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7 The Herald and Advertiser NEWNAN, FIRDAY, OCT. 10. ONE DOLLAR A IN ADVANCR. YEAR Shall the Farmer Be Made a Jail bird ? Altunin Gnirgian. The farmer of the South, who pro duces the cotton «f the world and who lives in the only section of the earth where cotton can he grown in sufficient quantity to supply the annual demand ‘or clothing the world, probably is tired of being aovised by the politician as though he were deficient in common sense and discretion. Because he has been industrious and has produced an abundance of cotton utilizing to the limit the great oppor •unities vouchsafed him, and because he has become temporarily a victim of bis own over-industriousness, two pro foundly weighty remedies have been proposed for his relief next year. If he undertakes to produce next rear more than one-half of this year’s cotton crop, he must either be taxed beyond all reason of his over-production, or he must be arrested and put in jail! There is no appeal to his reason or common sense iri either of these pro posals they amount to a flat decla ration that the cotton farmer is a tool, and must be clubbed into doing what ever is good for him, through no fault of his own, he gets into trouble. It has been proposed to Congress that the cotton-grower next year be required to hold himself down to one- half of this year's crop, or stand a $20- a-bale tux on the excess, and it has been proposed in the South Carolina Legis lature by some high brow that the po lice power of the State be invoked and that production next year of over 50 per cent, of this year nhall be made a misdemeanor, and that the guilty party shall he nrrested ami put in jail! The farmer may enjoy this sort of remedial suggestion, hut this newspa per doubts it. The furmor isn't a fool—and he isn’t a criminal. He doesn't propose to tie listed uh the one or the other. The suggestion that he be jailed for being industrious is cowardly and we ven ture the opinion that. Southern legisla tors would think u long time before voting either fora taxation measure or u put-the-farmer-in-jail measure! The farmers of the South should di versify their crops—and they have been doing it, for that matter, to u far greater degree than ten years or so ago. There is room for further diver sification — along sensible lines, of course but the thing to do now is to talk sense to the farmer, and not to threaten him with prohibitive taxation, or the jail! Because he, for once, through mis fortune, is caught in a trap, why jail him, or tax him nut of existence? We don't think he will stand fur either. It Always Does the Work. "I like Chamberlain's Cough Remedy better thun any other,” writes It. E. Roberts, Homer City, 1’a. ”1 huve taken it off and on for years and it bus never failed to give the desired re sults.” For sale by all dealers. It Pays to Diversify. linllin Ni'wm it ltd Sum. A concrete and definite example of the profit to he realized from diversifi cation of crops is afforded in the case of A. K. Futral. Mr. Futral, as is well known, is one of the leading far mers of this section, lit* is one of the hugest landowners in Spalding county, ami is regarded us one of the most suc cessful planters in these purls. lie owns a plantation 3 1-2 miles from Grif fin that is considered one of the most desirable in the county, most of his cot ton land averaging a bale to the acre. I'he day once was when Mr. Futral was u tenant on the plantation of an other man, not owning a foot of land himself. One of Ins strong convictions is that every fanner should raise his own feedstuff, and rotate his crops. Believing this, Mr. Futral so governed his planting even when a tenant on other people's land. He is now owner of the land he formerly rented. The secret of his becoming owner of this land lies in the fact of diversification Rnd raising feedstuff. On several occasions he sold corn to his former landlord, tuking notes for , aymenl. The landowner did not be lieve in diversification; so, from year to year, Mr. Futral sold him corn. The conclusion to the story is that Mr. Futral, the former tenant, now owns the land he formerly rented, and on which lie raised corn to sell the land- owner, but who never became able to repay the corn. Hence the land finally passed into Mr. Futrai'sownership. Why Not Publish It? When you want a fact to become generally known, the right way is to publish it. Mrs. Joseph Kallas, Peru, Ind., was troubled with belching, sour stomach and frequent headaches. She writes, "1 feel u my duty to tell others what Chamberlain’s Tablets have done for me. They have helped my diges tion and regulated my bowels. Since using them 1 have been entirely well." For sale by all dealers. Men are the vainest creatures in the world, yet they are always making fun of women for studying the looking- glass. Red Winter Wheat is Good Mon ey Crop Now. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. !).—Commissioner of Agriculture Price and Dan Hughes, his assistant, have commenced a sys tematic investigation as to grain and foo<l crops, in order to advise the far mers in the movement to cut down the cotton crop. Both Mr. I’rice and Mr. Hughes real ize that it is necessary for farmers to find out what other crops will have a ready money market to replace the cot ton crop. Of course, they recognize the importance of raising all necessary food and supply crops at home, but at the same time a cash money market should be provided for all surplus crops. Cot ton, of course, has been the money crop, and if that iH cut. down, then oth er things must take its place. They have been making a special in vestigation recently as regards wheat and have communicated with many brokers and grain dealers. A letter re ceived from Jos. Gregg & Son,grain deal ers, makes the suggestion that farmers plant red winter wheat. The firm be lieves that ready cash markets will be supplied for all such grain grown by Georgia farmers. The Department of Agriculture is heartily in favor of the movement to curtail the 1915 cotton acreage, and is giving advice along that direction on all possible occasions. However, the inexperience of our farmers as regards other crops such as wheat, hay, etc., makes it necessary to ascertain now what markets will be open to them. In its investigation the department recently found, for in stance, that there is practically no ready market for peavine hay, although the great nutritive value of this for stock feed is generally known. There is simply no demand for it, and it is a question of educating the people to its use. It is also believed that good money could be made in raising potatoes. The department will continue its investiga tions, giving the farmer full benefit of all information secured that may be of value. Stop Those Early Bronchial Coughs. They hang on all winter if not check ed, and pave the way for serious throat and lung diseases. Get a bottle of Fo ley’s Money and Tar Compound, and lake it freely. Stops coughs and colds, heals raw, inllamed throat, loosens the phlegm and is mildly laxative. Best, for children and grown persons. No opiates. For sale by all dealers. Carmichael—Zellner. Srnoift EntRrpriHG-CidF.otto. A wedding of much interest to a large number of friends oc curred in our city Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. I\ Carmi chael, when their daughter, Pauline, was happily married to Mr. George Ed ward Zellner, of Birmingham, Ala. The hall, parlor and library of the home were beautifully decorated with ferns, palms, and vases of pink and white roses. In the reception hall Mrs. ('. F. Hollberg, Mrs. Annie Davis, Mrs. It. W. Freeman, anil Misses Ella Mae Freeman, Carrie Mae Quiilian and An nie Hooten received the guests. At the appointed hour a note of sweetness stilled the sound of voices when Miss Opal McKnight in a soft, low voice sang, “Because.” Miss Mar garet McKnight played ‘‘Mendelssohn's Wedding March,” and from the library Mr. Geo. H Zellner, with his best man, Mr. C. <). Zellner, of Forsyth, and the beautifully gowned bride with her fath er, Mr. A. P. Carmichael, entered the parlor and stood in front of an embank ment of ferns, [minis and trailing vines, the beautiful wedding ceremony being performed by Rev. Walter P. Carmi chael, pastor of Capitol View Methodist church, Atlanta. During the ceremony “Schubert's Serenade’’ was played. The bride’s gown was an exquisite make-up of white crepe do chine, ac- cordeon plaited, with oriental lace col lar and cuffs. Her only ornament was a handsome lavalliere, presented by the groom. The bride carried a bouquet of bride roses. After the ceremony the guests re paired to the beautiful grove near the home, where a delightful barbecue was served. Mrs. Zellner was reared in our town and numbers her friends by the score. She is one of Senoia's most accom plished young women, having graduated with honors from Woman’s College, in Meridian, Miss. Mr. Zellner is from one of Georgia's best families, of sterling character, and holds a responsible position as superin tendent of the Postal Telegraph Co. in Birmingham, for which place the bride ami groom left on the 2:20 Central train Wednesday afternoon, amid showers of rice and good wishes for their future. Toned up Whole System. "Chamberlain’s Tablets have done more for me than 1 ever dared hope for,' ’ writes Mrs. Esther Mae Baker, Spencer- port, N. V. “I used several bottles of these tablets a few months ago. They not only cured me of bilious attacks, sick headaches and that tired out feel ing, hut toned up my whole system.” For sale by all dealers. U is not the scarcity of money, hut the lack of a ready market that keeps this year's cotton crop from moving and being converted into cash. And nothing that Congress can do will re open the foreign market for our South ern staple until the war in Europe is over, ami when peace is declared tlv situation will clear up without any leg islation. The more we think and reason over the situation in the South growing out of the European war the more we are convinced that we had as well quit looking to the national government for aid and apply ourselves to the tusk be fore us courageously and uncomplain- ly working out our own salvation. Al bany Herald. Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly The Old general ^lengthening tonic, t GROVK S TASTKI.1-SS chill TONIC, drive-* out I M alt r is. enriches the Wood, and builds up the *y *• tem. A ttue toiac. her »dult» »uii children. JOc LONE OAK. (Brought over from lost wf»ok.) The sun is shining! Services at Prospect last Sunday morning, conducted by Mr. Eugene Fuller, of Moreland, were quite inter esting, and the visit of the young preacher was appreciated. The weath er, however, prevented the attendance of many belonging to the regular con gregation. Miss Addle Sewell has returned from a week's visit to relatives in Luther ville. Mr. B. E. Wise is spending a couple of days in Atlanta. Mr. H. I). Leverett, Tax Collector for Meriwether county, is in Lone Dak for the day. The marriage of Miss Buena Carden, of Lone Oak, to Mr. Gill, of Primrose, last Sunday afternoon is a matter of much interest to the many friends of the bride in this place. The ceremony was performed by 'Squire Nash Hamby of Forest. Mrs. Gill is the second daughter of Mr. Jas. Carden, of Lone Oak, and her attractive personality, amiable disposition and domestic quali ties render her a prize to him who has won her heart and hand. May he prove worthy of the trust, ami may happi ness and prosperity attend their united future. Oct. 7th. Bill Denies This. Judgf* Henry RevUI, in Meriwether Vindicator. Old Bill Hunter is one of the land marks which connects Newnan with the past. Bill iB the negro porter at the Vir ginia House. lie has acted in this capacity for a half century. He loves liquid corn and daily takes his allow ance of that fluid. He is as regular as clockwork and perfectly teliable in the discharge of his duties. Bill had a gray mule and a dray with which he hauled trunks to the depot. The mule was about as old as Bill, but not near so lively. In fact, no one thought the mule was capable of a gait beyond a slow walk. One day there was a shower of suit-cases flying in the air. The atmosphere was full of wearing apparel and other like ar ticles generally carried by travelers. Bill had his bottle of spirits in his mule’s feed. The stopper came out and saturated the feed with the liquid. The mule ate thereof, became rejuve nated, and, though attached to the dray, imagined himself on the race track.i The result has already been told. The mule is dead, but Bill is still in the land of the living. He is more careful with his corn since the afore said catastrophe. - -" ■ ♦ - - - To Revive Cotton Dresses. Boston Pont. It may be said the exclusion of for eign fashions by reason of the obstruc tion of exports from Europe may lead to the revival of the use of material and designs which will be recognized as to the manner born and carrying the approval of traditional taste. Fabrics of cotton formed the mate rial of the garments of our grandmoth ers and of t.heir mothers in ancestral sequence. These were woven, dyed and fashioned here at home. Silks were worn for ceremonious displays. But to-day cotton goods of even more artis tic worth and decoration are produced by our great factories, and, for that matter, American silks, in American designs, can be had equal to the goods imported from the French producers. A movement is now taking shape for the rehabilitation of the cotton dress for our women, and the idea is receiv ing wide approval. “To an independent, good-looking old bachelor, who in his younger days preferred to live a single life rather than get married and be ruled by a petticoat boss through this life and perhaps in eternity," A granite mon ument bearing this unique epitaph and surmounted by the rather heroic effigy of a bacHelor standing on one side of the River Jordan, with three old maids on the other side beckoning him to cross, marks the grave of F. B. Waite, an eccentric resident of Myrtle I’oint, Ore., who died recently at. an advanced age, after a life of single blessedness. In his will Waite left explicit directions for the hewing of the monument and the inscription it should bear. While most of the fanners are selling their cotton seed at present prices, using tiie money thus obtained to [iay cotton-pickers, some of them are holding hack their seed, or a part: of them, with the view of using them in compost. Owing to the scarcity of potash, the supply of which comes from Germany, and is therefore cut off by the European war, commercial fer tilizers with the rtquisite amount of potash in them are going to come high next year. Taking this into consider ation, many of the more provident class of farmers will turn their at tention to making compost with which to fertilize their crops. — Albany Herald. "Yes,” said, the old man to the young visitor,” 1 am proud of my girls, and would like to see them comfortably married; and as I have made a little money, they will not go penniless to their husbands. There is Mary, who is 25 years old, and a really good girl. 1 shall give her $1,000 when she marries. Then comes Bet, who won't see 35 again, and 1 shall give her $3,000. And the man who takes Eliza, who is JO, will have $5,000 with her.” The young man reflected a moment and then inquired: "You haven’t olio 50, have you?” The $2,815,000,000 gold and silver holdings of the six warring nations may be greatly scattered when peace is declared, hilt their physical entity will remain. The capital or credit of trade is based on gold. Homes, facto ries. whole towns and cities may have to he replaced, and in the duplication of what has already been [laid for there is necessarily a strain on capital, hue not to'al waste. Labor is employed and materials are used which otherwise might not have been in demand. The economic results of war are deplorable but not fatal. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable os a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic propertiesofQUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives ! out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. on re Thirsty Right Now! Go Kill It With An Ice Cold Bottle Of Nothing So Cooling and Refreshing Energizes Both Body and Mind ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE LABEL Bottled by CHERO-COLA BOTTLING CO. NEWNAN,' GEORGIA Prime Numbers. It might appear at tirst that every number can be divided by some num ber besides itself and one; but many numbers cannot, and if they cannot they are known as prime numbers. Of all the numbers having a value of less than 1.000, there are 10!) that are prime. Of these twenty-six are smaller than loo, twenty-one appear between 100 and 200, sixteen between 200 and 300. sixteen between 300 and 400, seventeen between 400 and 500. four teen between 500 and 000. sixteen be tween GOO and 700. fourteen between 700 and 800, fifteen between 800 and 900 and fourteen between 000 and 1,000. His Vacation. A woman had a negro cleaning the yard for.her. His wife had been dead for several years. So his employer seized a favorable moment and pro ceeded to sound him. "John,” she said, •‘you're a good, steady matt. Lots of women would be glad to have you. Why don't you get a wife?” John leaned on his rake and scratch ed his betid reflectively. “Well, I tell you.” lie replied. “You know I was married seven years, an’ I've got to have a rust”—Indianapolis News. SHOWING THE FARMER “HOW” Regardless of what plan or plans may he marked out for reducing uie cotton acreage in 1915, the farmer who, in face of the critical conditions facing the South, deliberately plants mote than 5b per cent, of his 1915 acreage, should have his credit cat off at the bank, the warehouse and the store where he is accustomed to seek and re ceive financial accommodation. It is no time for sentiment or slipshod methods, Too much is at stake, and far too many interests are involved, to permit the taking chances. — Albany Herald. ”1 want you to understand,” said young Spender, “that I got my money by hard work.” "Why I thought it was left to you I y your rich uncle. ” "So it was. hut I had hard work to get it away from the lawyers.” Purifies Blood With Telling Effect Gives Conscious Evidence of Its Direct Action. S. s. S., die famous blood purifier, almost talks as it sweeps its way through the cir culation, Its action is so direct that very often in some forms of skin aflllction the appearance of the eruptions changes over night, the iteh and redness are gone and recovery begins Immediately. As a matter of fact, there is one ingredi ent in S. S. S. which serves the active pur- l*>se of stimulating each cellular part of the body to the healthy and judicious selec tion of its own essential nutriment. That is why it regenerates file blond supply; why it has such a tremendous influence in over coming eczema, rash, pimples, and all skin attllctions. And in regenerating the tissues S. s. S. has a rapid and poalfvc antidotal effect upon all those irritating influences that cause rheumatism, sore throat, weak eyes, loss of weight, thin, pale cheeks, and that weariness of muscle anil nerve that is gen erally experienced as spring fever. Get a bottle of S. S. S. at any drug store, and In a few days you will not only feel bright and energetic, but you ail] be the picture of new life. S. S, S. is prepared only in file laboruiorv of The Swift Specific Co.. fi.'H Swift bldg. Atlanta. Ga.. who maintain a very efficient Medical Department, where all who have any blood disorder of a stubborn nature may write freely for advice and a special book of instruction. S. S. S. is sold everywhere by drug stores, department and general stores, but beware cf all substitutes. LH> not accept them. Editor Atlanta Confutation, Atlanta, (to. Editor Constitution t During the past three months I have traveled over the states of South Carolina and Georgia, Interviewing many of the best and most prominent farmers. 1 find that they are hauling their cotton from Uie gins to their homes and there storing same— something I never saw before. This condition is brought about on account of the extremely low price of entton, attributed mainly beenuse of the war in Kit rope and to a lesser extent by rea son of a "bumper” crop. These farmers seem interested and rxpresx n willingness to produce other commodities. All of the larger railway systems in this part of the country, and, in fact, throughout the south, have com petent and efficient industrial represen tatives in the field, assisting and show ing Ihe farmers “how” to diversify their crops and put them on a better pay ing basis. In south Georgia (Colquitt county) T visited su,.,e clover and alfalfa fields as fine ns anyone would wbh to see, planted under ttic direel ion of one of the industrial agents referred to above. Many of the farmers are beginning to realize that there is nil unlimited and I never-ending market for fresh meats, and are branching out into cattle anil j hog raising. Slaughter pens and packing I houses have been established at conven ient centers. The city council of At lanta has recently adopted an ordinance ! permitting the shipment of fresh meats front Georgia points into Atlanta, under certain restrictions which can, without inconvenience, be complied with by tbr farmers and producers. The people of Savannah and that vicinity have, for some time, benefited by a similar law. Other cities in Georgia, where city laws prohibit the bringing in of fresh meat shipments will no ilnubt, see the wis dom of adopting similar modifications j whereby the farmer may be permitted | to market such products ill the nearest ! eltv. thus minimizing transportation I cost. I Georgia abounds in rich and fertile soil, from the fool of the Bine Ridge mountains to the Atlantic coast. It lias been successfully demonstrated that j potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, asparagus, rggpbuit, beans, bay, corn, sugarcane, I tipples, peaches, pears, pecans, etc. as | fine as ever gtew ran be produced not ! only in Georgia, but in the Carolinas, Florida and Alabama. For example: As a result of industrial work around I Cornelia, Mount Airy and Tallulah Park, during the summer approximate ly 30,000 orates of beans, tomatoes,cu- rnmbrrs and potatoes were grown and shipped during the months of August and September, anil shipments will ronlimte until frost. Young ladies throughout the country are being taught how to can fruits and vegetables and importuned to let noth ing go to waste. Profitable markets rau be found for home made preserves, canned fruits, and, ill fact everything produced or grown on the farm. Because the individual farmer cannot afford expensive storage facilities, he must dispose of the greater part of his crop when it matures, either to people prepared to hold it or direct to the consumer. The Southern Express com pany’s traffic department will have ready for grneral distribution in a week or ten days pamphlets containing the names aid adilreases o' commission men engaged in the handling of fruits, vege tables, etc.: likewise, information as to t. e producers of various commodities: oyster and fish shippers, etc., and it is the company’s expectation to revise these lists fmin time to time, as fast as we develop the names of producers and consumers—the object being to put the producer in touch with markets where lie can profitably dispose of what he ha« to sell. For the man who has an occasional coop of chickens or crate of eggs to ship it will be our pleasure and “One of the most inspiring develop ments of the prevalent cotton crisis in the south is the manner in which south ern railroads and general transporta tion agencies arc multiplying agencies already active, to the end of encourag ing tlie farmer to diversify, to reduce rollon acreage and, in larger terms to aid the south in finding a way out of the problem that confronts it. An il lustration is found in a communication, published elsewhere, from I. M. Cox, industrial agent of the Southern Ex press company. To Mr. Cox's propa ganda is traceable the growth and ship ment, now proceeding, of 30,000 orates of beans, tomatoes, cucumbers and po tatoes from that rich section of Geor gia around Cornelia, Mount Airy and Tallulah Park. The Southern Express company is helping the growers find a market for all this truck. This is eon- st motive work of the most practical type. It is upon such efforts, founded primarily upon reduction of cotton acreage, that the state and the south niusr depend for a solution of the. un precedented difficulties of this year and next year. Mr Cox further shows what Tin* Constitution has always contended, and that is that the United States parrel post and 'lie express companies would eo-operate in stimulating relations be tween producer and consumer. Fur nishing reciprocal lists to these two classes, new and profitable markets are being opened up to the farmers of the southern states. Every important railroad in the southern states is engaged in work along similar lines, and the F.uropenn war has caused them to intensify their ef forts. The Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic is not one of the largest ar- riers in the south, but It is and has bean one of the most active, proportionately, in this direction. Tts campaign calling attentioin to the possibilities of the soil of its territory, and its practical de monstrations to the farmers along its lines, is having telling effect. In a communication published recently in The Constitution AV. R. Tucker, farm ers’ co-operative agent of this system, [lointeil out the results being accom plished along these lines. The Seaboard Air Line is another active factor in this field. It is gt present impressing upon the south arid the nation that the south has a farming season varying from 200 to 848 days out of the year, and a soil just as versatile. The South ern, ihe Const Line anil the L. & N'., with the Central of Georgia, are like wise hammering away. The railroads, the Soul hern Express company and other agencies are setting to the south an example in co-operation and re source in crisis as effectual as it is in spiring.”— Editorial in Constitution. purpose to provide him the names of retail dealers or commission men who will pay the market price for such goods. A neat and attractively put-up pack age wilt sell much more readily and at a better price than one carelessly pack ed, even though it contains better pro duce. Wthin the last week or ten days I have, in company with D. L. Campbell and W. R. Tucker, industrial agents for the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, called upon forty or fifty farm ers around Moultrie anil Fitzgerald, Ga., who were found to he enthusiastic over the possible benefits to be derived from the diversification of crops. Tn addition to representing the A. B. A A., railroad, Messrs. Campbell and Tucker are also connected with the United States bureau of plant industry and Georgia State College of Agriculture, and arc doing excellent and far-reach ing work in educating the farmers along the lines indicated. I. M. COX, Industrial Agent Southern F.xpress com pany, Atlanta, Ga. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY CO. CURRENT SCHEDULES. ARRIVE FROM Griffin Cbattanoosa Odartown Coiun-tius 11:10 a. m. 1:40 P. M. c .sy a. m. &:USa M. :17 P. m. €:3t P. 1 DEPARTFOR Griffin 1:40 p.m. Griffin •:39 A.M. Chattanooga 11 :it A. M. C'«*darUi*n 7:17 p.m. Columbus 7 r40 a. m. 9:15 p m