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THE NEWNAN HERALD, NEW NAN, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1920.
at thb county fair.
'OM Jenkins hit* a Jersey cow,
An’ she’s ns fine ns silk;
Sho simply broaks the record when
ireomcs to (jivin' milks
An' ns for butler, snkes o' live I
Her nmtcli ain't snywhoro—
But whnt’s the use of telling this!
You’ll see hcV at the fsir.
•Old neighbor Dobbins has a sow
As flno ns flno can 1ms
' They any she weighs a thousand pounds
An' line a pcdlgrcos
: Bbo 1ms a down baby pigs—
Plumb beauties, I doclarel
But what's the uso of telling tlilsf
You 11 see them at tho fair.
■ Old Andy Jones, tho clilckon man,
jj y(
Thnt live* ncross the way,
Ho has ft hen thnt taken tho cake—
Lays one*or twice a days
At least that’s whnt old Andy sayB,
Amt Andy wouldn’t dare
To Ho about his lion, bocauso
He'll linvo her at tho fair.
Old Farmer Brown has raised sonic corn
Thnt knocks tho record flats
The onra arc twenty inches long—
Well, mnybo hardly that—
But, nnyway, llioro ain't no corn
Can bent it nnywhoro;
But whnt’s tho uso of lolling tillsf
You’ll seo it at tho fair.
—Annie Jones Pyron,
IT’S TIME.
Publishers' Anxilnry.
Print paper 1s soiling at a high price,
nml it is going to continue to soil at n
high price.
Lnbor is selling at a high price, and
it la going to continue to soil at a high
price. All men engaged In tho mochnn-
icnl departments of a newspaper uro to
day receiving from 80 to over 100 per
cent, more in wages than they did three
or four years ago, and while conditions
of tho future may bring thnt. price down
to n small extent, it\will not come down
to anything like it was three or four
years ago.
Everything thnt eaters into tho mnking
of a nnwspnpor, or any oilier product of
a printing office, Ims increased in price
in the knnio proportion Hint is true of
print paper and labor, and these prices
are going to stay up.
It is time thnt overy man ongngod in
tho newspaper business, or any othor
rorm of tho printing or publishing busl-
noss, realised these facts. Those who do
not do bo uro going to tlio wall, and n
aheriff’s notice will bo poHtod on the door.
Tho day of the 10 cents a week daily,
or tho $1 or $1,110 a year weekly, Is over;
and if tho publishers of such pnpors do
not know thnt they cannot continue such
prices they had better get out of the
business, and no savo whnt they enn of
their investments. , ,
The day of 10 and 1C cents an Well
advertising is over, and will never re
turn. The cost of scttiiig the type from
which tho advertising Is printed, the cos.
of tho tMipor on whtali it is printed, tho
rost of the ink, tho cost of the power
supply, and the cost of overy other item
thnt enters into the service to the adver
tiser, lias doubled or ipore than doubled,
If the publisher doeB not realize these
things he Is going to find Imnsolf out of
business by the bankruptcy route.
The lime-worn wall that the public
will not pay more,” is out of date ami
of no eonsequenco. The public simply
muBt pny more If tho newspaper is to
continue nt nil, and no apologies for an
incrcnBO arc needed. ,
Thousands of red-blooded, clenr-eyed
publishers have not hositnted to meet ex
isting cost conditions, nnd have nmdo
tlioir prices In proportion to present-day
rosts. These publishers are still hi busi
ness. They are in no danger of a visit
from the sheriff.
But there are hundreds of publishers
who nrc afraid to meet conditions us
they exist. Hundreds of them nrc watch
ing their plants dopreeintc, their savings
of precious years dwindlo, their credit
going by the board. They are anxiously
wniting for thnt change in conditions thnt
is to bring prices back to what they were
a fow yeurs iifgo, instead of accepting
conditions ns they arc and meeting them
cn a business basis.
Tt is time sucb publishers awakened to
their own condition. It is time they took
nu inventory of their business. It is
time they believed in their business. If
they do not do these things, ami do them
quickly, they will find llionisolvcs on tho
rocks uf financial disaster.
The time to net is now, and the act
docs not call for any apology.
Down in tho Cnrollna mountains a
Northern traveler came ncross a moun
taineer who wns having more than tho
usual difficult in persuading Mh mule
to proceed. Arguments, cursing and beat
ing wore of no avail.
“ Stubborn f” inquired the man from
tho North.
The mulostoe'r wiped his forehead,
‘StubbornI” lie ejected. “Sny, mister,
thnt cuss is so mean thnt when his hind
legs nro pushing his front oiicb nro walk
ing backwurdn."
Thoro nrc innumerable examples of far
mers whoso prosperity 1ms boon founded
on the production of purebred stock,
How many farmers do you know whoso
success is duo to scrubs?
DREGS OF U. S. ARMY REMAIN IN
PARIS.
Two thousand former American soldiers
are adrift ill Paris. Most of them arc ut
terly jobless, while a few work just
enough to keep them in food and clothos.
Tho majority gain their living by ques
tionable means, following the races, tout
ing dancing halls and worse places, while
a large number are living in absolute deg
radation In tho Apache quarters of Pans
ns thieves, accomplices of feminine crooks
and in other criminal pursuits.
Officers of the Paris post of the Ameri
can Legion declare nothing less than a
regiment of military police can clean this
situation up. The French pollqe appear
to be powerless before the superior vigor
and initiative of the former Yank sol
diers. The Paris post of the Legion, num
bering only about 000, can do nothing
against them. The situation grows worse
from day to day.
These men, left-overs, are part of the
tragedy of the war—tho lotus-eating sed
iment of tlie Amorlcan army. Some of
them stayed when the American army
went home. Others went back to the
States, but drifted ngnin to Paris.
During the war most of the A. E. F.
got a taste of Paris, the uniform being
an introduction to any circle. The high
est paid army in Europe, the Yanks had
everything their own way. Now tilings
have changed anil the former heroes have
sunk to the lowest depths of degradation.
Men are constantly drifting back to
Paris, whore they still find Borne looseness
nnd the same license, but the life they
knew before lms passed and they soon
drop into the darkness of a life of crime
until tlie prison doors open for them.
“You love long rambles in the coun
try?” asked tho impudent girl.
“Yes, indeed,” responded the young
man in tlie green lint with tho purplo
band ond buekeled shoos. “When I go
out in tlie country all nature .seems to
smile.” -
“Gracious! I don’t blame her. It’s
a wonder she doosn’t laugh outright. I ’ ’
WEEVIL DAMAGE IS LESS IN BIG
OPEN FIELDS.
Progressive Farmer. 4
^Tiiis has been a year of oxtremely
heavy boll weevil infestation, nnd nB a
cotton farmer it has been interesting
and instructive to mo to observe the con
ditions under which this pgst has been
niOBt destructive.
As a pretty general rule, the small
patch of cotton surrounded by thickets,
and woods has “caught it,” especially
if these thick places have not recently
been burned out. On tho other hand,
with other conditions almost identically
the same, cotton in big, open fields has
suffered 'comparatively little damage.
Prairie sections, as every one knows,
have usually suffered least from the boll
Weevil, mainly because under such con
ditions tlie winter death rate of the wee
vils is high, as they have no suitable place
to hibernate. What we need to do, then,
in so far as we con, is to create “prai
rie” conditions. That 1b, we need to
clean out old fence rowH, thickets, stumps
—any and every place, in fact, where the
pest might find favorable winter quar
ters. This, after all, is merely good farm
ing—cleaning up the non-producing
areas and putting them to work making
crops instead of doing nothing but fur
nish boll weevil-shelter.
Some women’s idea of happiness con
sists in supporting themselves the envy of
all their'frienda.
“Ma, iB Mr. Jones an awfqlly old
mailt”
“No,\lear, I don’t believe so. - What
makes you nskt”
“Well, I think ho must be, becauso I
heard pa say last night Mr. Jones raised
his ante.”
Country Farmer—“I alwnvs set
liens in the spring.”
City Farmer—“ Indeed! Whv ma
poultry book says to set ’em in'n drl
_A wise man never boasts of his wisdenJ
He leaves that to his press agent. *
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ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT
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5ure DYSENTERY
FLUX. Etc.
The Facts of the Telephone
Situation in Georgia
ftp Jt BpM ft blown. President
SOUTHERN BSLL TEUtPHONB A TELEGRAPH COMPANY,'
Georgia’s Telephone Service Needs
W* can not furnlah this larvice bacausa
t the faclUtliM. During 1010
tn do not
out forces
tho IftSO i
ha facilltloa. During
_st for 1020 warned ug to expect
are for this demand. This wo did.
1010 adequate faoilitiea to meet
) Mrviee demand war* planned, tha
—7 money arranged fur, their 1mm*.
construction author tied nnd orders
(or material and equipment pieced with tha
manufacturers, ,
complete this 1080 coHstrtlOtioH p*B-
od, sufficient fit-
i can not bo pro
To complete this five-year construction
program requires)
Fundamental engineering so that these
additions and extensions, when finished, can
be co-ordinated with the present plant and
ated efficiently and i
kraa for Georgia, now under w
the expenditure of 08,410,dOOJX
— — jbrdh —. r
the whole operated efficiently
•cally. This the Company hat
New buildings and additions to present
buildings planned and working specific*,
tlons prepared. This the Company has donet,
Orders for the necessary telephone mat*,
rial and equipment must be placed with th*
manufacturers, and contraota for construe*
tion of tho buildings made. This the Com*
pany will do as soon as It can secure th*
money needed to pay th* coats of the i
The demand for service continues to grow,
Modern conditions nnd business methc
nave made telephone sorvico a basic unit
commerce. „ . ,
As the population and business Of the
Country grow, the nood for telephone serv-
loe grows.
No one doubts that the population and
business of Georgia will continue to grow.
I Our forecast for the next five years’
Service requirements shows that, at the end
of 1086, there will be a net gain of 26,600
telephones In this state. , —
- These forecasts are based upon popula-
5°°. present and prospective, ond an analy
sis fit bosinees conditions, present and pros-
psetfve. The Company’s present plant to
Georgia was built upon such forecists, and
experience baa proven their aoenracy.
i r To meet tha almost certain demand for
telephone service to Georgia during th*
next five years (to addition to the 1020 con
struction program now underway), plant
must he installed and expenditures must be
made as follows
the 1921 and foU
n has not been s*.
time Is required ttf
<»■-,
Fiyb-Year Program of Construct
.toon, State of Georgia
fur-
exist; they must be buut.
ey ]
otruction.
The money .needed to complete th* 1080
Construction has boen secured.
The money needed for ti
lowing yoars’ construction 1
cured. Twelve months’ time is required
construct the facilities needed to meet th*
Known 1981 service demand) assuming that
the necessary material and equipment' are
promptly delivered.
The present manufacturing and trans
portation conditions make it imperative toe
the orders tor thiB material and equipment
to be placed without delay. The service de
mand for 1921 can not possibly be met ex
cept by authorizing theh 1921 construction
program and placing orders for the neces
sary material and equipment at once. This
the Company can not do now because it has
mo money available for this work.
.These extensions and additions must be
paid for out of thg capital account of th*
Company; they are never paid for out of
the earnings of the Company. If for no
other reason, because the earnings of th*
Company are not sufficient.
The entire net earnings fit ths Company
In Georgia for the past tour years are less
by 01,000,000.44 than the eoet of the addi
tions and extensions needed to Georgia for
1981 alone.
Tha money for new construction must
none from toe people who we wining to in
vest their money in this Company's busi
ness; to no ether way can it be had.
The figures given were prepared in the
ordinary routine conduct of thb Company's
Mamas* and ware taken from the record*
«f to* Company.
^Tha tttqqtion Is u much yours as tt to
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to have adequate telephone
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years you most act
and act now.
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No Food Emergency
A.^HELF of this pantry is stpeked with
jHL National Biscuit Company products—
and you will Arid such pantries wherever you
go. No food occasion can take it by surprise.
There is always something good on hand for
any meal or when company unexpectedly calls.
Thousands of homekeepers everywhere
have learned the everyday comfort of making
Biscuitry a real part of daily fare. A supply
of N. B. C. products always in the house—a
package or two of a few varieties—means a
great saving of time and labor and the ready
solving of many a problem of what-to-serve.
Have an N. B. C. shelf in your pantry. The
day-by-day convenience and appetite-satisfac
tion will well repay you. Every variety conies
to your table oven-sweet and fresh, no matter
where bought or when you open the protecting
In-er-seal Trade Mark package.
Your grocer carries a complete line. A few
packages on your pantry shelf saves constant
re-ordering and enables you to meet any food
emergency instantly and well.
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