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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 You Just Know He*s Glad ___ By AO** 71 Arid mmmmmmmmmmmmwmmmemmmmmmm — mmm—mmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wmmmmmmmmmmmmmm - 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 - 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. “f” 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. "" i ANOTHER LARGE SCHOOL BUILD ING IS TO BE ERECTED BY l LOCAL CONTRACTING FIRM. - '■ 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. — 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: ( Continued on II ok Page) .v. NUMBER 32.