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Wednesday Morning, Nov. 23, 1921.
MH.LEDGBV1L.LE, GEORGIA.
the milledgeville news
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Scrambling National Politics
, Prohibition and lnapes
If a situation similar to cha. w hie j lias been produced i.
the grape growing region of cal.foinia since proliibilio.
can be realized in Georgia with the arrival of the b-_l
weevil then there will bo occasion tor rejoicing hereabout
about year after next, if not before.
When the national prohibition campaign got well in.ler
•way the propfietors of the vineyards covering the hills and
dales of California sent up a vu=t petition and uttered a
cry akin to anguish, asking that consideration be at least
given to those who depended upan the vino and fig tree, as
it were, for their daily bread.
Regardless of the urge, however, national prohibition
(came and yet today the vineyards of California are the
most priceless possessions in all the agricultural world
today. Grapes are selling fcur to eight times the price they
were in the palmiest days before prohibition and the crop
in the far wos.orn stats this season will return $75,000,000
to the growers, to say nothing of what the railroads, e\
press carriers and middlemen will derive from this prod
uct. Verily, it is still a wondeifi.l thing for a man to hs
able to set under his own vine and fig tree.
Tlion, too, pro ibii nists have not robbed the world ot
alcohol. No ind .;try 1 America is making such strides as-
that scored in the past lew years by alcohol—true enough,
it is industrial alcohol, but alcohol, novel theless. Ten yoars
ago this co. r.ty made leaj than 5, 000, 000 gallons annually
and lasl year 'ht total exceed a round 100, 000, 000 gallons.
Quito an incrdusel-
it me people will talue up to moot emergencies there is
no doubt but -’.'at some way will be provided to turn na
tural events and selling of coiton a change analogous to
tlu> u.l uro ai d selling cf cotton a change analogous to
that achieved by the grape growers of California, or the
distillers of America, then the day ts-not far distancf when
we will rise up and call Uio pestlficrous boll weevil blessed.
The Solid South is broken again. Heflin, Harris and
Hitchcock have voted along with Hale, Lodge and McCor
mick. Harrison, Underwood and others stacked up with
Horan, Capper, Newberry, La Collette and so on, and tho
above mentioned two sides have voted against one another.
We could enumerate several other peculiar features also
in relation thereto, for instance, Tom Watson and Bill
Harris have both voted alike. The Honorable Mr. Penrose
voted one way—the same way the two gentlemen next
above named voted—and his able and eminent colleague,
Mr. Lodge, voted different—just the same did Mr. Un
derwood, of Alabama, and Mr. Pat Harrison, ot Mississippi.
Incidentally, of course, it would appear that the whole
country was pretty well smashed up^-certainly it was more
than broken, for didn't Mr. Brandegee and Mr. Johnson,
Republican senators, vote differently, So did Mr. McKel-
lar, of Tennessee, and Mr. Underwood, vote differently.
It's a mighty good sign w'hen we see 'era splitting up
that way. The particular senatorial vote to which we
refer here is that vote which passed the free tolls bill for
American vessels going through the Panama Canal.
Anything, mo t, to help encourage water transportation
and bring down freight rates, lower the cost of transpor
tation, make food and clothes cheaper, and such other ad
vantages ought to lie fostered by Americans, especially
wlic-n it will cost the government only a million or so dol
lars a year to do it—thus saving tens of millions to pro
ducers and consumers.
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No other single Invention of t o age has become so uni
versally nee , ary as tho telephone, barring possibly elec-
trii itv, which however, is a much cider uiscovery for, i.
reality, one i.= an invention and the other a discovery. On-;
wa . brought into exist nee, tho other has been existing f t
II time, but Inventions have made possible its application.
'. tie electric light is a lat .r tiling than the telephone, for
tho talking Instrument has bre t la operation now tor ox *..•!.•
ly 43 yours, many of the first people who p.t acres ; t c
telephone ati’. 1 live and v.itin* ■ ing the marvelous progress
scored. It i.i extremely doubtful If there Is another “busi
ness in tho world that has such a complete system and
grasp of it business as the telephone industry.
Potkr.ps the next live or ten years, however, will wit
ness e v. ach! v, men's and improvements that will bring
t o pro ;ent In;: incss concern ta a realization of its precar
ious - it; ation, or el; e public sentiment will do so. Already
ti ere are automatic methods In vogue, new inventions
proving valuable and on the whole development is becom
ing greater.
Hut ihe tcli phene in a big business organization in it
self and of giv-i lniprr.anco to the whole county.
FQRGETTING THE PISTOL
From the Macon Telegraph.
W hen the question of land armaments conies up, what
guarantee will the United States have to offer the coun
tries of Europe that if they lay down their arms, military
aggression from their old-time foes “shall not be again,"
The public has already been informed that Germany, al
though in all apparency disarmed, today has in reality mil
lions of soldiers under'the guise of civilians. And would
any treaty with Germany that rfie will not at any time
n the future become an aggressor nor even again attempt
;o invade Belgium and France or Poland and Russia, be
>vovlh a great deal in itself'
Unusual and spectacular success has attended the
.lughes p’.nn to cut down navie3. But as to armies, what
a problem there exists! Can the civilian be prohibited,
rightfully, from having in'his home a gun for hunting, or
—in the unsettled European countries—for protection of
his family? And does not every civilian with a rifle in
his home really constitute—In Germany, at least—a sol
dier who at any moment may spring to arms with that
rifle, especially If that rifle was furnished him by the
town military company?
France can never be expected to lay down her arms
until some other great military force is set up that will In
ho future day of Germany’s possible aggression bo ca- i
pable of meeting gun with gun. Until the sheriff became |
a power in the western part of the Unite States, every j
man who had a regard for his life went armed, j.st as I
eveiy nation today must go armed in the absence of an
in'ejnatlonal sheriff.
And so, Mr. Harding, in net desiring \o adopt all of
.Mr. Wilson’s Paris program, la liable to fall short to just
bat extent, .lust as Article Ten—the international sher
iff’s pi. ol was the main essential of the covenant, ii is
today the ono great thing that is needed to make the
Wu .hington Conference such a success t at another Con-
fereaeo will not have to follow.
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EARLY
YCUR HEALTH
I he Ci v lor Education
Tho angui Uod cry of ages must find echo in tho pathe
tic declaration of tha honorable board of county commis
sion ;s cf Baldwin county when they assert, in their recent
ndvei llseinoiH c.l the fax rate, v at they deplore tla* acttqn
of the board of education in standing firm on then ptli
able lev., of four miles as a local county tax for. and in
behalf of education.
What a travesty it is for the board of education to net
aside even » eh a small amount, and yet how tragic is the
statement that the county commissioners make anent the
ucatlon, whoa? possibilities have been hemmed in by
boundaries hedged by unsurmountable barriers, it is a
nries i edged by ur.aurm&untablo barriers, it is a theme
theme that calls for expression.
it i a creditable thing for the citizens of Baldwin coun
ty to have expressed, in strong terms of the vote, their tl
sire for this local tax. It is fortunate that the children of
Baldwin county have champions in tha hoard of education
But four mills; Where is the average tux pu>er who will
know the difference? Why not make the levy twite
much? The man who is able lo pay enough taxes for eight
mills lo make any difference in the sum is fully able to
pay the tax.
Tlie most progressive counties in Georgia are paying
more than twice as much school tax as the levy made by
tlie board on education. One of the most progressive
the state has a local school tax levy of eleven mills, while
the tax to run the rest of tho county is only 6 1-2 mills
That speaks volumes. Do we want to pay for education
health and happiness twice as much us we do for jails
paupers and coi rt expenses, or do we want it the other way
’around? Tnat is the question. —
If we want knowledge, joy and happiness, prosperity and
progress to reign we are going to add to the school tux from
year to year uhtil we get it up at least to ten mills. Jus£ as
we progress in one direction we will profit in the other. It
we add a couple of mills lo the school tax next year it will
be reflected in possible decrease of other taxes later. Year
by year the improvement will forge ahead.
Members of the board of education , the great common
people of Baldwin county—congratulate you on your flrn
stand. Citizens of Baldwin cotnty—you great mass of citi
Zens, with children around you are to be felicitated that
you have voted the Bchool tax and you are to be compll
mented for your board of education. Georgia and the
South watches you from afar off and salutes you.
WATCH YOUR STE*“!” A WARNING WISE TO HEED
Royal S. Ccpolsmd, Commissioner of Health, New York.
Each day we read about a terrible” lire with tho loss of
\ oral lives. Tha hazard of fire strikes terror to every
heart.
Y-ct many more lives are lost each year from falls than
are lost from fire.
Think ovtu* the friends of your lifetime, flow many
died from talk;? Of my friends l can recall, at this mo
ot three who were killed outright and as m.rf.y more
o lingered for a time, but who finally died from the ef
fects of injuries received through falling.
Your safety depends on good shoes, sure feet, the watch
fulness of your eyes and the use of your wits. That many
persons are not to be trusted is shown by the necessity
of having railway gi ards calling out at every crowded
place of passenger exit: “Watch your step!”
if you will count the many things you encounter in*a
single day which may cause you a fall, you will come to
realize how your welfare is menaced at every turn. Think
of tho number of eteps you go up or down, to subway or
elevated, with their stairways, platforms and car steps.
There is a threshold to every door, the steps in your home,
the running board of an automobile, the uneven floors .of
your place of employment, the sidewalks, curbs and cross
walk, the gutter and the pavement. There are rugs, ragged
Carpet and nails in the floor which may cause a stumble.
There are elevator’ shafts, skylights, nreaways and man
holes. Every surface over watch you "walk is a possible
menace to your safety.
In every factory,’-store and office it should be tho rule of
the owner to have every loose board* nailed down. The
nails that stick up should be driven’ into place. The’floors
hallways and stairs should be kept free from even tlie
iniest pitfalls for unwary feet.
"A stitch in time saves nine.’’ In your home make a
survey for obstacles that endanger safety. Don’t neglect
to correct defects as BOun as they are discovered.
Have the soles of your shoes kept in good condition.
Straighten the heels. Keep your “underpinning’’ good.
You should walk comfortably. Don’t continue t > suffer
from corns, bunions or chilblains. Have good feet and
keep them In first-class condition.
It is better to prevent disease thaa to cure It. Your
health and physical prosperity depend on the removal of
every possible thing that may cause a fall.
Bear in mind that every year the deaths from falls are
more than the combined deaths from poisons, tua .h i ?ry
accidents, firearms and mining. There Is only one other
cause of accidental death demanding more vie; inis. This
is railroad and street car accidents, and deaths from falls
are also as many.
The mount of this story is that every child should be
taught, and every individual should adopt precautions
against falls of elery sort. It Is a good motto:
Watch your step!
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