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AN APPRECIATION
OF THE VALUE OF
i CO. FARM AGENT
Because of the great good that has
been done both towns and county for
the last few years, through the me
dium of our genial county demon
strator, Mr. R. L. Vansant and also
byway of encouraging our present
demostrator, Mr. Saye, I would like
to say a few words about what I think
has been accomplished and what I
think is ripe for results the coming
year.
But before beginning along this UiV
I would like to mention the one great
obstacle that, every county demon
strator must face and overcome.
Since time out of mind a great
number of us who till the soil have
harbored the very erroneous idea that
we can’t be taught anything from ag
ricultural colleges, books, farm jour
nals or demonstrators. Now let’s be
honest and call this by its real name,
Prejudice. What does the little word
mean—the most hateful of all words ?
Webster’s definition is “To possess
with opinion formed without due
knowledge ft examination.” Then too,
prejudice is blind to reason and hence
detrimental to all progressive move
ments. .
We do not believe this is true only
of our county but that the same feel
has prevailed more or less whereever
county demonstrators have served and
what makes this prejudice so stub
bornly hard to fight down is that it is
he!/ by sorj; farmers who are in good
financial circumstances —good sr/-
stantial citizens but who are doing
untold harm by their destructive cri-
Start Your A fjr
Pullets and
Moulted Hens
to Laying J^PnjP
You have had your summer’s poultry cares.
Now is the time for you to cash in on eggs.
Go after those dormant egg organs that moulting
threw, out of gear.
Go after them with the “Old Reliable.”
Dr Hess’ Poultry
PAN-A-CE-A
Pan-a-ce-a puts the egg organs to work.
It starts the feed the egg way.
Feed Pan-a-ce-a —then you will see red combs and
red wattles.
It brings back the song and scratch and cackle.
It gives hens pep.
It makes music in your poultry yard.
That’s when the eggs come.
Tell your dealer how many hens you have.
There’s a right size package for every flock.
100 hens the 12-lb package. 200 hens, the 25-lb. pail.
60 hens the 5-lb. pkg. 500 hens, the 100-lb. drum
For fewer hens there is a smaller package.
Guaranteed
DR. HESS AND CLARK Ashland, O.
Dr. Hess Instant Louse Killer Kills Lice
KIRBY-HERNDON HARDWARE CO. LAFAYETTE, GA.
—M—IBM—II !■!
P SALE
I Will Sell To The Best
Bidder On
THURSDAY JANUARY 17,1924
At my farm one mile South
of Pond Spring, near School
House
STOCK, lOOL2 AND FEED
Terms 5 % Discount for Cash
or B°]o Interest to Nov. 1, 1924
J. L. Brotherton
ticism of what they term book farm
ng. But what has always been strange
to me is, go to any of these farmers
and they can tell you exactly how
they grew bumper yields of cotton,
corn or potatoes never seeming to
realize that some other farmer could
write down his experience and it
would be just as true.
It goes without saying—any Veal
dirt farmer, book farmer or what not
knows this, that on account of the
variableness of the weather in con
nection with a great many other con
ditions that are met with throughout
the growing season that the details
of farming must be solved, many of
them as we meet them in the field.
But to admit this does not lessen the
value of farm journals nor depreci
ate the worth of a county demon
strator.
Recently we passed our fiftieth
mile post. Since 10 years X age we
have been between the plow handles;
we have experienced the thrills, the
disasters, the joys and disappoint
ments of farm life from our earliest
recollection up to this good hour. We
have dug ditches, split rails, cleared
many acres of ground and cultivated
most all the crops that -are raised
here. We say this not byway of boast
ing but that you may see that we
know from actual experience and con
tact, a few things about farming.
But no one man, no matter what
his experience nor what his degree of
intelligence knows it all or do the
whole kaboodle of us from the most
ignorant African up to our agricul
tural colleges know it all. We predict
there will be a few things to learn
about some hundred years hence.
However, much that we do know ?
about farming would be better for
Walker County Messeng r, i nuarv il. 1924.
gotten for it became obsolete 25 year
ago.
Then to condemn our county dem
onstrator, farm journals and agricul
tural colleges is to condemn our most
reliable source of information and be
cause of his personal contact especi
ally is this true of our demonstrator.
So much for this.
Now what has been accomplished
through the medium of our county
demonstrator for the last few years.
Paramount to all else possibly is the
creation of a personal touch, shall I
call it, or a closer relation between
town and country. This has been
brought about mainly through the ac
tivities of our demonstrator. Any
thinking man knows that neither can
prosper in the broadest sense-without
the other, and as an outcome of this
correlation, mutual interest and pride
have been created both civic and agri
cultural.
Personally, and we believe we are
speaking for others, we are not un
grateful for the friendly and finan
cial aid we have received through the
Chamber of Commerce the past year.
We have young men in this organi
zation who are conscientiously seek
ing through honest endeavor to bene
fit our county at large with no hope
of personal gain only insofar as all
are benefibted by better conditions
throughout the county.
Here old Rube tosses the Chamber
a rose.
Now if Mr. Vansant will pardon us
for bringing him into these rambling
remarks we would like to say in be
half of the farmers that much of this
has been brought about through his
energy, his lively interest and win
ning personality. He has weeded out
much of the prejudice that existed
and has been agreat inspiration in the
establishing of a newer and happier
way of livelihood on the farm.
Without going into the details and
counting each phase of farm life that
has been beneficially touched by the
efforts of our county demonstrator,
we woud let each farmer think for
himself and see wihat has been accom
plished and what is possible in the
future by an active co-operation with
our present demonstrator.
In conclusion, we would say get ac
quainted Mr. Saye, our present
man. Visit him in his office, talk over
your farm problems with him, don’t
tie his hands by absolutely ignoring
his work and then cuss because he
wasn’t worth a rap to us. He can help
us only insofar as we co-operate with
him. If he is no help it is a very good
sign that we haven’t sought help. He
says he is ready and eager to work,
lets show our appreciation by giving
him a job.
, A. G. CREMER.
BACKACHE IS
DISCOURAGING
BUT NOT SO BAD IF YOU KNOW
THE HOW TO REACH THE
CAUSE
Nothing more discouraging than a
constant backache. Lame when you a
waken, pains pierce you when you
bend or lift. It’s hard to work or to
rest. Backache often indicates bad
kidneys and calls for prompt treat
ment. The best recommended remedy
is Doan’s Pills. Profit by this nearby
resident’s experience:
R. A. Brown, farmer, R. 2. Tin
Ga., says: “Exposure p” ■
weather and hard work on the farm
weakened my kidneys ana iuiu ...
feeling badly all over. My kidneys
became sluggish and due to the ex
cess water in my system my feet and
ankles swelled so I couldn’t get my
shoes on. The kidney secretions con
tain a thick sediment. Whenever I
stooped, a catch seized me in small
of my back. When I got down I could
not get up again and my back was so
stiff mornings I could hardly get out
of bed and the muscles felt drawn. A
neighbor recommended Doan’s Pills
and I made up my mind to try them.
One box of Doan’s cured me entirely
of the attack.”
Price 60c at all dealers. Don’t sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy—Get
' Doan’s Pills the same that Mr.
Brown had. Foster-Millburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Quarreled Since Wedding
Day
“My stomach and liver trouble
made a regular grouch of me. I was
sore at everyone, including my wife,
and we quarreled every day since the
wedding. She is a dear little girl and
I know it was my fault. Mayr’s Won
derful Remedy was recommended for
my stomach trouble, and since taking
it I have felt like a new man. My wife
and I now get along beautifully."
It removes the catarrhal mucus from
the intestinal tract and allays the in
flamation which causes practically all
stomach, liver and intestinal ailments
including appendicitis. One dose will
convince or money refunded at
Loach’s Pharmacy and druggists ev
erywhere.
BETHEL
Sunday is our preaching day at
Bethel so everyone remember and be
present at 11 o’clock.
Mrs. Lee Fillers is on the sick list,
we are sorry to say.
Our school is progressing nicely
with Prof. L. V. Swanson as teacher.
Jesse Logging spent the week end
with homefolks.
Miss Eva Garrett went to Chatta
nooga to resume her position.
Mr and Mrs. Carter spent last week
in LaFayette with friends.
Mrs. Nancy I.angford spent last
week in LaFayette.
Visiting Mrs. Cramnore Friday
night was Miss Maggie Langford.
Don’t forget to come to Bethel Sun
day at 11 a. m. BILL 11.
PETITION FOR CHARTER
State of Georgia, Walker County.
To the Superior Court of said county:
The petition of D. W. Herndon, J.
M. Tate, Q. M, Clemons, Claude
C: m nts, F. H. Kirby, J. W. Massey 1
an i Norman Shattuck, all of said
-v and County, respectfully show:
ii.st: That they desire for them
e’- (>s, their associates, successors ami
as gns to become incorporated under
lie name and style of the Walker
> minty Building and Loan Associ
at: n. |
Second: The term for which peti
tioners ask to be incorporated is twen-1
ty (20) years, with the privilege of
renewal at the expiration of that'
time.
Third: This association being a mu-]
tual association shall not have a enpi-.
tal stock in the ordinary sense of the ]
word as usually applied to corpora
tions, but where the words, “capital
stock" appear in this Charter, it is
intended to mean the capital of the
association, and the provisions in re
lation thereto disclose merely how the
interest of the respective members of
the association shall be evidenced and
determined. The relation of the hold
ers of “full paid and non-assessible”
stock of the association shall be that
usually held by bond holders of the
corporation, but with the right to
vote in the affairs of the association
to such extent as shall be provided
for by the By-Laws with the holders
of such shares not constituting credi
tors of the association as between the
association and other creditors, and
the association may at any time, and
subject to the provisions of its By-
Laws on the subject retire any and
all of such “full paid and non-as
sessible” stock, on such terms as shall
exist between the associ:/:on and tne |
holders thereof, as expressed in the ]
contract with such holders or in the !
By-laws of the association under
which such shares were issued.
The capital stock of the association
shall consist of:
(a) The payments of the “in
stallment stock”, shares provided by
the Constitution and By-Laws of said
association, and shall consist of not
less than one thousand (1000) shares,
nor more than Two hundred thousand
(200,000) shares of said stock of the
par value of maturity of SIOO.OO each
and said association may commence
business whenever ten per cent of
said minimum number of shares, to
wit: one hundred shares shall have
been subscribed, and shall have the
privilege of increasing said capital
stock from time to time in the discre
tion of the Board of Directors to an
amount not exceeding Two Hundred
Thousand (200,000) shares.
(b) The capital stock of this as
sociation may also consist of not less
than Fifty nor more than one thous
and (1000) shares of “full paid and
non-assessible stock” of the par value
at maturity of SIOO.OO each, said
shares to be sold upon such terms
and at such rates of interest as the
Constitution and By-Laws of said as
sociation may determine. Said asso
ciation desires to commence the is
suance of said stock whenever ten
(10) per cent of said minimum num
ber of shares, to-wit: five shares, shall
have been subscribed, and fully paid
as provided by the Constitution and ,
By-Laws of this association. Raid ;
capital stock may be increased from I
time to time in the discretion of the j
Board of Directors to an amount not ]
exceeding ten thousand (10,000) j
shares. The “full paid and non-asses
sible stock” shares shall at no time
be issued when the number of said
Central of Georgia Shows How Transportation
Contributes To The Nation’s Prosperity
How are the American people going to treat their railways,in 1924? Their answer kj question
will largely determine whether or not the country will be prosperous during the coming year.
The railroads are perhaps the gratest single factor in maintaining national and individual prosper
ity. The transportation question comes home to every person who reads these lines. Th< e at least
fifty million Americans who are directly or indirectly interested, as investors, in railroad properties
worth approximately $20,000,000,000.
The funds of savings banks and life insurance companies are largely invested in rail iy securities.
Therefore, every man and woman who has a life insurance policy or a deposit in a savin,. Lank is di
rectly concerned in maintaining railroad credit; so are the hundreds of thousands of workmen employed
in transportation systems and in factories that produce railroad equipment and supplies.
Business was good last year and labor was fully employed. The railroads contribu' 1 greatly to
these conditions. In 192.‘1 they paid out more than $3,000,000,000 for labor employed in railway operations;
nearly $2,000,000,000 for materials and supplies;, more than $1,0)0,000,000 for improvements and exten
sion of facilities. This program gave employment to factories ard mines, and it made a market for
farm crops at a time when there was an absence of foreign buying; thereby preventing a period’ of de
pression.
The Central of Georgia serves 625 communities. It' has employees in each, large numbers in such
cities as Albany, Atlanta, Columbus, Macon and Savannah. Decreased business would necessitate a re
duction of force. Reduced force would mean diminished buying power. The effect would be an immediate
slump in trade at the retail store, and within a short time this would find its way back to the wholesaler,
the factory and the farm.
The welfare of the railways involves the prosperity of labor and of the commercial, industrial and
agricultural interests of the country. The health of transportation safeguards the savings of bank depos
tors and the policies of those whose lives are insured. Transportation is intimately related to the eco
nomic life of the whole people. If the nation’s business is to grow and expand the railways must develop
to keep pace with its demands.
Great progress was made in 1921 The people heartily supported the railways in their plans for in
creased and improved service. By a continuation of this co-operation during 1924 the people will enable
the railroads to do their full part in providing adequate transportation and thus contributing toward
national presperßy.
Such co-operation will not involve the extension of special privilege to railroads, but will merely
mean freedom from artificial restrictions and from political tampering with economic laws. If public
sentiment will accord the railways the same/ square deal given other industries, It will go far toward
making 1924 a period of continued development and widespread prosperity.
Constructive crßieism and suggestions are invited.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY
Savannah, Georgia, January 8, 1924.
shares then issu d and not matured
or retired exceed one-Ahird of the in
stallment stock.
Fourth: The organization and op
eration of this association shall be
purely mutual and for mutual pur
poses, and its objects shall be the op
eration of a mutual building and loan
asoeiation; to encourage the saving
of small sums of money, and to aid
persons of small means in obtaining
homes; the accumulation of a fund
which shall be paid in installments or
subscription for installment stock and
by subscription fc r “full paid and non
assessible stock"; lending the same
to its members, taking deeds, mort
gages, or other liens on real or per
sonal property in said county, includ
ing its own stock, as security for the
loans, to sell cr otherwise dispose of
such securities, when it is deemed ad
visable, for the payment of the debt,
or to buy or sell property held as se
curity for a loan, when it becomes
necessary to do so to protect the in
terest of the association, and dispose
of the same as may be deemed best
by the Directors, or to buy, own, im
prove, alienate or encumber any prop
erty, real or personal, for use in the
operation of its business; to adopt a
Constitution and By-Laws for the
government and control of said cor
poration, and to fix by its said Consti
tution and By-Laws interest or
charges, or other conditions under
which it will dispose of the money in
its Treasury to its stockholders, and
to authorize the manner in which it
will award or lend its assets to any
member of or stockholder according
to the value of his shares, upon such
reasonable charges and conditions ns
may be fixed by said Constitution and
By-Laws and to further arrnnge by
said Constitution and By-l.aws the
mode of making or repaying said dis
position of its money. Petitioners
further pray for the right to charge
and receive interest on its loans in
advance or otherwise, utid further,
for the right to arrange by its said
Constitution and By-Laws, in a man
ner not inconsistent with law, for the
levy, assessment and collection from
its stockholders of dues or payments
upon its stock in accordance with the
conditions of their subscriptions and
the terms of their contracts, to retire
their said stock and to allow such in
terests and dividends thereon as their
said Constitution and By-Laws shall
I Memphis Belle Flour
GUARANTEED TO PLEASE FOR
Your 1924 Baking
" DISTRIBUTED
LaFayette Wholesale Company
LaFayette, Georgia . >
direct for the right to levy, assess
and collect fines for the non-payment
of dues by its stockholders or for
failure to comply with or perform any
other obligations or duty owed the
Company by them under the terms of
their contracts, and for authority to
make reasonable regulations for the
payment, by installments or other
wise, of the purchase money due for
its stock, or the collection of its
loans, the withdrawal of its stock
holders, and all matters connected
therewith as may not be inconsistent
with law.
Fifth: That it shall hava ihe pow
er to sue and be sued, to have and
use a common seal, and to exercise
all of the powers usuully conferred
upon a corporation of a similar char
acter, such as loaning money on real
or personal property, and to cake se
curity therefor by deed or otherwise,
and for all other such powers as may
be consistent with the law of Georgia.
Sixth: The principal office and
place of business of this association
shall be in the City of LaFayette,
said State and county, and it shall do
business only in said State of Geor
gia.
Wherefore, the premises considered,
petitioners pray to be made a body
corporate under the name and style
aforesaid, and to be clothed with all
the rights, powers and provisions us
ual to associations of like character,
and as here.in set forth, entitled to all
the rights, privileges and immunities,
and subject to the liability fixed by
law.
This, 2nd day of January 1924.
NORMAN SHAiTUCK,
Attorney for Petitioners.
State of Georgia, County of Walker,
j I, Thos. W. Bryan, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Walker County,
Georgia, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of the petition for in
corporation of the Walker County
Building and Loan Association, the
original of which is now on file in
this office.
Given under my hand and official
seal, this the 3d day of January 1924.
THOS. W. BRYAN, Clerk
Superior Court of Walker County,
Georgia.
Filed in office this 3rd day of Jan
uary, 1924.
THOS. W. BRYAN, Clerk