they purchased a herd of tho
roughbred Heresiord cows for
their farms. The prosperous
condition of the Tarmers, the fine
country homes and splendid en
tertainment at the farms were as
a revelation to them., On cvery
farm visited herds of fine cattle
and hogs could be seen, f{full
blooded and with an ancestry of
pure strain that makes them
bring fabulous prices for breeding
stock.
In conversation with Mr. Far
mer, who already has some prize
specimen of Heresford cattle on
his stock farm west of the city,
we learned of the marvelous de
velopment of the Blue Grass sec
tion of Kentucky, where stock
raising is the principal industry.
Though the winters are long, and
every cow has to be stalled in
close quarters during the cold
weather and the entire supply of
winter feed stored away, an ex
pense which farmers in our own
section would save, these farmers
are getting rich from selling cat
tle and hogs by the train loads.
Down here, where cover crops
could be provided for grassing
the year around, the industry
could be much more profitable
than in the sections where hous
ing and feeding during the winter
is so expensive a problem. With
the boll weevil on hand our farm
ers must turn to something else
for a money crop and cattle and
hogs, blooded stock, is the most
profitable crop that we can turn
to.
“We bought 26 thoroughbred
cows and they will arrive here
next week,” Mr. Farmer said.
“Among other fine stock that
was shown us in Kentucky, right
on the farm, was one male Heres
ford which sold for $12,400, and
another that was priced at $7,-
500.
At 17 he worries Decause he
can’t make the hair come out on
his upper lip. At 37 he worries
because he can’t make it stop
coming out of the top of his
head.
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Sparks’ shows, a much ]arger
and greatly improved aggregation
of circus attractions than hasgyet
been here under this name, 8 in ¢
Fitzgerald today for two perform
ances, one taking place this after
noon and the other scheduled for
tonight.
A long street parade took place
this morning, making a fine show
ing for the outfit, and the. per
formance this afternoon, attended
by a crowd which packed the big
tent, was up to a high notch for
circus performances. The special
feature acts included the com
pany of trained lions, a herd of
trained seals, boths acts being
unusually strong. And another
especially thrilling portion of the
program was Hilda Long’s loop
the loop on his head. In this the
performer rode on roller skates
fastened to his head, and he shot
down the long, steep incline with
terrific velocity, through the loop
and over the gap to the landing
platform standing on his head all
the way through, making his
number one of the real thrillers
of the circus world. '
The Sparks’ Shows are now a
first-class "attraction and carry a
complete menagerie, besides a
trainload of special performers.
The aggregation reached Fitzger
ald this morning and began the
erection of their mammoth tents
at once.
A tremendous crowd assembled
in Fitzgerald from all over the
county and spent the day here
attending the circus in the after
noon and enjoying a day of pleas
ure around the big amusement
center made by this circus. '
Sparks’ shows this time are
well above the average, and the
performance this afternoon made
it certain that a great crowd will
attend tonight. The trained ani
mals are worth seeing if nothing
else, as they are a show in th®N
selves. The many daredevil acts
and high-class trapeze and wire
‘walking acts make up a circus
of real merit that will entertain
any one.
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