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SEES GLOOM FOR
Lack of Proper Distribution Sys
tem Causes Trouble
NEED ORGANIZATION
While Barns Overflow in Some
Section; Others in Want
ATLANTA, March 10.—Georgia's
farmers are in the doldrums. Pessi
mism is the outstanding feature. And
it is hanging like a gloom «'wd over
practitally every farm houss in the
State, declares john S. Dennee, crop
statistician for the Georgia Co-oper
ative Crop Reporting Service, a com
bination of the forces of the United
States Bureau of Crop Estimates and
the Georgia Department of griculture,
ina statement. handed to the press to
day. The statistician predicts his opin
ions upon hundreds of reports received
by him recently from farmers in every
part of the State. The text of his re
marks follows: 5
Money for farm operations is hard
to obtain., Many farmers cannot get
it at all. Seed and labor are high.
Commercial fertilizers are offering at
prices practcally the same as prevailed
during the World War, The farmers
declare they cannot pay ‘these prices.
Retailers of articles used on the farm
are, in general, unreasonable in their
demands. Farm products are selling
at pre-war prices. It must be plain
enough from ‘all this that the farmer
cannot farm on the present basis of
things and make ends meet. Not a
few of the farmers say that financially
they are dowf and out,
Must Tum For Better.
There must be a turn for the better
and soon, from the farmers point of
view. Unless there is there is going
to be thousands and thousands of
Georgia's best acres lying idle this
~year, The farmers need and must have
substantial help. |
~Considerable cotton has been sold
since the first of the year and at low
prices. The producer has been a very
heavy looser. The time is fast ap
proaching when preparations must be
made to plant the next crop. Most
farmers are without funds. And they
tannot secure credit from the mer
chant or bank that made them advan
ces last year. Result, they are selling
dor 11 cents or thereabouts cotton
‘which cost them approximately 30
cents to make, * :
: Need Organization, ‘
Year after year hundreds of Geor
gia farmers have demonstrated a
unique capacity for working for the
cotton speculator, In a measure lack
of farm organization and effective mar
keting methods rendered this fatalityl
inevitable. But if the farmers are to!
be believed, -this year things are going‘
to be different, Most farmers say
they are going to slash the acrcage‘
anywhere from 25 to 50 per cent :md|
plant food stuffs instead. Some dc—l
clare they will -buy tontract cotton
from the speculator rather than sell_,!
cotton to him, and in that way make
money. 't is amazing how many cot-!
ton farmers have awakened to, the re
alization' that if they want to work for
nothing and' get deeper into debt, the
sure way to do it is to plant this year
a normal acreage to cotton, . ;
Many farmer’s reports say that the
boll weevil has survived the mild win
ter and is alrcady mobilizing to com
mence activities,
Thousands and thousands of bushels
of peanuts, velvet beans and sweet po
tatoes are reported on the farms and
cannot be disposed of at any price.
A market for this surplusage, includ
h‘ ‘cotton, is the crying need.
More wheat, corn and oats from the
old crop reamined on Georgia farms
March Ist this year than on the same
" date & year ago. There is a woeful
shortage reported nevertheless, in lo
calities, and many counties are ship
‘ ‘ consilerable quantities of these
_ gralns to tide the farmers over the
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The acreage planted to tobacco in
Southern Georgia promises to be as
large or larger than that of last year.
An average decline of about 30 per
cent has been sustained in farm land
values, the farmers say, due to the low
prices of farm products and no de
mand for farm lands just now. Not
a few farmers are reported as quitting
the farms because they cannot pay the
cash rents demanded and the land
owners are um'willing to accept cotton
as rent, per custom, o g
Live stock on Georgia farms
shrunk last year in total value about
$61,394000, or 30 per cent. This
shrinkage, however, is due more to the
lower value per head than decrease
in numbers, ; ’
John S. Dennee ¢
Agrcultural Statistician.
Atlanta, Georgia, ;
1921 Cotton To Cost
28¢ Pound---Brown
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture
Makes Estimates on Costs
In a letter addressed to the Farmers
of Georgia Commissioner of Agricul
ture J. J. Brown announces that a
careful investigation made by the
State Board of Entomology to
gether with its staff of cotton special
ists shows that on a conservative
basis, the cost of producing the 1921
cotton. crop will be 28 cents per
pound.
In this estimate, Commissioner
Brown states, the present prices of
fertilizers, calcium ' arsenate and
other essential materials were taken
into considerason, and the farmer
was allowed a wage only about half
that paid labor by various corpora
tions over the country. Normal sea
sons and no more than usual ravages
by the boll weevil, were also con
sidered.
“How can our farmers afford to
plant a cotton crop under these con
ditions, and when the sales now be
ing made by the exchanges for fall
delivery, are at a price just ong half
of the known cost of productian - of
this season’s crop?” ST 7|
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Springy
—We have just secured an
assortment of newest models,
every one duplicates of what
is being shown in eastern
shops. »
—There are combinations of
straw and silk hats trimmed
in French flowers, foliage
and fruit, s
- $3 to $lO
Garber's Surprise Store
South Main St. -:- Fitzgerald
THE FITZGERALD LEADER THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1921.
eTTR Sy ATAASAR WAL &AW, &
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Colored Citizens
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Ask Protection
—_—
D. McMillan Appeals for Installation
Of Fire Plugs In Section. ;
The Leader yesterday received a
communication from J. H. McMillan,
~colored physisian and representative
'member of the substantial class of
icolored citizens in Ftzgerald, appeal
ing to the City Council to provide
adequate fire protection for the eastern
section of the city. The Leader made
editorial note of the conditions men
tioned by Dr. McMillan yesterday, and
s glad to publish his letter as follows:
Editor Leader: 3
Dear Sir:
Will you allow this, another appeal
from me to his honor the Mayor and
City Council Council and the Water,
Light and Bond Commission for some
protection against the loss of proper
ty by fire? The fire Sunday night
was just a repetition of what happened
about two years ago when six houses
were burned to the ground while the
firemen looked on powerless to assist
for the lack of water.
To the officers of Fitzgerald above
mentioned, one and all, gentlemen, in
the name of justice and for the pro
tection of property and could be life,
I for all the people east of the Sea
board railroad appeal to you for the
protection needed.
I will leave it to Fitzgerald to say
)Whether the negro citizens of the city
are loyal to their obligations or not.
’lf they are then they should at least
have protection against needless loss
by fire. Again I pray you gentlemen
1 in power to carefully weigh' this mat
ter and see if you can not give some
relief in this section of the city.
Yours very truly,
J. H. McMillan, M. D.
Inspiration to Home Affection.
“When a man bet on a lame hoss,”
said Charcoal Eph, ruminatively, “hit
sure do git inspirin’ how he yell fo'
laigs t' git 6n dat old crowbait fo’ de
sake o' his wife an’ chiliun.”—Rich
mond Times-Dispatch. s “
Opening
—We are showing all of the
new shapes.
—Large pisture hats, sailors,
pokes, high crowns, soft
crowns, in milans, satin braid
sports, celophane and liseres.
Come eax;ly to our first
showing of Pattern Hats.
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Col. Bugg Explains 1
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A. B. & A. Finances
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fees paid for the flotation of the stock
issue and are considered very reason
able. :
This was one of the most drastic
reorganizations of railroad properties
in the history of the country, the fxed
charges under this reorganization
amounting to only $204,500, or annual
fixed charge per mile of road operated
of $321,000. The A. B. & A. Railway
Company earned interest on the under
lying bonds, and on the 15 year in
come mortage bonds and a small sur
plus besides up to the time it was taken
u'ndéjfederal control January 1, 1918.
~ “Very truly yours,
B. L. Bugg, T
A Receiver
A St e
Proper Ambition.
It is very sad for a man to make
himself servant to a thing, his man
hood all taken out of bim by the hy
draulic pressure of excessive business,
I should not like to be merely a great
doctor, a great lawyer, a great minis
ter, a great pollti_clan—;_—l should like to
be also something of a man.—Theodore
Parker, ,
et eet ettt sttt
Millions Trying. .
“Millions of people,” we qucte from
the motion-picture advertising, *“can |
write stories and photoplays and don’t
know it.” We have no wish to quarrel °
with the assertion. We merely suggest
that those responsible for the motion ‘
pictures get hold of some of them,
our contention'being that those now
writing for the motion-picture dmmn‘
cannot do it.—Philadelphia Public
Ledger. i :
FITZGERALD FURNITURE CO.,'lnc‘.,‘
SPECIAL.
GRASS RUG SALE
For Porch, Dining, or Bed Room
~ See Our Large Display Window ‘
Sizes 27x54 inches, price : : : 95¢
Sizes 36x72 inches, price : : $l4B
Sizes 54x90 inches, price : : $2.65
Sizes 6x9 feet squares, price $3.85
Sizes Bx 9 feet squares, pricgs_ $6.00
Sizes 9x12 feet squares, price $7.50
A large stock of Porech
- Furniture just received.
~ Porch Swings at most any price to seleet from.
FITZGERALD FURNITURE Co.
| - “THE STORE OF LOW ‘PRICES’? S
_ Corner Main and Pine Streets ~ Fitzgerald, Ga.
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. BY MARY KETHEL PAIGE @ ‘
‘The principle of all art is h‘“'i
mony,” says Diana Allen, *‘and
the harmony best understood is
in music. That is the reason I
advocate that every home in
America should have a piano. 1
think it the best way to entertain
and develop one’s artistic übilities
- and we all have them if we
only knew it.” \
< Vhe famous screen beauty, who
formerly did dance specialties in
Ziegfold's Follies, was seated at a
piano fa they Paramount “Studios
when § called. Sbe was executing
an airy little caprice by Riesling,
while Wilfred Lytell stood near.
They were waiting for cameramen
to adjust 1 machine in prepara
tion for taking a beautiful interior
scene in Charles Maignes' produe
tion of John Fox, Jr.'s'story, “The
Kentuckians.”
“My dancing, my acting, my
ability to interpret the various
emotions and feelings in all art
—II credit it all to our family
plano,”” continued Miss Allen. My
mother saw to it that music was
‘& big part of ouf homs, bringing
out all the latent abilities of our
whole family "’ ]
Miss Allen, at her best i this
big production, portrays the part
of Anne Bruce, daughter of the
governor, while Monte Blue has
the lead as the sturdy, ambitious
mour*«ineer, Boone Stallard. Be
side filfred Lyteh ggre Frank
Joyi- J H Gilmour and Jobha
Miltern in leading parts.