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VOLUME XXV
COUNTY AGENTS OF
SEVERAL COUNTIES
HOLD MEET HERE
INTERESTING MEETING IS HELD
4 AT CITY HALL LAST SATUR-!
DAY; J. PHIL CAMPBELL AND
CONWELL SPEAK.
Waycross, Ga., July 17.—The stand
taken by county agents and agricul
tural leaders of Georgia during the ■
past several weeks with reference to '
co-operative marketing has been a i
bright page in the history of agricul- :
ture in Georgia, states Dr. Phil Camp- :
bell of the state college of agricul
ture, following a meeting of South- '
east Georgia agricultural agnts held
in Vidalia last Saturday.
During the week four such meet
ings were held in the various sections
of Georgia, giving an opportunity to
evry agent and every farmer in the
state to attend at least one meeting.
The meetings were for the sole pur
pose of discussing co-operative mar-
Afeting. At each of these meetings,
jDr. Campbell states, was a unani
mous sentiment in favor of co-opera
tive marketing.
“I believe that more has been done
for the Georgia farmer at these meet
ings than has ever been done before,”
he states, emphasizing that marketing
Georgia products is the greatest prob
lem of Georgia farmers.
Attending the Vidalia meeting, last
of the sries of four, were agents from
Georgia counties. The principal speak
approximately twenty-five of South
ers were Dr. Campbell, J. E. Conwell,
president of the Georgia Cotton
p Growers Association and J. W. Jones,
of the United States bureal of eco
nomics.
“Knock out the middle man,” was
▼ ofe of the principal and one of the
most interesting topics for duscussion,
this step being pronounced essential
to farm economy.
Waycross has been named the next
meeting place of the Southeast Geor
gia agricultural agents, the meeting
to be called Dr. Campbell. This de
cision was reached at the Vidalia
meeting when Waycross was repre
sented by Dr. R. J. Heyde, Ware
agent; G. U. Gates, secretary
J of the Chamber of Commerce; Walter
Campbell of the Waycross Journal-
Kerald; W. W. Allen, general yard
master of the Atlantic oast Line Rail
road; V. L. Collier of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Coast Railroad. Ap
proximately twentyfive agents in this
section of Georgia will be expected to
attend the Waycross meeting, and
with them will be invited several hun
dred prominent formers of Southeast
Georgia.
THIRTY-THREE CARS j
"OF SWEET POTATOES !
HAVE BEEN SHIPPED
t
TWENTY-SEVEN CARS OF BIG
STEMS AND SIX CARS OF POR
TO RICANS TOTAL UP TO YES
TERDAY OF SHIPMENTS.
The sweet potato situation as to the
selling of the same and the price ob
tained for them is very encouraging
and becoming very interesting to ■
those who grow and sell this product.
The Toombs County Sweet Potato (
Growers’ Association of this county
and one of the largest shippers of
yearly porto ricans and big stem jer
■ leys in this state, are getting a good
■ price for the potatoes and are also
seling them very rapidly, making it |
profitable for those who sell through |
this organization.
To date (Wednesday) there has
been shipped from Lyons 27 cars
of the Big Stem variety and 6 cars
of the Porto Rico variety, making a
total of 33 cars, an dthe report is to
the effect that the price is holding up
well, and that a still better price is
in prospect for next week. A car
of Porto Ricans sold yesterday at
$1.83 per hamper of 50 pounds. An
other car of the Big Stem variety
> sold also yesterday to New V ork,
at $8.50, No. l’s per barrel. A car
sold, Baltimore yesterday at $9.50
per barrel for No. l’s and $7.50 per
barrel for No. 2’s. Those in charge
of the association here expect to have j
moved by Saturday night of this week
45 to 50 cars of Big Stems and eight
or ten cars of Porto Ricans. It is
L also learned that for next week a real
■ heavy shipment of both varieties is
expected by those interested here in
this crop. The association is ship- j
1 ping well graded potatoes, and so far j
THE VID ALIA AD VANCE
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First Georgia Cotton
Brings 50.25 c Pound
on New York Exchange
New York, July 14.—Spirited bid
ding attend the auction on the floor
of the New York Cotton Exchange
Thursday of the first bale of the 1927
crop, the earliest new crop cotton
from Georgia received in New York
in 30 years.
The price was bid up from 37 cents
a pound to 50 1-4 cents, at which
figure it was knocked down to Ber
nard Gelles, of W. R. Grace and Com
pany. The bale weighed about 400
pounds and was .718 inch staple and
strict middling grade. *
Proceeds of the sale will be dis
tributed to charities in Savannah,
from where the cotton was shipped
by Esteve Bros, and company to
J«nks, Gwynne and cc /. The
bale was auctioned off by Samuel T.
Hubbarb, Jr., president of the ex
change.
Summer School To
Open Here August 1
Dill ther eYsI shrdl 111 llwhen the
Prof. W. L. Downs, superintendent)
of the Vidalia Public Schools, an- j
nounces that on August Ist the Sum- i
mer School will open and will contin- j
ue for six weeks.
Prof. Downs requests that all who j
haev been recommended for the Sum- j
mer School course report at 845 A. j
M. on the date announced above.
Mrs. M. A. Shaw will be in charge !
of this department and a good ses
sion is expected.
Lyons and Vidalia To
Swap Pastors Sunday
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For next Sunday night the Metho
dist pastors of Vidalia and Lyons ex-,
change pulpits. So let the Vidalia;
people turn out and give one of your i
former citizens, Rev. Herbert Eth- l
ridge, a good and encouraging con-
Etgregation. Services at 8:30. The
Rev. Ethridge is an interesting speak
er and will bring a helpful message at
that time. No doubt many will hear
him.
this organization has received more
per hamper for the Porto Ricans than
any other shippers from which they
have reports. This association has a
reputation among the buyers of ship
ping well graded Porto Ricans, graded
strictly up to the government specifi
cation, and this fact was exhibited ,
only this week when a better price j
was received here for the same pota
toes that were being offered the buy
ers from a nearby city.
Due to the fact that quite a large
amount of the old crop of Porto
DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOOMBS, THE B EST COUNTY IN THE STATE.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1927.
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Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce Urges The
Defeat of State Tax
j
Atlanta, Ga., July 20.—Resolutions j
urging the Georgia Legislature to de- |
feat the proposed state income tax j
have been adopted by the Drectors of
the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
and copies sent every senator and
representative.
It is pointed out that freedom from
income tax is one of Georgia’s great
est assets in drawing new citiens and
new capital to the state; that such a
tax would greatly impair the value .of 1
vity and county advertising nog be
ing undertaken throughout the state;
that an ncome tax actually places
two burdens upon the property, and
that no matter how it might be levied,
the burden would fall eventually up
on the individual.
It is the belief of the Chamber of
Commerce that many small counties
of Georgia will never be really pros- j
perous unto they draw to themselves
a number of industries which will
j supplement agriculture and provide
I wages for a considerable part of their
j populations, and that with an income
tax upon the statute books, it will be
l very difficult for them to attract such
I indusries.
j The State of Washington, after ex-
I i*?rimenting one year with an income
■ tax, has repealed the measure, on ac-
I count of its disastrous effect on the
j prosperity of the state
j
MARVIN DISTRICT
AWARDS SCHOOL
TO RAGAN & CO.
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ANOTHER LARGE SCHOOL BUILD
ING IS TO BE ERECTED BY
l
LOCAL CONTRACTING FIRM.
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John T. Ragan & Company, local
contratcors, this week added another
large school contract to their already
immence record of this type of con
struction.
The school officials of the Marvin
School district in this county, this
week closed the contract for a new
and modern school plant to be erected
at once in order that it might be
ready for occupancy at the beginning
of the fall term of school.
This new structure will be built of
hollow tile and stucco costing $15,-
000.
.
■
Ricans was left on the market from
last year, the new crop is not moving
1 quite as fast as last year, but by
next week a decided change in the
situation is looked forward to.
Dempsey and Sharkey
Battle Gives Promise
of Being Ring Classic
I i
I sport fans of any age to give full ,
| credit to ability or the performance
of its atheletes until they could look
| back to “the good old days” and in
memory at last realize that greatness
had been with unaware.
The heavyweight struggle between 1
Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey this
week is a point in comparison—which |
as this is written, is in many quarters
being discredited and not given full
1 aeknowlegement as being a very im
| portant milepost in the history of j
heavyweight pugilism.
Oldtimers still tell of that memor- j
jial struggle between the great Jim j
Jeffries and Sailor Tom Sharkey. It
is today a ring classic in the mind of
fandom and adnUtedly a he-man per
formance which any red-blooded fol- i
lower of the mittslingers would trav- (
el miles to see.
I
j The Dempsey-Sharkey battle pro
mised as much. A battleof well condi-1
tioned, well trained ringmen, both of
whom in past performances have rec
ords which should have left no doubt
in the minds of all that it went one !
round—or fifteen rounds.
Failed To See Greatness
Still all through the days of train
ing the experts “ifed, anded and sup- 1
posed” their way through, cautiously
refusing to give full credit to either
man and creating the impression
:that it might “by lucky chance” be
a good battle.
j Looking at thebattle for the pur
pose of seeing accurately and truly
,the factors involved, one must ad
mit that it was “a natural”.
Here was the great Dempsey—still
a young man as compared to Fitz
; Simmons, Sullivan or Johnson, in a
;desperate effort to regain hii lo=t
laurels. Trained to the minute; look- J
ing the perfict specimen of a well-con-1
ditioned man; a clean life behind him
with no dissipation tolls; a great ring
man with but the Tunney defeat’
againest him; a fighting man who
had sacrificed all pleasures for mon
ths to prepare, for the struglo; Dem
psey approached ringtime the biggest
“threat” whose shadow ever darken- j
ed the heavyweight ring.
On the other hand, Sharkey A
rough, tough fighting man in the
full bloom of youth. A fast, two
fisted battler who “too them as j
they came” battering his way to the
top on sheer ability and courage, and
with Dempsey, the last hurdle before
a shot at the title, fame and gold.
Jeffries or Dempsey
It is a mooted question which would
have won had Jeffries at his best met
the Dempsey of Willard or Firpo
days.
The Jack Sharkey today, whether
he won or lost to Dempsey, is as tough (
GEORGIA STATE
AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY TO MEET
EIGHTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEET
ING WILL BE HELD IN ROME
GEORGIA, AUGUST 2-3.
All meetings will be held in the
City Auditorium.
The officers, speakers and members
an informal luncheon or basket din
ner immediatly after adjournment of
the Tuesday morning session, by the
citizens of Rome and Floyd county.
The afternoons will be devoted to
| tours over Floyd county and interest
ing points in that section, including
j a visit to the famous Cave Springs.
1 Automobiles will be furnished visi
tors in which to make these tours.
I Hotel reservations can be made by
addressing W H. Foster, secretary of
Chamber of Commerce, Rome, Ga.
The program for the meeting is as
follows:
Tuesday Morning, August 2nd.
10:00 Invocation—Dr. E. R. Ley
burn, Pastor of First Presbyterian
Church, Rome, Ga.
j Address of Welcome—W. S. Coth
ran, Director Agricultural Group,
| Chamber of Commerce, Rome, Ga.
| Response—A. E. Gibson, County
Agent, Terrell County, Dawson, Ga.
j 10:45 Address—“ The University
and The State”—Chas. M. Snelling,
Chancelor, University of Georgia.
I 11:15 Address—Eugene Talmade,
j Commissioner of Agriculture, Atlan
ta, Ga.
i 11:45 Address —“Agricultural Re
search at the Coastal Plain Experi
; ment Station,” —S. H. Starr, Director
; Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment
Station, Tifton, Ga.
I 12:15 Address—“ Winter Legumes
land their Relation to Soil Fertility”—
I J. I. Davis, County Agent, Dougherty
County, Albany, Ga.
i 12:45 Address —“ Fertilizer For
Cotton and Corn in the South”—F.
E. Boyd, Southern Agronomist Chil-
I ean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bu
reau, Montgomery, Ala.
1 :15 Address—“ Farm Problems Be
[ yond Production” —C. A. Cobb, Edi
. tor Southern Ruralist, Atlanta, Ga.
1:30 Address —“Georgia Poultry
Progress and Needs” —W. P. Clark,
Poultry Specialist Georgia State Col
lege of Agriculture, Athns, Ga. |
j Afternoon —Observation tours over
‘Floyd county. •
Wednesday Morning, August 3rd.
| 9:30 Address —“Progress in Com
batting the Cotton Hopper and 801 l
Weevil” —Lee Worsham, State Ento
mologist, Atlanta, Ga.
i 10:30 Address—“ Railroad Agricul
tural Development”—Roland Turner,
General Agricultural Agent, South
ern Railway, Atlanta, Ga.
i 11:00 Address —Dr. Andrew M.
Soule, President Georgia State Col
lege of Agriculture, Athens, Ga.
11:30 Address—“ Research Devel
opment at the Georgia Experiment
Station” —H. P. Stucky, Director of
Georgia Experiment Station, Experi
ment, Ga.
12:00 Address—“ Progress in Co
operativ Marketing of Farm Prod
ucts”—Hon. J. E. Conwell, President
Georgia Cotton Growers Association,
Atlanta, Ga.
12:30 Address —“Seed Breeding”
—Frank C Ward, Pure Seed Special
ist, Georgia State College of Agricul
ture, Athens, Ga.
1:00 Address —“Cotton Breeding”
H. A. Petty, Cotton Seed Breeder,
Dawson, Ga.
Report of Committees.
Election of Officers.
Selection of Meeting Place.
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a fighting sailor man as was the Sail
or Tom Sharkey who met Jeffries.
Wipe out the Tunney performance
against Dempsey. See him in physi
cal and mental condition which was
: impossible last fall. Remember the
ferociousness of his attack which was
I always his best defense. Discount
the thought that age could or should
be a factor against him—and you are
still looking at a champion whom fate
i may perhaps have placed but tempo
rarily on the “comeback” trail.
It is very possible that those fans
at the Dempsey-Sharkey ringside will i
have witnessed a much greater battle
than that wherein the crown will be
lifted from Gene Tunney’s head.
Dempsey-Sharkey was a “natural
in point of puglistic values and it is
only to wonder why experts and fans 1
fail to properly classify such great
battles until after the years have
thrown it into the dim and misty past j
of “the good old days.”
' PRESERVE STATE
RIGHTS IS SENATOR
J. A. REED’S PLEA
HEARD BY IMMENCE CROWD;
TRACED EVIL OF SURRENDER.
ING RIGHTS, BOJGHT WITH
PRIZE MONEY, TO FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT; SAYS FRENCH
DEBT SHOULD B EPAID.
Atlanta, Ga.-—The larg -,t audience
i that ever assembled in the state capi
i tol heard an address Tuesday morning
by United States Senator James A.
Reed, of Missiouri, who spoke here in
response to an nvitation by the gen
eral assembly. Not only was the
I floor of the house packed by mem
| hers and ther guests, but the gal
j leries were early crowded to suffoca
-1 tion with visitors eager to hear the
noted visitor. Many could not see
him or hear his voice, so dense was
the crowd.
The high point in his very remark
able speech on democratic fundament
als was a vehement warning against
: the centralization of power in the
federal government at Washington,
j As a strict Jeffersonian he stood four
: square against arming federal auth-
I orities with the power to invade the
primary domains of the state sov
ereignty and individual liberties.
He referred specificially to the late
demands that the army and navy even
| be employed to enforce upon the peo-
I pie the regulation and commandments
of the national powers. He warned
that if any one amendment or law
can so use the military or naval forces
jthey can be equally used in any like
case—as for nstance to force here in
the South a northern interpretation
of what is compliance with the 14th
and 15th Amendments—and he pray
ed to Almighty God that the day
might never come when the front and
back yards of our people should be
filled with federal bayonets to coerce
. them.
At that the great audience first
gasped and then thundered out peal
after peal of appause. It was a flash
of vivid, reavealing lightning to those
who were looking upon the inspired
orator.
Bought With Money Prize*
Senator Reed traced the evil of sur
rendering the rights and poew to
the federal government to the bribing
lof the eople with money prizes—
such as federal treasury aid to educa
tion, roads and like “matching” legis
lation.
“Every time we yield to such terms
and transfer our rights of self-control
to Washington we demean our states
and confess our own inability to car
ry on with self-government,” he said;
but those before him who had just
been figuring out the federal aid for
our state roads did not rise up en
masse howl approval of that in
contestible truth!
Attacking what he termed “corrup
tion,” the Missouri senator charged
that “the corruption and iniquity that
has defiled the policies of this coun
try and polutted its capital can be di
rectly traceable to the policy of em
ploying the government for the pur
pose of enriching one class at the ex
pense of another.” Heattacked the
attitude of Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew Mellon and charged him with
favoring the interests of the country
as against the masses of the people.
“We need in this country now an
American administration which con
sders the interests of America and
conserves and advances its greatness
and prosperity,” Senator Reed declar
ed.” m
l Encoaching power of the federal
government was attacked by Senator
Reed, who stated that the federal gov
ernment had established at ashing
ton a power that is almost inconceiv
able. He said that there are more
than 10,000 federal statutes now on
I the book and that more than 00,000
people are employed to enforse them*
He attacked centralization of
i and cited figures showing how many
! federal laws now serve in the place
where state laws once served.
“To my mind, this h? become one
of the crying abuses f the day. It
certainly is a doctrii • which was not
dreamed of by the fa hers of the re
public,” Senator Ree ! said.
“I affirm that the state of Georgia
knows better how to attend to the
busness of Georga han the state of
Vermont or Mane, or Massachusetts
knows how to aUc 1 to her busnessll
knows how to md to Georga’s bus -
ness for her, and, in turn, Main?
knows bettor what will suit the mo
tives and hopes a: ’ interests of he:
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