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MfLLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA.
THE MILLEDOEVILLE' NEWS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 17
THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
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GETTING EXPERIENCE AT A BARGAIN.
CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH THIS FALL.
The mobilization of large numbers of troops in the South,
together with tes establishment of huge war industries in
this section means that the cotton belt, and especially this
section, is to face a new situation with the advent of the :
harvest season. The outlook now is for prodigious yields j
of cotton, corn, peanuts, velvet beans and, in fact, all other!
prodrcts, and aside from the labor question the transpor
tation problem will be one of the most perplexing that has
ever confronted this part of the country.
The movement on foot to secure widespread co-operation
among the farmers and business men urging that not more
than 20 per cent, of the cotton crop be marketed in any
one month will go a long way toward aiding in the proposi
tion, provided this undertaking can be carried out success
fully. Unless this is done there is certain to be a conges
tion reported from all localities and the railroads will be
forced to declare an emburgo n eoLon, even for short
shipments. The matter cf picking cotton is going to be
one that will call for much thought and plaanning and in
some instances it is being advocated that the city and town
schools postpone opening fcr a month or two in order to
allow the children to aid in picking cotton. But this prob
lem is not the only one confronting the cotton trade, for
there is the handling of c.tt.on in the great trade centers
to be considered and it is already a matter of serious con
cern to cotton factors, compress people and others, as to
how the cotton will be handled at these centers.
Women are being marshalled into new fields f endeavor
and in South Georgia negro women are working at the
turpentine business, at the sawmills and many other places,
while in the cities women have gone to work ih
From The Progressive Farmer.
T HERE are two ways of getting experience—by per
sonal experiment—and by studying the experiments
| of others.
| Personal experiment is usually mighty expensive—though
it usually pays and there are times when no other proce
dure will settle a question or solve a problem.
But there are times when accurate information about a
certain farm subject-may be obtained at a bargain. For
example, methods of growing alfalfa successfully, which
probably cost several hundred dollars to work out,.may
be obtained for a postage stamp or two. Or your neighbor’s
experience in growing a certain crop may be obtained for
the time it takes to make a short visit to his farm. On
hundreds and hundreds of farm experiences may be ob
tained for a year’s subscription to a farm paper. Or de
tailed, specific and complete Information about any sub
ject may be obtained by buying a hook.
When a man goes in for something about which he
knows little, therefore, he ought to draw on the knowledge
of others and make that venture as little of an experiment
■ as possible. He should write the editors of farm papers.
"* his txperiment station or state department of agriculture.
1 the United States Department of Agriculture, consult hi'
county agent, and talk over the matter with neighbor farm
ers. If this is done, information will he obtained that would
take years cf time and hundreds of dollars to work out—
| and such ventures will usually turn out overwhelming suc
cesses insetead of experiments.
THE MOTHER ON THE SIDEWALK.
T
HE mother on the sidewalk as the troops are march
ing by
Is the mother of Old Glory that is waving in the sky.
Men have fought to keep it splendid, men have died to
keep it bright,
But that Hag was born of woman and her sufferings day
and night;
'Tis her sacrifice has made it, and once more we ought to
pray
For the brave and loyal mother of the boy who goes away.
1.
The Firsl Infant
Weighed 7<5>
F OOT soldiers began to carry firearms about 1353,
huge, clumsy guns weighing from 25 to 75 pounds.
Mere hand cannon, iron or copper tubes, they were
leveled by a forked support, and fired at a touch hole.
With the invention of the wheel-lock arquebus, in 1517,
the first self-firing gun, the musket, was a quick ctcp.
Like the first guns, automobile tiros, when Goodrich
began to develop them, were crude, clumsy ufiairs, and
it’s a long, long rood ci improvement t o thd symmetriasl—
There are days of grief before her, there are hours that
I she will weep,
| There are nights of anxious waiting when her fear will
banish sleep;
! .She has heard her country calling and has risen to thr
| test,
i And has placed upon the altar of the nation’s need, her
best
I And no man shall ever suffer in thp turmoil of the fray
soda ! a n S uisl1 cf the mother of the boy who goes away,
fountains, cigar stores, and other places where they have ,
heretofore been debarred, and the Georgia railroad has [ ^' u nia - nien s deeds ot glory, you may tell their
for some time used a large number of negro women in its | courage greata,
machine shop, while in the offices women have supplanted : r ’ as ' < r service than alone to sit and wait,
men almost entirely, one ofilco employing 15 women where j * hail iiiii e mother, with the tear-stained face and
the former employes were aall men. | grave
The new 7 condition that will he thrust upon the South . '"'ho has given tfie Flag a soldier she s the bravest ol (ho
will be one of great importance and unless there is some ' brave.
splendid plan evolved by which the obstacles presented And that banner we are preud of, with its red and blue and
can be in a measure overcome there will he chaotic con- white
ditions imposed upon this section of the cotton belt, and a lasting tribute holy to all mothers lo\e of right,
the commercial and industrial interests, especially, will suf-.
fer, and the pc: pie on the whole will experience great in- ! The magnificent roads, together with the agricultural
convenience. i possibilities, in Baldwin county shc-cld make this section
The government has issued warnings to the pebple in OIlf ‘ ^he hnest hi 'he country and folks are getting 10
reference to growing their own food supplies and in other ,!,u * **• out ’ to °-
ways providing for their own wants. Some difficulty might
he encountered in supplying them through other sources,
beca,so of the very fact that congested traffic conditions,
aside from labor problems, would figure largely in the sit
uation.
The hictcry ct the laci twenty-two years ci in
IS, F. Goodrich Rubber Company is pretty much the
history of pneumati c automobile tire. •
Bat whether Goodrich v/ao bringing ierth
f.rst clincher tire, or America’g first cord tire—
Goodrich built tires to tut one end—"Zr.vicn VALUP
to the user—the v. erth of the tire to the motorist on his
car and on the read in comfort, economy, dependability
and durability, and r.iilcczc.
That is why the tire user to-day gets the utmost s~r..
vice VALU3 in Goodrich S9LVEHTOWWI CORDS,
and BLACK SAFETY TREADS.
Demand SERVICE VALUE TIRES.
THE B. F. GOODRICH RUBBER COMPANY
Atlanta Erancu: 2CS-C5 Peachtree St„ Atlanta. Or
. —
CITV OF GOODRICH • AKRON, CHID. Iv '
The mid-west Horticultural Exposition to be held in Des
Moines, Iowa, in November offers prizes for canned fruits,
preserves and jellies made without sugar.
It j
Help win
join the
and buy W. S
the war;
Red Cross
S.
BELL’S
Conserve and save
Dress well; attend our
Summer Clearance
Sale—SAVE.
DON’T WORRY. I
Imaginary trouble has caused more pain and care than '
half tho ills that affect the world. Nobody cares for
frowms. Don’t worry. Failure to take that advice has
caused many a smooth path to become a way beset with
thorns. Regrets bring back no yesterdays and tomorrow
may never come. Generally speaking everybody has
strength enough to stand the strain ot the present. It is
only time gone by and days to come, however, that worry j
must folks., These are problematical enigmas theoretically i
infused into loli to prevent earthly existence from becom- j
ing a paradise. There is nothing stable about them, and 1
if an attempt was made to construct any material thin*
upon a bisis equally us uncertain everybody would look i
with disdain on the movement. Don’t worry! it causes
age to come t o soon. It takes away the prestige of glory
which belongs to the man grown gray in tlirre-score and
ten years given to the world in serving mankind. The
young man with white hair is almost a mockery to the
honor of men bowed with the weight of years spent in hon
est toil.
Dcn't worry! It indelibly stamps a wrinkle on tho youth
ful brow as well as on the countenance of people grown
hard-hearted by contact with the world. It takes away the
smiles that light 1he pathway of mankind on the road to
eternity. It buries beyond redemption the glory of divine
hope that lies smouldering in the worst cf humanity. It
dulls ttye brilliancy of the most intellectual and paralyzes
the most Christian-like and charitably inclined among tho
workers of earth.
Don’t worry! It brings a frown for a greeting to the
dearest there is on earth for men. It causes a heartache
where love should reign and makes many a man fail in the
work he has mapped ut for life. 5t i;< the one bane that
curtails perfect happiness, does not bring one moment of
joy, but invariably brings sorrow to tho multitudes and
pitiful pain to the individual.
WITH THE EDITORS.
And, by the way, what’s become of the old-fashioned hu
man wreck who used to drop around the back door to ask
the “lady of the house” if she would be so good as to give
a ccid bite to an unfortunate man unable to find employ
ment of any kind?—Spencer in the Macon Telegraph.
He’s either with Uncle Sam’s forces, working and
buying Liberty bonds with his savings, or interned.
\j0 ale uiiimer [)regffc:
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HOW HE WORKED IT.
From the Ladies Home Journal.
One day a visitor at a charity bazaar noticed a man go-
itig right along the iine of booths buying nothing and yet
leaving smiling faces behind him. Curious to learn how
lie did it, the visitor strolled up just as the man, after look
ing over some things at the last booth, was about to pass
on. “Why don’t you buy something at my table?" the girl
in the booth demanded.
“Because,” the man said confidentially, “I buy only from
the homely girls; they have a harder time making sales.’’
What are you doing to prevent the further safriftce of
human liies from starvation? Are you 111 Going wheat
less until after the harvest? (2i Raising and planting to
can enough vegetables and fruit for your own needs this
summer and next winter? (3) Reducing the consumption
of sugar to a minimum by using honey and syrups wlien-i
ever possible? (4) Making the smallest amounts of meat
and fats go the longest way? (5) Preaching and practicing
foed conservation whenever possible?
The room for improvement in almost all lines of endeav
or are admittedly groat, hut after all there is never any
excuse for making the complaifits that are usually heard
about things that exist, and sometimes never develop.
WHAT THE CHAUFFEUR WAS NOT CALLED.
From The Ladies Hume Journal.
A chauffeur had applied for a position with a new-rich
family which aspired to tie considered “top-notch” socially,
and was being interviewed by the mistress of the house.
“We call all our servants by their last names," she an
nounced. "What is your last name?"
“You had best call me Thomas, ma’am," replied the ap
plicant.
“No, we insist that you be willing to he called by your
last name. Otherwise you wont do at aall.”
“Oh, I’m willing, ma’am, but I don’t think the family
would like to use it."
“What is your last namt, then?" said Ills prospective em
ployer, somewhat coldly and as though she expected a rev
elation of international scandal.
“Darling, ma’am—Thomas Darling.”
Closing out the sale of Summer Dresses, Voile, Organdies,
I.awn and Muslino, Season’s best models beautiful colorings.
LOT 1. Six dresses sold up to $15.00, made of fine quality Silk
Gingham, choice at 1
Lot 2. Seven Dresses made of fine sheer organdies, stripes and
plaids sc Id up to $10.00, choice
LOT 3. Eight Dresses, beautiful plaids and stripes, worth up ! - 3
$8.50; your choice for J. ^’’ 7 lrt
Fifty White Wash Skirts,
very much reduced in price,
$4.00 skirt for $3.00
$3.00 skirt for $2.25
$2.50 skirt for $1.75
One special lot of skirts to
close out at $1.00 Eaach.
100 White Organdie, Voile
and lawn Shirtwaists, beau
tifully made and nicely trim
med, some are slightly soil
ed, worth up to $1.50; spe
cial sale price 9Sc
Go easy with your spoon—more than five million soldier
hoys are dipping from that sugar bowl.
So Sick He Had to Go After The Doctor.
An Irishman employed in a large factc-ry had taken a day j J*
off without permission and seemed likely to lose his job in
consequence.
When asked by his foeman the l^xt day why he had not
turned up the day before, he replied:
“I was so ill, sir, that I could not come to work to save
my life,"
“How was it, then, that I saw you pass the factory on
your bicycle during the morning?”
Pat was slightly taken aback, then regaining his presence
of mind, he replied:
“Sure, sir, that must have been when I was going for the
doctor."
Remnants
Special sale cf Remnants and short lengths. See our middle coun
ler. Colored Voile and organdies, sold up to 25c, special sale I ,ri '' , ‘
to close out, 15c. Colored organdies and Voiles, sold up to ' l( '
special sale, price $l2 1 i cents.
One lot cf white goods in short lengths, Bnrs and Stripes, fine and slier -
worth up to 35 cents, special price 19 c, as long as they last.
luh prs. Misses and Childrens
Slippers, white, dull and pat
ent. 4Mi. 6; 8-11; 11-2. See
our middle counter, at 9Sc
Fifty Boys’ "ash N -'
sizes 2 to 6; $ ll> 1
close out at
HALF PRI ( ' E