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VOLUME TWENTY-FOUR
The Country Needs
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Transportation Facilities
SWAINSBORO, Ga., Dee. B.—
That the country needs trans
portation facilities rather than
reduced freight rates is the as
sertion of J. D. MecCartney,
Assistant to President, Central
of Georgia Railway, who spoke
before the Kiwanis Club of
Swainsborro Thursday night.
He called attention to the’ ab-‘
sence of new railway construe
tion during recent years and to
the preyalent car shortage which
has manifested itself just at the
beginning of a revival of busi
ness. He said the only way by
which the people can assure
themselves that the railways
will be able to carry on their
business is to permit the roads
to earn a sufficient net return to
attract new capital for exten
sions, improvements and addi
tional rolling stock.
The ‘speaker denied that the
present rates restricted either
production or distribution, and
quoted J. R. Howard, President
of the American Farm Bureau
Federation, as to expenditures
by farmers, declaring that the
farmer’s freight bill is of minor
consideration. Quoting Mr.
Howard’s figures, the farmers
of America spend approximately
$10,000,000,000 per fannum, Of
each $lOO that the farmer spends
he estimates that $7l goes for
purchases at wholesale prices;
$ll for interests; $7 for taxes;
$3 for passenger transportation,
and $8 for freight.
The speaker concluded that,
the real cause of the farmers
troubles is the disparity betweenj
what he pays for the things he!
buys and what he gets for thingsl
he sells.
Fight Next Year’s
. Weevils Now
THE cotton boll weevil has now‘.
practically covered the cotton‘
growing area of North Carolina, as
he has practically. covered the wh f.;]ei
Cotton Belt with the exception of a
narrow strip along the northern edge. ‘
He will seon enter Virginia. |
Warfare against weevils should be
carried on through every part of the
year. Al trash, weeds, and crop
residues near infested fields should
be either plowed under or burned—
and of these methods, plowing un
der ig best because it saves humus.
Wateh for the weevilsin the unplow
ed cotton field and hand pick and
destroy them. Gather all fallen and
infested squares and destroy them
Wheat may be sowed on the cotton
Jand add serve as a catch and cover
crop, afford some winter grazing,
and produce a crop of grain next
spring, whiie rye or vetch may also
Le used.—The Progressive I'armer.
Secure From Fire--- ‘
: But you are secured from going ‘‘broke’’
after the fire if your property is properly
insured.
~ Others consider it better to pay a little for
insurance than to lose a lot by fire. How
about you? ;
I represent the most reliable Companies of
America. _
T. C. THARP,
Leesburg, - Georgia.
IGovemor Hardwick Says
No Official Action Is
Necessary As Amend
- ment Is Defeated on
Face of the Returns
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Atlanta, Ga., Dec.. s.—Peach
County is a dead letter so far as
Governor Hardwick is concerned,
e announced Tuesday.
“The law,’’ said the Governor
““provides for the issuance of a
proclamation by the Goyernor in
’the event of the ratification of
the constitutional amendmenr}
Icreating the new county. It
provides for no proelamation and
;requires no proclamation in the
ievent of the rejection of the
amendment, Secretary McLen
‘don has certified to me that the
’face of the returns show Peach
County to have been rejected by
about 7,000 majority. There
fore I shall issue no proclamation.
~ Whecher the Fort Valley cam
paign committee for Peach Coun
ty will institute mandamus pro
ceedings to compel Secretary of
State McLendon-to decide their
contest of the election was not
announced by their spokesman,
State Senator Joe Davidson, who
was in the city. He said their
plans were undercided.
Attorneys Sam Nunn, of Perry,
and John B. Guerry, of Monte
zuma, spokesman for the opposi
tion to Peach County, said they
were quite satisfied to let the
matter rest as’a dead letter.
“You might say this, how
ever,”” said Attorney Guerry,
““that we have found as nkany
technical defects in the returns
of counties that went in favor of
Peach County as the Fort Valley
committee found in the returns
of counties that went agairst
Peach County, So if it comes to
a real contest, we will have as
much ground to stand on as they
will.”’ :
The Fort Valley contest was
based upon technical defects in
the election returns of 63 ,coun
ties. They called on Secretary
McLendon to . exclude these
counties from the consolidation
of the vote. To exclude them
}Would give Peach County g ma
jority-of about 2,000 votes.
~ Secretary McLendon,s final
decision, as embodied in a letter
by him to the Governor late
Monday, was that he bas no
!authorigy to decide a contest and
could do nothing but certify to
;the Governor the election result
‘turns. .
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') Portuguese Widely Spoken.
| Portuguese is the language of about
. 80,000,600 people.
Leesburg, Lee County. Ga,, Friday DECEMBER 8, 1922
Labor Agents |
Unlawfully Operate
In Georgia
There is now and has been for
sumetime a considerable exodus ‘
from this State of labor which
be badly needed next spring and
summner upon the farms of Geor
gia. A person has a right to
leave the state and locate where
soever he pleases, but itisa|
a violation of the law for labor
agents to influence such an one
to emigrate. These fabor agents
are very active and-have carried
a great many laborers out of the
State. Before a labor agent cen
lawfully operate, he must:
FIRST—Pay the tax collector
in each county where operates a
tax of $1,000.00.
SECOND—Register with the
Ordinary.
THlRD—Secure a license from
the Department of Commerce &
Labor.
At the present time there is
not a labor agent in the State
authorized to do business. Even
if a person wishes to secure labor
for his own use outside of the
State he must first obtain a per
mit from this Department. In
the absence of such permit he
can be prosecuted as for a mis-|
demeanor.
I haye brought this matter to
the attention of the Tax Collec
tors, the Sheriffs, Chief of Police,
County Demonstration agents,
cannipg agents, Chamber of
Commerce, Boards of Trade, and
[ haye also written a letter to
each judge in the State, asking
that he specifically charge the
grand jury in each of the- coun
ties of his circuit with reference
to this law. Officials of this
Department have visited and are
visiting the various counties in
the Statein the effort to puta
stop to this exodus. Bailiffs,
constables, policemen, sheriffs
and deputy sheriffs can put a
stbp to the operation of these
labor agents if they go atit
vigorously. Georgia is a big
state and unless help is secured
from each locality the work of
this Department will be in vain.
I would be glad if you will aid
in creating a sentiment that will
arouse all of the citizens to watch
diligently, and vigorously aud|
land these lobor or emigrant|
agents on the chain gang. We‘
have found that it is a favcrite
methud of procedure for these
agents to send threating letters
to certain negroes and in a day
or two approach such parties and
offer them a position in another
state. These agents very large
ly, work in the country andl
small towns and all the people
must be alert in detecting and
reporting to the proper authori
ties these agents. You can aid
in arousing public sentiment and
I trust that you will have no
hesitancy in doing so. Unless
something is done a bad condi
tion next year is going to pre
vail upon the farms.
H. M. STANLEY,
Commissioner.
Governor and Wife
Spend Thanksgiving
‘ In Lee County
‘ Governor and Mrs. Thoma?\\’.'
‘ Hardwick spent Tharksgiving and
the week end as the guests of Mr. 1
and Mrs. John D. Little on their
plantation near I eesburg, returning
1 to their home last Sunday.
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'A. B. A. Railway
Recovering From
: Adversity
The Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic Railroad, 600 miles long,
running through Georgia’s rich
est agricultural region and touch
ing the iron and coal fields of
Alabama, has actually earned
more money in the past few
{ months than it took to operateit.
Officials statements to this ef
fect, made public will be receiv
ed with unusual interest not only
in railroad circles of Georgia and
the South but throughout the
rest of the country which has
kept its eyes upon during its
many trying ordeals. ‘
It has the distinction of hav
ing won many months ago a
successful fight against strik
ers—or friends of strikers who
ldyna.mit_ed traing and sent murd
}erous bullets at trainmen who
took their places. It was one of
‘the few railroads™of its kind; in
fact, the only one in the United
States which achieved victory
under odds that at times seemed
insurmountable.
Troubles galore—there seemed
to be no end to them—*were
thrust upon the road, none of
these troubles and untoward de
velopments were at any time
chargeable to its management,
which has all along been operat
ed under a federal receivership.
Fact of the mattey is, both rail
road men and court officials as
sert, weathering the storm comes
in the nature of a great compli
ment to the ability of Receiver
B. L. Bugg, Assistant Receiverl
J. L. Edwards and their corp's'
of Assistants, who, at some!
editorial writers put it, ‘‘have
stood the rack through thick and
thin.”’ -
It will be recalled that reports'
were circulated from. one end of |
the state to the other that the |
A. B. &A. was headed for the’
‘“4unk pile.”’ An effort was;
made on the part of several'
Georgians, either its enemies or
its misguided friends, as was!
charged, to form an organization ‘
to save the road from the trash |
heap. It was asserted in some!
quarters that the mevement hadi
its inception in a plan to discre- |
dit the system following the de
feat of strike activities. -
j Railroad men in Atlanta and
in other sections of the South,‘
who have discussed the- future
of the A. B. &A. point to thel
fact that the people of the entire
state will be highly gratified to
learn that it is on the road to
ward fibancial recoverf® The
lbelief is expressed that it willi
make its own way in future, for
it is building business, it is
claimed, that will mean a steady
income—and no doubt created
when 1t had to cope with its
strikes is practically dene away.
Mueh of its business volume,
during its trials and tribulations, l
was knocked out. This, reports‘
now show, is coming back and
and will mean, railroad /officials‘
say, safety and business security.
It is recognized, Atlanta rail
road men point cut, that the A.
B. &A. not only serves an im
portant agricultural and indus
trial section of two states, but is
a vital ‘‘feeder’”” to other rail
road lines. The statement is
made that when other lines of
business become more profitable
this short line railroad will be
icome a money maker. -
e e it
;666 quickly relieves Colds and
il.a(h'ippe, Constipation, Biliousness
and Headaches. .
‘A PARODY FROM HAMLET’S SOLILOQUY ‘
|
BY ELEVENTH GRAQE
To marry, or not to marry; that is the question; g
Whether tis nobler in body to suffer f ~
The shocks and fusses of the outrageous wife,
Or take up arms against the flock of rolling pins,
And by leaving end them? To leave, to stay married,
No more; and by leave to say we end
All the headaches and thousand human kicks
That husbands fall heir to, tis outrageous
To expect us to submit to such. To marry, to marry,
To leove! With a chance to dream, ay theres the trouble,
And in that dream of leaving what trouble may come,
When we have gotton rid of this mortal wife, K
Give me rest, theres the woman :
That makes man life of so long misery; '
Who would bear the rolling pins and china dishes of women,
The mans wrong, the sweet womans jealously,
The pangs of despised love, the laws delay, '
The insolence of home, and the questions that are
Asked by the unworthy woman, : S
When he himself might seek a down town cafe
With a bald headed Greek. Who would his troubles bear,
To grunt and swear under a married life, Bt
But that the fear and dread of something after leaving,
The undiscovered country from whose boundries
No husband returns, puzzles the wile, ~
Which makes her rather bear histroubles
Than others she knows not of
Their consciénce makes coward of them both.
And thua their native home ?
Is filled with a pale cast of thought, - -
And thoughts of great pith and moment
And with these thoughts their love turns astray
And loses their name and fortune.
Buffalo Milk Rich in Butter Fat.
The: Asiatic buffalo is « very valua
ble animal, its milk containing three
and a half times as much butter fat
as that of the cow.
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Some Appetite.
I Toronto Paper—Lady, living pri
vately would like a gentleman for
breakfast and dinner.—Boston Trans
eript, . '
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