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About The Bartow tribune. The Cartersville news. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1917-1924 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1922)
Imb rwlwif |i Contents 15TluidDraolft Preparatioofer As ] i the Food reliy Promoting Di£eS&* erfulnsss and RestCoataiasj ther Opium, Morphine norj icral. NotNahcotig ttt’KufOUDcSAMM.ffIMR IggjWS m f umrkmS~t BByif wy- M Senna ficdurlle Saits I*4 H KtUyTM nrnr mm A helpful Remedy for IfflP Const! pation and Diarrhoea and Feverishness ami & 4Sji' i loss of Sleep resulting iherefrom-m IntaPffi; I gER facsimile sidnw.!l 0f | \ i 'fork- J Exact Copy of Wrapper. MONEY TO LOAN 0 We have plenty of funds to place on real estate, both city property apd farm lands, and can-get the money without de lay. FINLEY, HENSON & HENSON R. J. DONAHOO, R. B. HARRIS, Residence Phone No. 4303. Residence Phone No. 160 DONAHOO & HARRIS (Successors to Young <t Donation Cos.) REAL ESTATE and RENTAL AGENTS ©ffiees in the Grand Opera House Building, and No. 4 Wall Street. OFFICE PHONE No. 35 CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. SCORES AND SCORES OF IVlotoristS *m*xmes3 Are Getting Complete Satisfaction From The Use Of That IXOCO Gr asoli oi €* You Can Get SNOCO in Any Quantities At The Filling Station Of PETTIT BROS, DIXIE VULCANIZING CO. G. T. BLACK, C. H. MARTIN & CO. F. V. SMITH, RENFROE GARAGE SHAW-NOBLE Oil Company CASTDRIA For Infants and Children.* Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always f . Bears the /^(Jr S T'W (\ Jf* IH n/ ose \f For Over .Thirty Years CASTORIA THE CEIITfUB COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY. THE TRIBUNE-NEWS, CARTERSVILLE, GA., JANUARY 12, 1922. TENANT FARMING IN GEORGIA HAS MET WATERLOO S AYS HASTINGS IN OUTLINING RELIEF STEPS FOR STATE Idle Acres Must Be Put to Work if Conditions Are to Be Improved- Says Opportunities jn Georgia Barely Known Where Farmers Seek to Change. Kditor Tribftne-News: When will the people of Georgia quit doing the ostrich act of hiding their heads in the sand, thus failing to se ttle real down-at-the.bottom funda mental trouble that afflicts Georgia at the present time? On every hand we hear talk of the damage the boil weevil has done, now that we have experienced the first full do; and of weevil infestatibn. Apparently nobody really expected the weevil to do serious damage despite the fact that for ten years or rmjre warnings have been sounded regularly in Georgia and our j people told that they must change their ' agricultural system. The bo!! weevil is really iucivT -ntal. Th& real trouble is the tenant farming system that has done more to ruin our lanes and a large part of our people than did the civil war. We know that this is strong language, but it is jusi tied by the fact? and the condition that our people find themselves in now. We have watched th.Y situation with interest, hoping that someone else, far better fitted, would tell our people the bald truth. Our papers are full of talk about marketing schemes for this, that and the other thing, and switching from cotton growing to other forms of di vrsified production. We have no crit icism to make of these worthy ambi tions, but the generality of our farm people have no surplus of these diversi fied items te sell aboTu their home needs. Two Thirds Alts Tenants. Speaking in round numbers, the Uni ted States census (i020) shows Georgia as hovlng about- 330.000 farms. Of these, 110.000 are operated by their owners either With their own labor or their own labor in combination with hired labor. The other 220 000, two thlrds of the fatal, is tenant farming of of the lowest type, largely ignorant negro tenants going on either without any or at test nominal supervision. Who are the owners of these t-r:- smtt infested acres? Largely eminent, -perfectly respectable and otherwise sensible white people living either In Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Savannah or any of the 150 odd courthouse cltiej and towns scattered arounj the State. These folks have been getting •cot ton" re*t for their acres thinking fool, ishiy, that they were -getting a profit when they were actuaHy depleting their capital which is the natural fertility of the farm soil. The tenant with his "land skinning" style of operating was and is far wise.- than the land owner who ..ms t- him on any of the various renting plans prevalent in Georgia. It was the ten ant's interest to take all that he could from the land and put little • ,- nothing back and that is exact •> what his l,<rn going n here in Georgia toi ‘"ft - jeers or more on two-thirds of fb* pxrmb it any wonder that so much <;t x-ir 'into fert 1 farm acreage has had to be al>- anOndoned so far as cultivation is concerne '.* Cotton Is Demanded. This rotton system meant all cotton on this tenant acreage up to the limit of the tenant's ability to tend even without boll weevil as a factor. Land lord demanded cotton rent, fert-lizer man, supply merchant, county banker, etc., ail demanded all cotoij. acreag as! the price for staking tenant directly or indirect y>for food, clothing, fertiliser, etc., furnished during the season while the crop was in process of making All through this system ran th in tent, conscious or otherwise to keep the tenant In a coTlcition of economic •slavery to the factors supplying him land, food and clothing sodhat he would be forced to continue In a condition of J dependency and a source of supposed' profit to those staking him each year, j Only once did the tenant ever really gi t of control and that was during 1919. This led to the larger expansion of creditors to tenants in 1920 in effort to .get them under control again with its Consequent disaster to supply merchant and others in 1920. The game w f as to keep the tenant in debt .and consequent ly under control, not through wise per. ! sonal supervision on the part of the | land rnviiES but by the ramifications of) the tenant and renting system No use to go into all the details of this teiuynt system that has carried 'all the cotton States in greater or less de gree, Georgia probably the worst hT all. Under its getting ahead by the tndivi- i diflt 1 tenant was practically out of the question. The whole thing is a blot on Georgia’s agricultural history and , leaves us now in a critical time with j disorganized finances and soil fertility j depleted heca'ufe we hat e mined th-: , soil instead ef diversified cultivating I t in manner that enhances soil fertility. Weevil Here Fa Stay. With the exception of a few most northerly ’counties Ge orgia is fully In. fested with boll weevil and in the. light of past -xperience She weevil naust be, considered a constant, ever present factor -in the cotton production in -t-hte State. Some years the weevil will be ■worse than others but so far as earn be foreseen the weet il will always h*,, on the job and take for his toll n hep-tain percentage of th* crop. FUJI infestatkrn by the weevil in Georgia means i-the death Uneti of the SLOAN’S RELIEVES NEURALGIC ACHES FOR forty years Sloan’s I-inimcnt has been the quickest relief for neuralgia, sciatica and rheuma tism, tired muscles, lame backs, sprains and strains, aches and pains. Keep Sloan 'shandy and apply freely, without rubbing, at the first twinge. It cases and brings comfort surely and readily. _You’ll find it dean and non -skin-staining, Sloan’s Liniment i3 pain's enemy. Ask your neighbor. At all dtuggists—3sc, 70c, $1.40. Slo aits Liniment O The torture of ■Lin itch uvC/ps j will quickly be relieved by ltcntnrf applying before retiring:. Cir Dr. Hobson sEczemaOint i ment.OneofDr.Hobson's lroubles Family Remedied. V-Dr. Hobson^ ■nßaEczemaOintmcntn tenant system ns it has been worked in our State. Cotton production aff r!- ing n living to landlord, supply mer chant. county banker a nd all the rest is no longer a safe game in fact it's .iust the opposite A few may hang on try ing to play the gamt tli e old way but they will go broke s oner or later. It Is impossible for a tenant to grow enough cotton on depleted soil under conditions, j such cotton being sold at wholesale 1 price, to nay for the subslstanee of himself his familly and his working live stock on a top ritail price basis usually plus a fairly stiff credit or in terest charge. These '220,0011 tenant farms in Geor gia are largely owned by white men who for one reason or another have moved, either to th; towns or cities and fire or rather have been up to now living largely off of cotton rent, In most eases the supervision of their tenants is one of the most nominal character. So long as the tenant works his cotton and Wings in his rent hale or bales he is largely left alone. Here to fore his tenant-worked acres have been a sort of a cotton mine from which he drew dividends with greater or less regularity. The dividend paying part of the cotton mine is now playing out, due to the boll weevil. Development Is Retarded. A.’feflllfcal situation confronts not only th lsnli owners but the business inter ests 'of our towns and cities wghose business prospt rity is dependent on productive acres Directly or indirectly most of us have been participants in •eiis soil destroying and manhood de- I stroying tenant system that has held back Georgia at least twenty-five years in its otherwise natural development. The continuance of the tetinrit system has been dejtewlent on cotton produc tion largely urrbiTtflerod by insect ene mies and plant dhsoirttas. The day of freedom from Insect attacks is over. The weevil Is nd: ‘Only a dangerous fac tor hut a 'constant dne. The day of the okiwSlyie tenant system based on ex clusive cotton production, practically wittunat conrpfttent white or land Owner suirervislon is done. The day of plant ing -cotton to the limit of the tenant's ahUStty toUentf in'the old slip-shod way is 'done. Three clioar and distinct alternatives face out farm land-owning folks who rent. They must accept one of the I Oiree Hinder weevil conditions there is me Other way out Cotton cannot be ivprofltdbly produced under boll weevil conditions by ignorant tenants without j cornpitent supervision. The first alternative is for the white I landaowner now living in town to go | back on his land and stay there, intel- I ligemly and constantly giving personal | supervision to the labor engaged in I crop making. Under such supervision, ] limning cotton acreage to not weeding | live (acres to the plow, putting other j acreage in food and grain crops, cot'on | grew."tug can be made profitable and if combined with live stock production, the depleted soil fertility ristored. Ew many of these town-living farm land-owning folks, softened by years of .town living and relative ease will have the backbone and courage to go hack to the land and do the perfectly obvious and (necessary thing remains to he seen I hazard the opinion that the number willibc relatively small. Secure New Blood. The second alternative is for them to 1 stay in town with no income from the farm land and eke out a precarious ex t istenc*. as best they may while the once i fertile farm lands revert to to old field pines anna broom sedge. Undoubtedly millions of perfectly good acres will thus be let go *back to nature. The third alternative is to bring in. through perfectly legitimate and truth ful advertising and promotion, several hundred thousand energetic, young farm-raised folks from the states to the I north of us and settle them on our un. used lands, some being sold to them on the most favorable terms. There are In all probability a million or more of these farm raised young men and women who cannot get a kind own ing foothold where they are, due to the high, cost of land and th large amount lo> capital necessary to make a start. These folks are real farmers dot simply j croppers. Cotton means nothing to ■ them. Their knowledge and interest is in dairy and beef cattle, hogs, poultry and the hay and grain crop necessary to feed live stock on. These are the folks that build up instead of robbing or min ing land. They are not ashamed to work with their own hands. They are a class of people that Georgia has need ed in the past and needs now worse than ever under the new conditions that confront us. I am and always have been Hally op posed to bringing to Georgia the gen erality of foreign immigrants. They do not (it into the general scheme of An erican life in the South. We do need, however, more people of the type populating the farms In the.states fur ther north, the younger generation that is looking anxiously for better opportu nities than their present locality af fords. It is tlie same class of folks that so largely settled lowa, Kansas, .Ve in :iska and other Western states in the 70s and 'Bos and made them the lend. pis in agricultural wealth that these states now are. Know Little of Georgia. I was intensely interested a month ago in talking with a dairyman from New York state who was here during the Form Bureau convention. Th s man was one of the Farm Bureau party that he Georgia association took on a tw days' trip. He is coining buck here t get a location for his son who wants to start in the dairy business under more favorable conditions than are present n New York state. Tills dairyman lives in a small farm ing community near Albany, N Y. H stated that In addition to his own son, he knew of at least fifteen young farm rased men who are looking for just! such opportunities as h saw on his two , days’ trip and that they could be I brought to Georgia easily if our re- I sources and opportunities were prop erly presented to them. The important thing for us to realize is that there ar„- thousands of Just such j farm communities each with their ten fifteen or more ambitious farm raised i young men who cannot get a foothold i with S2OO to $-iOO fitr wre Uiid. and who I would welcome a chanc to start irjde- | pendent farin' life uarf-fc-'f ijvorablo con- i dltions and opportunities such as Geor- J gia abounds in They know little or ] nothing about Georgia now. It is- only j fi vague geographical unit of which thi-ir notions are fiazf an 4 Incorrect; They will never know- about Georgia unless they .are!tali jby! u’s ' Th V will never come to Georgia unless jve Invite them whole-heartedly. Georgia even without the weevil, had only one-third of its tillable land area under cultivation. Our present weevil infestation menus beyond "Arty nubst 1 n nhe abandonment of two or three milr i I on acres now under tenant cultivation unless the tenants are replace i by act ual farmers from other states Under such circumstances can Georgians, eith er from city or county, afford to stand j aloof and indifferent to every legltibate I effort possible to bring new and desir able farm people into Georgia. Summons to Face Facts. The Georgia association has been do ing its best, with a nlinirr.ium of both moral &nd financial support from those in Georgia most Vitally interested, to get attention turned this way. In ac cord with the small amount available the results have been surprisingly good. Our experience shows that the Georgia association properly Supported, can eas ily turn a tide Of young farm raised men to Georgia acres, men trained to dairying, live stock and diversified crops and who will be independent of Cotton We have simply got to fill up these otherwise idle acres or else Georgia will slip, and slip fust, and permanent dis aster come to city, town and country like. The quickness with which the tide can be turned our way is absolutely dependent on the support given the only agency that is using every possible ef fort to turn the tide this way. Our present situation should not be looked on as a disaster tiut rather a summons for every man and woman In Georgia lo face perfectly obvious facts and rpore promptly turn the present discouraging situation Into a real, sound agricultural and business dvelopment that will make Georgia in reality the '‘Empire State” not only of the South but of the nation. H. G HASTINGS President Georgia Association. Atlanta, Ga., Dec ml>er 31. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Ih s is a pleasant, vafe and r liable medicine for coughs and colds. It has been in us P for many years and is h?ld in high *Bteoni in thoßn households where its good qualities are best known It is a favorite with mothers of young children, as it contains no Opium or other harmful drug. Try it you have need of such a remedy. adv. O-TOO-TAN SOY BEANS The hay bean par excellence. 15 to 20 bushels beans, two tons hay to acre. It beat the boll weevil. Enriches the soil. Solves the hay question. The easiest hay in the world to cure. Makes twice as much and better hay than pea vines. asts less than half as much to plant. Cut when YOU get ready—August Ist until frost. 7 1-2 pounds plants an acre; 1 bushel plants 8 acres. PRICE $12.50 per bushel $3.75 per peck $2.00 per gallon 1 have a limited amount of these beans for sale, delivery February Ist. If you want any, let me know at once as I am going to close them out. * H. C. STILES, CARTERSVILLE, GA. CRAMPS, PAINS AND BACKACHE St. Louis Woman Relieved by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg etable Compound Ft. Louis, Mo.—“l was bothered m- ; t,h cramps and pains every month and had backache and had to go to bed as l could not work. My mother and my whole family always took Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound for such troubles and they induced me to try it and it has helped me very much. I don’t have cramps any more, and I can do my housework all through the month. I recommend your Vegetable Compound to my friends for female troubles.”— Mrs. Della Scholz, 1412 Salisbury Street, St. Louis, Mo. Just think for a moment. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has been in use for nearly fifty years. It is prepared from medicinal plants, by the utmost pharmaceutical skill, and supe rior methods. The ingredients thuj* combined in the Compound correct the conditions which cause such annoying symptoms as had been troubling Mrs. Schojz. The Vegetable Compound exer cises a restorative influence of the most desirable character, correcting the trou ble in a gentle but efficient manner. This is noted, by the disappearance, one after another, of the disagreeable symptoms. fix niy cold 1' AUYAVS keep i>Y King's New Jm wiwry handy. *lt break t up 'MU ‘ lufiborn coids.-and stuns the jiuro.ry.-u.s of coughing. No harmful drugs, lwt just gocl; medicine. All l 7 Msc©very *Fq2* Colds.arid Cozi&hs Stubborn Bowels Tamed. Lcav— in i* "! *'.■; un: : . ci usuits in 1. d' ; J" urtioa. Let the gently v‘- , iin ig to yoi ■ ii functiort ' -spk PKC'VPT! WON'i GtUTO jJr. Kings Pills Senator Harris Wants Applications For Seed A letter from Senator William J. Har ris conveys the information that his congressional allotment of vegetable seed for this year is .limited, and that, as many persons really desire this seed, while some others to whom it usually is sent do not need it, he wilf be glad to receive letters from those who want the seed, and will see that it is mailed them. The regular price of The Tri bune-News is $2 a year to all. PETITION TO ESTABLISH COPY OP LOST STOCK CERTIFICATE. Miss Max it- Maffett vs, The Cartersville Building & Loan Association. \ To Whom It May Concern: i Miss Maxie Maffett having filed her petition praying for the establishing a copy of Certificate of Stock Numb r 278, series number 27, for ten (101 j shares of tlie installment stoek of the I par value at maturity of One Hundred j Dollars each, issued by The Cartersville i Building and Loan Association of Car lersviHe, Bartow County, Georgia, is sued to her May 7, 1910, hy said Asso elation, n copy of said certificate at tached to said petition, all persons con j corned are hereby notified that said pe * lit'on will be heard and passed upon at ! Dalton, Georgia, on the 21st day of Jan. I uary, 1922. It is further ordered that The Car- I t-rsville Building and Loan Association 1 be served with a copy of this citation at | least ten days before the hearing, and I that same he published once a week for 1 four weeks next preceding the hearing j : n the newspapers publishing the sher . iff's advertisements in Bartow county. I and in Lamar count Georgia, as pro j vided by law. j This the lfith dav of December, 192 L M C TARVER. J K C C. C
