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Wednesday Morning, Jan. 4, 1922.
lt.LEDQEVIl.LE NEWS
MILLEDQEVILLE, GA
1HE MlUtUtitVlLLt NfcWiS
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Published By J. C. &. H. E. ivleAu LiFi-fe, Owners
ilnteresd as mail matter of the auecuii clues at the
Mliludgevjiie, Georgia, i'os.tcfftcs
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H. E. McAULIFFE. Editor and Mgr.
AN ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED AUG. 24, 1912:
All editorial or other reading matter published in
any newspaper, magazine or periodical for the pub
lication of which money or other valuable consider
ation is paid, accepted or promised shall be plainly
marked "Advertisement." Any editor or publisher
printing editorial or other reading matter for which
compensation is paid, accepted or promised without
so marking the same shall upon conviction in any
court having Jurisdiction be fined not less than fifty
dollars ($60) nor more than five hundred dollaro
($500).
_: A Disgrace to Savannah
According to widely circulated reports, the mayor nno
board of aldermen of the city of Savannah are setting
' a new precedence amongst cities In Georgia hy the pass-
• ‘ . log of discriminate license ordinances as effects the news
paper enterprises in Georgia’s port city.
It the report coming to us be true, and we understand
L ' r.»
* the facts are quite Well established, the Savannah law-
makers have undertaken to pass a fine upoiMhe Savannah
-I-; Morning News by placing a license upon this newspaper
gt of one thousand dollars annually. Until the first of this
y**t; kite license for publishing a newspaper jn Savannah
rf t - - J
- was three hundred dollars annually and the increase to
one thousand dollars is applicable only to the Savannah
~ • Mews, as we understand the facts in the case.
y.~ ft s said that down In Savannah there Is quite a dlffer-
■t'.sgiqiB In ^J>olfcy between the Morning News and the munl-
' clpal officials. The circumstances in the case of assess
ing a license of one thousand dollars annually upon the
Morning News and letting Btay a license of three hun
dred dollars upon the other dally newspaper published in
Savannah la looked -upon as an attempt by the mayor
and city council to place a rope about tlio necks of the
publishers of the morning newspaper. ■
if what we have heard in refeard to the foregoing Is
true, wo feel that tho officials of Savannah ought to be
Impeached for malfeasance in office. To say tho least ol
It, such action on the part of officials of a city is a dis
grace lo the state o'.' Georgia, saving nothing of the .re
flection, such tactics casts upon the city itself.
T. ere ought to be enough respectable people in a c-it;
like Savannah to c.-.pioss such condemnation of chca.
politician:! a • would in.iu e a respectable sort of gove.-
ment. tluch rep r;s as are going out from Savannah
not only a disgrace to tho city itself, bat goes far enrn ;■
cast reflection-.; per tho state of Georgia on ncroi-n
of the fai t it i.. p.- iblo that tho roc: ad city in this ids
has a: it • cffii ials men of such low calibre as to ill
crlnii; at - i-r'clnst a - - tain cn‘,-rprir.-.
Fair-minded and decent people are not inclined to pr
tip with cheap acta of petty politician-. Whether the ci
of Savannah realises this to bo a fact remains to he see
and v.e have every reason to believe that there an
enough good peopl ■ in our port city to wipe out an;, stain
that lias been spread upon them.
Siqns of the Times
Tho peak cf d -pro.-islr-e is about to be reached and
within a very short time t e American people will find
themselves on a safer basis than they have stood upon at
any time during the last five years.
Immediately following tho declaration of peace with
Germany and the end of the great European conflict
there was every indication that this country was in the
midst of great prosperity. This wave was moved more
by imagination than reality and it was- not long before w
came to tho conclusion tl’at all commodities represented
so much labor.
However, erroneo s conclusions have existed loin
enough to make it necessary for many to go up against
hardships before and after wo reach the turning point
in business. Failures of businesses at this time in large
numbers is but evidence that we are on the trend to nor-
' malcy ami when we have pulled through in some fash
ion it is certain that the country as a whole will be bet
ter off on account of the experience we have gone up
against.
As a matter of fact, it was evident before and after the
end of the war that we were doomed to break up and ts-m
all over again. The people were dead bent on going the
limit. We are now in the breaking and quite soon we
will find ourselves In position to start all over again.
When we start to building back ail that which we have
torn down business conditions will be resumed, ami not
before.
War five years we have gone through a destructive pe
riod We are happy to be able to say that before *ery
lone w# will enter upon a constructive era as wiser men.
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6 . wul aj uUip ;oU tu Cu» l) t“CUi iulU ciidut.
Li win uc.^ you to au uo u only Loaiuau it will keo A .
. i VlUly Dot UiC >oU* itAAii'a tdo pa* Li Cu*ur blil’iUi^jiO v vJiiiv. Li
,u. chiefly (iesliu to make, To tuis -uiuo o.,a you m. D -
e>en write down on a card your various resolves unu reau
mem aloud to yourself every day, not merely once, but
several times.
Goncentraiion, reiteration, vigorous assertion—all these
are indispensable to you. In their absence the old weak
nesses will gradually reassert themselves, the good re
solves will weaken, and you will be back where you weri
uefore you mado them.
Ponder this passage from the writings of that great
psychologist, William James:
"in the acquisition of a new habit, or the leaving off of
an old one, we must take care to launch ourselves with as
•trong and decided an initiative as possible.
“Accumulate all the possible circumstances which shah
reinforce the right motives; p»t yourself assiduously in
.onditions that encourage the new way; make engage
ments Incompatible with the old; In short, envelop your
.esolution with every aid you know.”
Failure thus to proceed accounts largely for the dis
appointing rapidity—to themselves the amazing rapidity—
with which many men relapse to habits they sincerely de-
ire to overcome. , ,
The trouble, though they seldom appreciate this, is that
hey have forgotten the strength of habit. They have ig
nored the fact that desires counter to habits—particularly
if those habits be long established—must be kept con
sciously in mind If new and better habits are to grow out
of them. - (-T
Perhaps you yourself have made these mistakes in the
past. Don’t make them again. And don’t trust merely
to memory to retain your food resolve* ip you# mind
and in your heart. Habit itself—habits you long to con
quer—will tend to make you forgetful of them.
Try the plan of dally reiteration, of reading alud from
time to time a card on which you have phraaed your re
solves. -
Especially make it a point to say them over to yoursolt
the first thing in the morning, the last thing at night. If
during the day you are so circumstanced that you cannot
read them aloud even once or twice, you can at least con
i,rlve to glance occasionally at the card, which you will
:o well to carry always with you.
This will, as stated, make sure that you will remember
>ur resolves, and remember them vividly. Indeed, it will
i more than that. Being "an accumulation of circum
luces to reinforce the right motives,” it will rend
rjnger and mere dynamic your purpose to change yoi
. ays.
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"an
The matter of growing stock and poultry in Baldwin
county on an extensive basis the coming year is attracting
'imsiderable attention and will doubtless Jie largely taken
this year.
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i-.iOFITQJN DAIRYING
m t e Atlanta Constitution.
The interest in dairying in Georgia is one of the no
i orabie signs of a more prosperous era ii> the farmli
.1. acts.
. not confined to any section of the elite, but tun.
everywhere are turning to it us profitable and -csita
. rce or steady income.
t he Thomasvllle (Ga.) Tlmes-Enterprise states tlu
.lore arc hundreds of farms scattered through so thwe
tiorgla that have taken up the dairying idea, and it i
.oving tho biggest thing that has ever been taokl
.. i-j,” lor tho reason that—
"When a dairy herd will take taro of itself by tile
milk it yields, there Isn’t a farmer in the world who
will be averse to admitting that it is worth all that
is put into itand then a lot more. Cattle of any kind
hoip, hut the dairy cattle not only pay for their keep
day after day, but they add more to the land than
money can buy. A small herd of dairy cattle on every
farm would mean millions of dollars to Georgia, and
the folks have begun to realize it and arc going after
it.”
Summing up on the profit side in the production of milk
and the establishment of creameries, our Thomasvllle con
temporary says that “the cow will take cave of herself,
and she will eventually, in the extra profits from tin- land,
pay for the farm."
That’s a big inducement to keep up tho interest in dairy
ing!
Even as a limited side-line, it has proved highly profit
able, and when It comes under business methods in a
larger way, there aro more columns to add up on the farm
er’s bank book. It means the ever ready money that the
farmor needs to keep him going.
HENRY WATTERSON
From the New York Tribune.
Henry Watterson rose to the front rank in American
Journalism largely because of the pungency and often reck
less candor of his speech and writing. He hail his heart
aud his opinions on his sleeve. He was for a thing or
against it. He was not a man of reservations. And lest
the public shouldn’t catch his thuoght he employed gen
erously his natural aptitude for artistic exaggeration.
In his personal relations Mr. Watterson was open hand
ed and open-hearted, impulsive and disarming. He had
hosts of friends and few enemies, la spite of his out
spokenness. In his writing he was vehement, intense and
often flamboyant. But there was no affectation in his
over-emphasis. It was the natural expression of his char
acter. which was ardept and responded to the stimulus
of combat.
By JOHN iciIS, Secietary
Baldwin County Farm bureau.
The i a.dw.u County Farm Bureau
uos that .t is of the - tmost impor-
u e u.at die tanners of ihis county
nave the benefit of the advice and
oxpevieui e of a well-trained county
agent during this crisis in the agri
cultural affairs of the county.
Supported by tho contributions of
eight public spirited citizens of Mil-
ledgeville, the Farm Bureau has em
ployed and paid the salary of Mr. L.
K Swain as county agent during the
; a t year and the farmers have had
the benefit of his services gratis.
We feel that many of the farmers
do not understand just what it would
>st the ill additional laxes should
: coup. - contribute $1,200 per year
towards the salary of Mr. Swain as
ounty agent and perhaps a lack oi
'iviedgo os to what he has accom
plished dining the past year. The
diject of this appeal Is to Imprest
pon you ihe need for his services
it this critical time and -to acquaint
vou with what he has done tor the
farmers In the past year.
Last year the Farm Bureau, tho
Fiwanis Club and many prominent
farmers appeared before the county
commissioners and asked county alii
to the extent of $100 per month in
employing a county agent. The men
who appeared before the cOunty com
missioners in the interest of the term
ers represented about 70 per cent of
the taxable property in the county.
After they had left tbe room one or
two farmers came in end opposed
their request on the ground that to
hire a county agent would Increaae
the farmers’ taxes which were al
ready too hlgk.
Two of the three commissioners
voted against the county agent as a
matter of economy and in order to:
act consistently with their pre-elec
tion platform which called for the!
abolishment of a county agent, coun
ty policeman and county health offi
cer. However, a large part of the
vote that placed these two commis
sioners in office was the vote of the
salaried employees of the state sanl- j
tsrium and did not represent the
wishes of the farmers in general.
In as much as the tax rate has been (
redu ced from $8.00 to $5.60 per acre
ind as conditions are now so totally
different than they were when this
matter was taken up, we feel that ►
the commissioners are no longer
bound by promise or conditions to
oppose a county agent. This is pure- j
ly an agricultural county and it U
badly in need of an agricultural doc- j
tor. There are no plows busy in the ]
fields, many of the farmers are plan
ning to let tho major part of their j
lands lie idle next season, others are |
being induced to move to Florida to |
face unfamiliar conditions and pos
sibly worse ones. The Farm Bureau
feels that the actual cost to the tax
payer for the hire of a county agent
s co small compared to tlio good he
an do the farmer, tho need for his
; rvices are so great, that when this
eatter is thoroughly understood, tho
.'armors will go to the commissioners
apd ask them to s. pport tho request
for a county agent when t ie matter
is brought up before them again in
the very near future!
If the county will contribute $1,200
this year towards the salary of Mr
Swain it will add only $1 to the taxes
of the average farmer who pays in
$100. The farmer who pays $26 in
taxes on $1,000 worth of property will
be increased 23 1-2 cents. I3 that
too much to pay for expert advice in |
planning, planting and marketing 1
your crop? Do you think that you ;
can pull through another year with
out some such help? The farmei is a |
producer only and it requires a spe
cially trained man to find a market
for his crops and to market them.
We hear a good deal of talk about
the lack of a market for the farmer’s
crop, but the fact in regard to our
own county is that we have no sur
plus crop that we can ship in carload
lots and If we did have we would be
unable to place It on the market in
such a condition that we could suc
cessfully compete with the products
of other counties and secure a fair
price for our goods! Do the farmers
realize this? There may be a few ex
tra potatoes, a little surplus syrup
here and there or a little more corn
than some farmer needs to pull
him through but there Is no surplus
crop that we can market In carload
lots or that we can guarantee will
meet with the standard requirements
as to quality. Weevlly corn, chiefly
I nubbins, cannot compete with the
Piles Cured In 6 te 14 Dey*
I
cm et restful deep after first applies boo. to?
shelled corn shipped in from the west
and syrup that Is not of a uniform
quality cannot command the price ob
tained in other counties where the
^yrup is graded, uniform in quality
. nd neatly put up.
There are 81 counties in Georgia
Hint employ a county agent and
these are the counties that are in the
GAL 2—To the Farmers aoinaoi
best shape to pill through the hard
times and are fast becoming known
as the most progressive agricultural
counties in the state.
We need in this county a man who
can tell us what to plant, how le
raise it and how to put it up in mar
ketable shape and then find a mar
ket for it. That is a man’s size job
and the Farm Bureau feels that in
Mr. Swain we have found the right
man. He is a successful and prac
tical farmer and operates a large
arm near' Warrenton, Ga. During
tie year that he has been here many
| farmers have profited by his advic*
..nd efforts in their behalf. Some of
-horn have made money that they
c.herwiBe would not have made. I
have in mind a woman who cane
| to him for advice and under his dl
! rection planted an acre in snap beans.
She netted $200.00 from the one acre.
I His personal visits to the farmers’
| hemes and the help he has given
them has removed a large part of the
opposition that existed towards his
office when he first came here, and
it cannot be said that any great num
ber of farmers are opposed to him.
Last spring 6,000 bushels of sweet
potatoes were rotting in the curing
house at MllledgevlUe and threaten
ed to become a dead loss to the own
ers. Mr. Swain found n market for
them at 50c per bushel and graded
and shipped them, thereby saving tha
farmers about $3,000.
After much effort he has ,
MllledgevlUe business man who »,,(
finance and operate a cream 1
station so that the fanner
hie cream for cash with the l east
lay and trouble.
When sweet potatoes were a dr,
on the market this tall. ha ’ **
for the delivery and sale 0 f 3 , ■
bushels to the state sanitarium at '
per bushel und also several hundred
tons of hay. In this one l n8tanc
alone he put Into the hands of th
farmer over $3,000 when they iJ
no other source of income. '
He has carried on a series of eJuea
ticnal articles in the local new 3paper '
that are practical and of untold be„ e
Tit. The fact is that we have been
enjoying the benefit of a $4,000 : lan
without cost to the county and if any
farmer has not been helped by his
efforts it is his own fault, if t |,
farmer will support him In his work
we think that we can beat the boll
weevil and put Baldwin county on
the map! We do not want our countv
to have the reputation of being one
of the three poorest agricultural
counties in the state, as It for a f ac t
is!
If you believe in progress, in tak
ing advantage of your opportunities
if you have the desire to get out of
the rut and overcome the hard times,
then go to your county commissioner
and ask him to approve county aid in
paying a farm agent. If the.com
mlssloners realize that the majority
of the farmers want a county agent
they will riot oppose the will of ihe
people.
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J. W. McMillan, Pres. R. W. McMillan, V.-Pres.
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ML&YjEIz s. BELL, President.
•'I
D. 8. SANFORD, Vice President.
CHAS. M. DAVIS, Asst. Cashier.