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Croat Thlnga Expected of New Bureau
In the National Department
of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ NoV. —
Tho division of markets In tho de
partment of aRiiculturo lu gottlng un-
dor headway with good prospects that
it will attain the degree of usefulness
hoped for bp tho men at whoso sug
gestion it was cstalillBhod. There are
alroadp twenty-four porsons at work,
with Charles J. Brand at tho head of
tho division. It Is doubtful if any
movement of similar Importance In
the lntoroet of agriculture was over
put Into operation In so short a time
after It wan plaunod. It has boon
only about a year and a half Blnce the
officers of tho Farmors' Union first
conferred with Senator Hoko Smith
and Congressmen Callaway of Texas
and Wobb of North Carolina, and yot
tho division; backed by a fifty thou
sand dollar appropriation, 1ms boon
organised for months.
The First Suggestion.
In tho meetings of the Farmers’ Un
ion tho members, In tholr discussions,
wore brought face to face with the
fact that all over tho country food
was rotting In the fields and orchards
because It could not be gotten to
market. Potatoes wore twonty-fivo
cents u bushel in one Btutc und n dol
lar and a quarter a bushel In another,
und so wltli other products.
It was found that while tho con
suming public was paying tho hlghost
possible prices the farmors were not
gottlng over, say, forty per cent., of
whnt tho consumer paid. It occurred
to tho delegates at these national
gatherings that if tho govornmont was
to spond millions hi leaching scientific
production It might spend something
on scientific marketing, nnd this was
tho genu of tho division of markets.
Ono day In tho early spring of last
year flvo men culled at tho office of
Senator Hoko Smith. They wore
Charlos Barrett, president of the
Farmors’ Union; It. F, Duckworth, n
member of tho legislative committee;
J. H. 'Patton, attorney for the organ
isation; T. J. Brooks and A. C. Da-
viB, prominently identified with tho
Union. Thoy laid the proposition be
fore tho senator. President Barrett
Bald;
"Tho best thing you could do for
tho farmers of this country would be
to pass a bill establishing n division
of markets In tho dopartmont of agri
culture, which would help tho farmors
to market tholr crops. To mnko a
crop Is ono tiling, but to market farm
products at a profit Is really more Im
portant than Increasing tho yield."
Senator Smith ontorod nt once Into
the plans and It was decldod to onllst
tho lntorost of Congressmen Callaway
and Wobb to proas tho bill In tho
houso.
The Fight la Quickly Won
1
Tho bill was Introduced In the sen
ate by Senator Smith and was passed
without much delay, but it mot op
position la tho houso, where It did
not got out of tho committee, although
Senator Smith did succeed In getting
through an appropriation for a pre
liminary investigation. At tho next
session a report covering five hundred
pages was mado by the department
of agriculture endorsing the plans of
the bill. For a second tlmo Senator
Smith put tho measure through the
Honate as a ridor on tho agricultural
department appropriation bill. Tho
houso conference committee still
fought it, but Senator Smith forced
a compromise by which $60,000 was
Included in the appropriation bill for
tho preliminary work of starting the
division, so that in about n year af
ter tho first meeting was held at
which tho officers of tho Farmers'
Union suggested the bill tho depart
ment was In operation.
Is a G-eat Undertaking.
Tho task of establishing and work
ing out tho division of markets is far
more difficult than would be suppos
ed. At first glance it seems easy—
merely keeping the farmers advised
as to prices and supply conditions at
various points.
That Is not the problem at all. It
will .toko several years to bring tho
ivislon to tho state of usefulness con
templated and in tlmo it may almost
rival the department of agriculture
Itself in Importance. When It is re
membered that the agricultural prod
ucts of tho country run into the bil
lions and that wo have foreign as
well as domestic markets and that
the division will concern Itself with
everything from tho marketing of but
ter and eggs to the marketing of cot
ton. the great crops of wheat and corn,
its field of usefulness is almost with
out limit It means such organiza
tion and cooperation among the farm
ers that tho man who produces will
he olfordod shipping facilities with
such reduction of expense betwoen
producer and consumer that both will
he benefited.
A Big Country and a Big World
The country is so large and the
population so scattered as compared
with ports of Europe that the prob
lem Is much more difficult than would
be the case over there. Germany is
only about two find a half times larg
er than Kansas. Our country is three
thousand miles across and twelve hun
dred miles from north to south. Pro
ducer and consumor ore further apart
Expense of transportation is greater.
Yet we see some strange sights. The
division of markets wishes to know
JUKI now, for instance, why Chicago is
eating cauliflower from Long Island
and California while the vegetable
should bo produced in tho immediate
vicinity of tho Windy City.
Denmark is tho most highly organ
ized agricultural country in the world.
It is about the size of four or five
ordinary counties. It produces bub
ter, eggs, milk and bacon for the
London and Liverpol markets. Being
so small and devoting ltsolf to these
few things it, of course, has a stand
ard product of known quantity and
all orrongemonta for shipping and mar
keting can be definitely plannod. Con
trast such conditions with thoso that
surround a Georgia farmer who only
occasionally has a few eggs or a little
butter to sell, with no definite or or
ganized system for getting them to the
market. A source of supply Is almost
as important as a market, for in no
other way con transportation arrange
ments bo mado on good terms. The
parcolB post Ib destined to greatly fa
cilitate these short hauls and small
transactions, but the big business of
farming 1ms got to look to more ox-
tensive co-oporatlon among tho farm
ers. In that way thoy will provide a
doflnito source of supply In such quan
tity and so standardized as to make
marketing eastor.
Investigating Cotton.
There are men In Goorgla from the
markota divisions at this tlmo making
an investigation to seo if tho farmer
who produces a high grade of cotton,
or who handles hia cotton with core
receives tho actual increased value,
or If Ills cotton is paid for on practi
cally tho same basis ns inferior
grades. Samplers are taking samples
of individual bales, and they will be
followed through to tho mills that will
uso tho cotton.
Information will bo gathered as to
what kinds of cotton can be bost
produced in a given section and the
fnrmors will bo advised so they can
produce tho kind bost suited to that
soctlon and thus holp to standardize
tho product of that locality.
Along wltli that will bo furnished in
formation os to tho kinds of cotton
tho various manufacturing points de
sire. Augusta, for Instance, has a rep
utation for desiring a high grade of
cotton. The division of markets is in
vestigating to soe if Augusta really
pays tho higher price for the fine
grades shipped there. Atlanta takes
a different grado, and so on. This sort
of information will put tho farmers
wlso to markotlng conditions.
Community Marketing.
Marketing in community units will
be kept in mind. Tho consumption end
of the problem will be carefully looked
into. The wholo idea is to bring
tho producer and consumor together
with tho loast possible amount of
waste.
Just now, to illustrate, tho division
wants to know why tho cotton oil
mill men of South Carolina are over
la Georgia buying seed, while the Geor
gia cotton oil mill men oro over in
South Carolina doing the same thing.
But is that any more remarkable
than that the farmers in Denmark
who ore shipping butter and eggs
to England are buying canned corn
from America at forty cents a can
that Is soiling in this country at 12
cents? It Is said that the farmors
in Denmark are raising so few vege
tables that as a people they are suf
fering In health on that account
City Marketing.
The division of markota Is also in
vestigating tho mattor of city market
ing, which Includes wholesaling, re
tailing, auction Bales, tho utilizing of
trolley car service, etc.
Mr. Brand montlons as an Illustra
tion of what preparation will do the
method of tho Long Island railroad,
which has a big vegetable farm on
Long Island. It has what it calls the
hamper system. A hamper Is made
to hold, say, six smaller boxes. A
man in New York gives an order for a
hamper with directions as to what it
shall contain, say, a box of beans, one
of peas, one of turnips and so on,
or he may leavo it oil to tho garden
er and his hamper Is sent to him
every two or throe days, going di
rectly from tho garden to hia home.
This idea in tho course of tlmo will
be utilized to great advantage through
the parcels post.
Senator Smith regards the division
of markets as of very great import
ance. He expects it to grow Into Im
mense usefulness. Tho bill which he
Introduced at the suggestion of the
officers of the Farmers’ Union has
been one of his pet measures, rank
ing with his bill for agricultural col
lege extension work, and tho part
he has taken In establishing the par
cels post The senator has spoken
in favor of governmental old to road
building and believes it Is coming in
the near future. With good roads, the
development of the parcels post, with
a farm demonstrator In every county
and the market division helping the
farmers to protect their crops, he
thinks important steps will have boon
taken to put agriculture on a busi
ness basis and the American farmer
will grow more and more independ
ent.
'Jo School Until Convict Was
Freed.
Greenville, S. C., Dec. 16. —
There’ll be no school in these here
mountains until the Guverment kin see
fit to turn loose our school teacher,
Fesser Willyum Lindsy." This was
the declaration of Hampton Turner, u
stern old mountaineer, who is a trustee
of a little school situated on a lofty
peak of Glassy Mountain. He was
speaking in behalf of Prof. William T.
Lindsay.
Prof. Lindsay, a schoolmaster in the
week days, occupant of a place in the
’amen” corner of his church on Sun
day, and a full-fledged moonshiner at
night, was arrested in a distillery near
his school-house several months ago.
He was tried in the United States Dis
trict Court on the charge of owning and
operating an Illicit whiskey distillery.
He confessed to the offense and was sen
tenced to serve four months in the
Spartanburg jail.
When the prisoner waa placed be
hind the bars the door of the Glassy
Mountain school was closed, the key
turned and thrust into the pocket of
Hampton Turner, who is chairman of
the board of trustees. Turner forbade
anyone to open the school until Prof.
Lindsay should be released from jail.
His word was obeyed.
The date for the opening of the
school this fall arrived and passed, and
still Turner failed to budge. Several
days ago Prof. Lindsay’s sentence
expired, and the schoolmaster returned
to his little school to find his chair va
cant.
Tho school is now running five hours
day, five days of the week.
Last Order of Gen. Lee.
Richmond, Va,, Dec. 15.—The last
order written by Gen. Robt. E. Lee in
the Civil War has just been placed
among the documents on exhibition in
the Confederate Museum at Richmond,
Va. Its donors are Henry Andrew, of
this city, and bis sister, Miss Edith An
drew, of Boston, Mass.
Mr. Andrew is president-general of
the Union Society of the Civil War. He
has received from New Orleans a letter
signed by Mrs. Alexander B. White,
president of the Daughters of the Con
federacy of the United States, and stat
ing that the daughters at their annual
meeting recently passed a resolution
thanking Mr. Andrew and hia sister for
their generosity.
The highly-prized relic was general
order No. 9, issued by Gen. Lee just be
fore his surrender to Gen. Grant at Ap
pomattox Court-house. Two days later
the order was picked up on the battle
field by a Union soldier, who gave it to
Mr. Andrew's father, John A. Andrews,
at that time Governor of Massachu
setts. For several years the order
adorned the wall of Mr. Andrew’s li
brary in bis home at No. 507 West End
avenue. At various times he exhibited
it to the members of the Union Society
of the Civil War and other patriotic or
ganizations. Among other articles in
Mr. Andrew’s library is a note in the
handwriting of President Lincoln invit
ing Governor and Mrs. Andrew to a
dinner at the White House. The note
is dated Feb. 6, 1865.
Rooster Whips a Bull Pup,
Atlanta, Dec. 15.—Passers on Edge-
wood avenue, near the auditorium, a
day or two ago had the pleasure and
excitement of seeing a Georgia-raised
game rooater whip a fighting-bred bull
pup in a stand-up fight, and put the ca
nine to ignominious flight.
The rooster, which had been brought
here from a Cobb county farm, got
loose from its coop and was strutting
around to see the city. The bull pup,
emerging from a near-by livery stable,
gave chase, but instead of running tho
rooster prepared for battle.
As the dog mado a lunge for the roos
ter it bobbed upward and alighted with
both spurs on top of the dog’s head, in
flicting sharp cuts and nearly gouging
out one of its eyes.
The dog draw back a few feet and
then made another lunge; this time the
rooster jumped clear over it. The next
time the rooster alighted on the pup's
head again, and made the blood fly,
It was at this point that the dog de
cided it was beneath his dignity to con
test further with the fowl, and loped
back into the stable.
Dr. Hobson's Ointment Heals Itchy
Eczema.
The constantly itching, burning sen
sation and other disagreeable forms of
eczema, tetter, salt rheum and skin
eruptions promptly cured by Dr. Hob
son’s Eczema Ointment. Geo. W.
Fitch of Mendota, Ill., says: “I pur
chased a box of Dr. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment. Have had Eczema ever
since the civil war, have been treated
by many doctors, none have given the
benefit that one box of Dr. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment has.” Every suf,
ferer should try it. We’re so positive
it will help you we guarantee it or
money refunded. At all druggists or
by mail, 60c. Pfeiffer Chemical
Philadelphia and St. Louis.
A traveler had climbed to the top of
the monument on Bunker Hill. He and
bis companion bad been viewing the
surrounding country, when his compan
ion remarked: "And this is the place
where Warren fell.”
The traveler looked out at the sur
rounding country and then down at the
vast expanse beneath, and heaving a
great sigh, exclaimed; ‘‘‘No wonder it
killed him!”
Co.
Greece annually produces more than
21,000,000 pounds of tobacco.
Brief History of the Bible Class of
the Central Baptist Church.
The Woman's Bible Class of the Cen
tral Baptist church was organized eight
years ago, as the result of a sermon by
the pastor, Dr. J. S. Hardaway, in Jan
uary, 1906, in which he lamented the
fact that so many women were wasting
valuable time in frivolous amusements.
The class first met in the home of Mrs.
Roy N. Cole, on Friday afternoon, Jan.
23, following the special sermon on the
previous Sunday. Dr. Hardaway or
ganized fhe class, with the following
women present, viz: Mesdsmes R. D.
Cole, jr., M. F. Cole, T. J. Jones, W.
A. Steed, D. S. Summers, W. G. Ar
nold, Thos. Cole, N. B. Hudson, Roy N.
Cole; visitors, Mesdames Frank B. Cole
and Wilbur Trimble. Mesdames H. A.
Hall, J. S. Hardaway and Jas. E.
Brown joined at the Eecond meeting,
which wss held with Mrs. W. A. Steed.
Mesdames W. C. McBride and T. S.
Parrott joined at the third meeting,
which' wbb held with Mrs. R. D. Cole,
jr. Mesdames J. C. Gibson, J. A. Hun
ter, H. C. Glover and Wm. Byram
joined shortly thereafter.
Dr. Hardaway advised that we begin
studying the New Testament. We be-
gan with Matthew, and have studied
;he whole of the New Testament and
the Pentateuch.
Feb. 5, 1909, the class met with Mrs.
H. A. Hail, and at the suggestion of
Mrs. T. J. Jones, Mrs. R. D. Cole was
elected president, Mrs. J. E. Kohn sec
retary, and Mrs. N. B. Hudson treas
urer. Mrs. G. W. Byram succeeded Mrs.
Kohn as secretary. The other officers
are still active. Under the watchful
care of our president, and because of
her untiring zeal, the membership and
interest have increased, until now, at
the end of eight years, the class num
bers twenty-eight.
The class has met regularly on Friday
afternoons, except during a month’s
vacation each .summer ana two weeks
for the Christmas holidays. Several
summers there were class picnics, to
which the husbands were invited. Each
anniversary has been celebrated by
some member entertaining in an infor
mal way. This, our eighth anniversary
celebration, is in the home of our presi
dent, Mrs. R. D. Cole. We appreciate
her cordial hospitality, her love for
each member of the class, and her un
failing sympathy.
We have lost by death three of our
best beloved members, viz: Mesdames
T. S. Parrott, W. G. Arnold and J. A.
Hunter. Their memory is enshrined in
our henrts.
One of our useful members, Mrs. H.
M. Fisher, has moved away, much to
our regret.
More and more may we individually'
build upon the “Rook,” remembering
“The Word ot the Lord abideth for
ever,” and the admonition of our Lord;
“He that heareth My wordB and doeth
them is like unto a man that built his
house upon a rock.”
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. Roy N. Cole.
Newnan, Ga,, Deo. 19, 1913.
Hon. Preslie B. Cole Seeks New
Judicial Honors in Oklahoma.
UcAlwtor (Oklo.) News-Capital
Judge Preslie B. Cole, Judge of the
District Court for . the district com
posed of Pittsburg and McIntosh coun
ties, has made up hia mind to make the
race for Judge of the Criminal Court of
Appeals, and it is expected that he will
make definite announcement of his can
didacy shortly after the first of the
year.
Judge Cole is one of the best-known
lawyers on the east side of the State.
He has been a citizen of McAlester for
something like a quarter of a cen
tury, and is now serving his seoond
term as Judge of the District Court.
He is a man of pleasing appearance,
what is known in politics as a fine
“mixer,” and with his large acquain
tance throughout the district he will
make a spendid campaign.
Judge Cole waa born and reared on a
farm near Turin, Ga., tut moved to
Arkansas when he was 19 years of age.
He has tried and disposed of more than
three thousand cases as Judge of the
District Court, more than one hundred
of which have been murder cases, and
has been reversed only in one in
stance.
Judge Cole was a delegate to the
Baltimore convention that nominated
President WilBon in 1912, and was elect
ed a member of the committee on cre
dentials.
He attributes bis success to an ambi
tion inspired by becoming a member of
a debating dub when a 14-year-old boy
residing on a Georgia farm, and says
all boys should learn to debate. En
courage a boy to join debating clubs
and apeak in public and you’ll drive to
the front the best blood in his make-up,
and arouse in him an ambition to be
come a factor in the affairs of life.
Jajority of Friends Thought Mr.
Hughes Would Die, Bat
One Helped Him to
Recovery.
Pomeroytoa, Ky.—In interesting ad
vices from this place, Mr. A. J. Hughes
writes as follows: “I was down with
stomach trouble for five (5) years, and
would have sick headache so bad, at
times, that I thought surely I would die.
I tried different treatments, but they
did not seem to do me any good.
I got so bad, I could not eat or sleep,
and all my friends, except one, thought 1
would die. He advised me to try
Thedford’s Black-Draught, and quit
•Now. children," said the kindergar
ten teacher, reviewing yesterday’s les
son, "you know that 1 told you about the
various materials from which your
dresseB are made—silk, wool and cot
ton. Let me see how well you remem
ber, Margie. Where did the material
come fromof which your dress is made?”
Margie—"It once grew on the back
of a sheep.”
“Very good. And yours, Blanche?’
“My dress once grew upon the back
of a sheep, too, ana a part of it was
spun by the silkworm.”
.“Correct! And yours, Lucy?”
Lucy (with evident embarrassment)
“My dress was made out of an old one
of mamma’s.”
What kind of a woman are you at
home? Are you one of those who
chase through life, dust-cloth in hand
making everyone in the household un
comfortable because of a little duBt—
upsetting the peace of the whole fami
ly for the sake of gratifying your pas
ston for housecleaning? Or do you
S refer to live as comfortably as possi-
ie, choosing rather to have a home,
a sacred and beloved spot to husband
and children, and hold their love above
even the sacred duty of chasing mi
crobes?
A man will give up a dollar for a 60-
cent article that he wants, and a woman
will give up 49 cents for an article that
she doesn’t want—and there you are.
The municipal authorities of Berjin
have forbidden men to smoke while
driving automobiles, ruling that many
accidents have been due to the practice.
An air-propelled hydroplane has been
built in France for use on shallow riv
ers in America.
TROUBLE
FOR
YEARS
taking other medicines. I decided to
take his advice, although I did not have
any confidence In lb
1 have now been taking Black-Draught
for three months, and It has cured me—
haven’t had those awful sick headaches
since I began using it.
I am so thankful for what Black-
Draught has done for me.”
Thedford’s Black-Draught has been
found a very valuable medicine for de
rangements of the stomach and liver. It
is composed of pure, vegetable herbs,
contains no dangerous Ingredients, and
acts gently, yet surely. It can be freely
used by young and old, and should bo
kept in every family chest
Qet a package today.
Only a quarter.
Thanks
r\
U
I desire to thank my many friends and customers
for the best year's business I ever had during the
thirty years I have been selling goods in Newnan.
I wish each and every one a merry Christmas and
a happy and prosperous New Year.
J. T. Swinl
Fresh Water Does Work at Pan*
ama.
All this talk one bears about the
wedding of the waters of the Atlantic
and the Pacific in the Panama canal
sounds ridiculous to the man who
knows just what the canal is. As a
matter of fact, the only way the waters
of the two oceans ever can get to
gether at Panama will be for Borne one
to carry a bucketful from each ocean
and pour it out in Gatun lake.
The Pacific comes no further across
the Isthmus than Miraflores, which is
only a few miles inland from the shore.
Ner does the Atlantic go farther in
land than Gatun, which also iB only a
few miles from the coast line.
The other thirty-five miles of the
canal is a big body of fresh water, sup
plied by the Cbagres river and other
small streams. Between Gatun and
Pedro Miguel, some thirty-two miles,
the surface of the water is 85 feet
above the normal water level in the
two oceans. All the water for lock
ing the ships is supplied by this lake.
If a cook doesn’t carry on, she usual
ly carries off.
of Rheumatism
are aggravated during
climatic changes be
cause the impure blocd
is incapable of resistance
and ordinary treatment
seems useless—but the
fame of Scott’s Emulsion
for relieving rheumatism is
based on logical principles
and scientific facts. This
oil-food promptly makes
active, red, life-sustaining
blood corpuscles and its
body-building properties
regulate the functions to
expel poisonous acids.
Scott’s Emulsion, with careful
diet for one month, will relieve
the lame muscles and stiffened
joints and subdue the unbeara
ble sharp pains when other
remedies fail.
fietnar• of alcoholic Imitations
and insist on the parity of SCOTT'S.
AT ALL DRUGGISTS ri-SJ
drink
RESTFUL,
HEALTHFUL,
DELIGHTFUL
A delicious, satisfying bev
erage that has no bad af
ter-effect, because of its
absolute purity.
CHERO-COLA B0TTLIN8 WORKS
’Phone <32
NEWNAN, GEORGIA.
IN THE SPOT LIGHT
this man looks well 'dressed. It is ,
because he has had an interview
with us and we have improved his .
appearance without depleting his /
purse. Let us treat you likewise. ]
It is a fact if you
LET US KEEP YOUR CLOTHES/
IN ORDER
you will get more comfort and also
have a greater earning power.
BENSON'S PLACE
21 Gre«nvlUe St.
Phone 294
All kinds of job work done
with neatness and dispatch at
this office.