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THE NEWNAN HERALD, NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1921.
M’ADOO REPUDIATES HOUSTON
PROGRAM.
Manufacturer*’ Sword.
William G. MeAdoo, the late 8or{otnry
of tho Treasury, Iia* issued a stntMnont
in which he repudiate* an<l oppose* the
entire Houston program.
Mr. MeAdoo aaya: “The point I
wish i.i impress (• Hint deflation has
been carried «o far and with such r«[>
idilv that we must now rceonalder tho
situation. make an effort to prevent fur
ther dutreiw anil suffering, and bring
•bout a revival of industry ami confi
dence. ’'
Secretary Houston and Governor
Hurtling my there tin* lieen no restric
tion of credit.
Mr. MeAdoo any* Hint in aome part*
of the country “credit i* almost en
tirely wanting. and in many line* of
legitimate buxine** nnd iniluntry great
busses are lioing *U»tained tu'cnuse of
re*trietion of credit*.”
Secretary Houston *ay* the War Fi
nance Corporation should not lie revived,
nnd hn* used the whole powrr of hi*
office to prevent the revival.
Mr. MeAdoo say* “the revival of the
War Finance Corporation i« bigidy de
sirable," and gt*-« on to preve why
this is the raae.
HornSary Houston aaya the publi
iniiKt be taxed to the limit liernusr the
people must lie coni|iellf'd to pay off tin-
entire (hinting debt and most of the
Victory note* within the next two year*
and a half.
Mr. MeAdoo says: "The tax burden
nhould l" lightened, and can Ih- by
funding 12,000,000/100 of the floating
debt during the next two year*. Why
ahould we continue high taxes merely
liecaiisc a relatively few |n*nplc think
it sounder policy to compel the present
generation to pay more of the war eost
than to pass a reasonable amount of it
on to future generations!’’
Secretary Houston favors increased
taxes on moderate incomes.
Mr. MeAdoo says; “I am opposed to
increased taxes on moderate income*. ’’
Secretary Houston any* that nothing
to relieve the situation ran Is- done. Hi*
testimony liefore the (ongressionnl com
mittee showed him taking the stand that
the farmers ought to lie ashamed of
themselves for asking any relief, that
they ought to l>o compelled to continue
in suffering, and without n murmur ae
eept the bankruptcy which he has pro
pans! for them. lie has tried to in-
dirt them ns profiteers.
Mr. MeAdoo says: “We nuinytt ex-
ruse inaction nor dismiss the matter
with a mere observation that deflation
is necessary and Hint farmers must take
their medicine along with the rest of
the country. • • • When eolussnl
losses like those the farmers nrc now
sustaining overtake them, every line of
industry suffers, factories close, business
shrinks, labor is thrown out of employ
inent, and confidence is seriously shaken.
* * * ’ It is tho imperative duty of
those in civil authority and of Hiose vvhn
control credit to exorcise their power*
so a* to prevent needless distress ami
preserve confidence. * *
COUNTV AGENT WORK MORE 1M-
P0RTANT IN 1021 THAN EVER,
r. gretslre Parmer.
We regret to learn of n disposition in
n few counties to try to get along in
1921 without B county agent, or with
a leas effiwent county agent.
Such s policy is like dropping the pilot
just ns the ship enters the most danger
i*US eons. It is like shutting up Hie
lighthouse just ns tho storm comes on.
The farmer* of the South will nee.1
the help of the county agent more In
1021 than ever liefore. And they will
use him more than ever liefore.
In the first plnrc. they need his help
about production. How much the cot
ton lineage will lie cut is problemati
cal, but it is certainly going to lie rut
Farmers are going to grow a diversity
of crops, and they are going to need
guidance in new fields of effort. They
are also going to grow mote livestock
and here especially they will need the
help of a thoroughly equipped county
agent.
No lesa urgently—-in fact, even more
urgently—farmers vvll need the help il
the county agent in problems of market
iug. Hig nnd promising plans for re-,
formed cotton marketing (ns well as
tobacco marketing and iieanut market
ing in sections growing those crops) are
already under way. The county agent
la the man who must do more tliau any
one else in bringing surress to those
plana for scientific and profitable mar
krting. Then, too. in growing corn. hay.
lioga and cattle, farmers will find their
diversification program of small profit
unlit** plans for co-operative shipping
and selling are worked out. Thev nat
«rally look to the eount.v agent for
leadership in these matter*.
For all these reasons the best invest
ment a county ean make is to pay enough
to get a superbly qualified man to lead
their farming forces as county agent
in 1921.
Don't tie content with a cheap man.
Get a man whose training is such that
farmer* know he ean give them real
help in all their intriente problems of
noils, fertiliser*, crops, livestock, live
stock diseases—a nian who ha* enough
ability not only (1) to help farmer*
diversify wisely; (2) to help them mar
ket cotton and other 4 * monev crop* ’ *
more wisely; and (3) who will help
farmers in co-operative shipping and
selling of the corn, hay, hogs nr.d cat-
tie they are going to raise.
We shall indeed need county agent*—
and the present year more than ever.
s — O
Sometimes it seem* a* though we are
accomplishing little. We work and
strive, spending a large jvart of our
live* in routine work that seems endless
and wearisome. But the trouble lie* in
the viewpoint. A* we toil each day we
see only the details of that day's work.
A dies* made, a garden weeded, or a
paper printed—what does it amount to}
Not much in itself. But when we grow
older and look hack on our lives, when
we ean get some jwrspective of what we
hare done and suffered, we can we. if
we have performed our small task faith
fully and well, that our lives hare not
been waste.!, but hire radiated helpful-
mass and blessings.
When the busincas and other posses
sions of a deceased barrister were lying
sold, it was remarked that the quantin
was scanty.
“It is so.” was the reply, “hut the
fact is he had very few causes, and,
therefore, couid not have many effects.”
LIVESTOCK SHOULD BE REGULAR
PART OF FARM PRODUCTION.
Progressive Farmer.
The large production of hogs in
America, larger than in any other
country, ha* lieen built up on a market
for the live hogs which paid the price
of les* than 12 Imshel* of corn for 100
IKiundt of hog. There ought, therefore,
to lie monev- in producing hog* when corn
is ♦ ] n bushel or less and hogs bring
a* much »» ♦12 a hundred. The feed
cost of 100 pound* of live hog* has lieen
around that of nine bushel* of corn, the
ndditlonnl two nnd one half to three
bushel* of corn taking care of the other
cost* of producing 100 pound* of hog
and the profitn, if there have really lieen
With corn below #1 a bushel on
Die farm and hog* well above ♦ ! 2 a
hundred the error of those who sold
their brood sows last fall and are
consequently without a bunch of pigs
to fatten this year is quite evident. The
changed condition* from Inst fall, when
cotton was high and the feeding of hog*
unprofitable, to low-priced cotton nnd
profitable hog feeding this year, ought to
convince anyone Hint be eannot estimate
the markets a year in advance. It takes
more than a year to raise and fatten a
rop of hogs; therefore, there is only
one safe plan, either to raise none for
market or rni*o a fair sized lot every
nr.
A certain amount of livestock produc
tion is cKseutinl to the most economical
fanning and the safest nnd lies! plan
is to select certain lines of livestock,
plan to produce the feed* for them and
maintain the system permanently; tak
ing the profits in periods of high prices
nnd accepting such lessened profit* or
losseH as may come from periods of low
prices, just ns i* done in every other
line of business. It is better not to
raise livestock at all, unless it i* made
a permanent or regular part of the farm
production. It is almost always an un
profitable business to the man who doe*
not continue it ns one of the regular
operations of the farm. One crop is al
ways dangerous and often unprofitable,
mid this applies to livestock as well ns
to cotton. At lenst two or three money
crops should be produced on every farm.
Of these cotton certainly comes first in
the 8outh, but livestock is certainly
one of the other* which should have a
place in any system of permanent agri
culture.
FEEDING VALUE OF COTTON
SEED.
Progressive Farmer.
When cotton i**ed meal, containing
say 3fi i>er cent, protein (socalleri 7 ;ier
cent- tneal) costs ♦50 a ton, eotton seed
properly fed are worth around ♦:13 a
ton. If Hie seed must be hauled liack
to the farm after ginning, or if the meal
can bo linuled to the farm instead of
hauling the seed lack—that, is, if no ex
tra hauling costa are involved—we would
rather have a ton of cotton seed meal
for feoling than a ton nnd a half of
cotton seed.
The feeding values are about tho sum ■,
but a larger amount of feed value, or a
lnrger part of a full ration, ean be sup
plied by cotton seed meal than by cotton
seed, lieenuso there is an excess of oil
in the seed.
When cotton seed nre cheaper, they
should Ik- used to n limited extent; but
resentment toward the low price of seed
nhould not lend u* into the mistake of
feeding them when the} 4 are not of as
good food value.
A SWEET SPIRIT GOES TO THE
GREAT BEYOND.
On Nov. 15, 1920, the sweet spirit
of Cora Mae Harper heard the sum
mons “Come up higher,” and her soul
passed to be with Jesus. Cora Mae was
15 years of age. She was a sweet, lova
ble girl, and a pleasure nnd comfort to
her family. She possessed the faculty
of making friends, ami we all loved
her. She was shy and reserved, but we
who knew her best knew her to be gen
erou», tender hearted and affectionate,
Cora Mae accepted Jesus as her Sa
vior in August, 1919, and was pabtized
by Rev.- W. E. Fuller, her pastor. She
saiil over and over again that she loved
God, and wanted to do right. We take
great comfort in the thought that some
time we may meet Cora Mac ngain.
Mary Newman.
Blue Ridge, Ga.
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The goal which we attain is not de
termined by outward circumstances, but
by constant endeavor to press ever on-
I ward.
“GIVE ME ONE MORE YEAR.”
Jnckson Progress-Argils.
In spite of all the warning* that had
been given us to the desctrurtlon, tho boll
weevil would cause in 1920,- there were
still many farmers who were skeptical.
Tliej 4 said: “Give me one more goad
year ami I’ll make my .inek.”
l.nsl year the people of South Georgia
thought the smile thing. All they asked
for- whs onp more good year. They
planted the whole fare of tlio earth in
cotton nnd intended to make their
‘pile.” Did they make it! A visit to
Hiat section will sl.ow whether or not
they did.
The man who believe* the In II weevil
is ti myth, n bugbear created in the im
agination of tin 4 merchant, banker or
newspaper inn a. is to lie pitied. Yet
we have same of that kind right here in
Rutts county. Tills fnll they are gad-
ler but wiser.
Another fallacy that need* to be nail
ed is that tho boll weevil will not hurt
cotton thie fur north. The boll weevil
will travel ns far north as there is a
stalk of cotton planted—and he will get
in liis deadly work when ho gets there.
Have no misconception a bunt that.
The common sense tiling to do is tu
prepare to meet the boll weevil. This
ean best be done by growing plenty cf
food crops and livestock, mid raising nil
the cotton possible ns n surplus. The
mnn who doe* Hint will raise cotton nnd
make money. The man who plaster*
down his whole plantation in cotton and
think* the (toll weevil will not get it is
courting disaster.
Seme people who never get more tha;i
25 miles from home and think the sun
rises and sets rn Hieir own backyards,
have lots to learn. A visit to sections
that have Ixvn through the fire would
open their eyes to the truUi. The boll
weevil is no respoetor of persons. He
did not skip Rutts county. He will get
in his destructive work here again next
season.
How nre you going to meet the situ
ation f
“Doctor. 1 want to discuss n matter
with you,” said a mnn, stopping his
medical adviser in the street, “but not
in your professional rapacity.”
4 1 'tu listening, ’' said the doctor,
•it's about my liver.”
•As a physician, 1 can’t discuss your
liver except in n professional capacity.”
4 Hang it all, doctor,” simpped the
man. 4 4 1 don ’« mind paying you a fee,
but 1 'd like to know what you would
do for my liver if it were yours!”
Confident that the resurrection of her
husband, dead four years, could bo
brought about by prayer, Mrs. Robert
House, of Sylvester. Ga., prayed beside
hi* grave until she fell exhausted across
the mound. So sure was she that her
husband would rim that she had brought
clothing for him to wear and tools to
open the grave.
No cord or cajde can draw so forcibly
or bind so firmly 4 as love ean do with a
thread.
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if HUNTS SUkhre fills in the
treatment of ITCH. ECZEMA.
RINGWORM. TETTER or
other Itching Ain dleeeee*.
Try * T5 cent box ftt our risk.
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Get a 25? Box
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must be included in high rental costs.
LIGHT SOMEWHERE—BUILD A HOME OF YOUR OWN
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estimates.
R. D. COLE MANUFACTURING CO.
Newnan, Georgia.
Children Are Starving!
3,500,000 of Them in Central Europe!
What Are YOU Going to Do About it ?
$10 WILL SAVE A LIFE!
Are (Oil Winn to Sue One?
Think of these poor, unfortunate children starv
ing to death, while you live in comparative luxury!
Isn’t this enough to loosen your purse-strings?
If it isn’t, you are to be pitied—not censured.
Remember the words of the Savior, “Inasmuch
as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
Don’t delay! Starving people cannot wait!
Stop eating for three days and see what it costs these
poor children, when you put the matter off.
Make checks payable to European Relief Coun
cil, Franklin K. Lane, Treasurer, and mail them to
box 447, Newnan, Ga.
P. G. MANGET
Chairman European Relief Council Coweta County.
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