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iSI b fif e’ - ‘3‘ -~ . \ .‘. ‘ 'A : ; : O 4 - o . AR SRR RS LSRR VOLUME TWENTY-FOUR The Country Needs . . 00, 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 ) . 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. . l s ') 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. p . '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 ? 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