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THE HOME JOURNAL
Price, $1.50 A Year, In Advance
Published' Every Thursday Morning.
Official Organ of Houston County,
JOHN H. & JOHN L. HODGES.
Perry, Thursday, Dec. 14.
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“DEAD ISSUE” RESURRECTED.
Last week the Secretary, of the
State of Georgia declared that the
now county election returns show
ed that a majority of moro than
7,000 vptes had been polled against
‘’Peach” county.
In this connection Qov. Hard-
v wide was ciuoiod as saying that he
had nothing more to say and was
quoted a« saying; “So far as I am
concerned Peach county is a dead
issue.”
.The advocates of Houston coun
ty accepted this as a settlement of
the issue, and there followed a
celebration of the victory which
was held at Marshailville.
But the advocates of Peach
eon my refused to accept that de
cision and a “now count” was
called by legal authority, with
now alternates called to service.
in response to a summons from
the executive department, in At
lanta, Attorneys S. A. Nunn of
Perry, John B. Guerry and Jule
Folton of Montezuma, Frank
Hooper of Atlanta and others
assembled at the State Capitol to
ir'articipato in a rosui reeled contest.
As this “now count’' will scarce
ly bo concluded before this issue
of the Home Journal is published,
wo will not attempt to say any
thing that can .even reasonably
guess at tlio situation.
As appears on the sui face, Peach
county was defeated by a majority
of more than 7.000 voles and the
duly constituted authorities ac
cepted the count as true.. •
However, representatives of both
sides are in Atlanta superintend
ing what is believed will be a com
plete recount of all the votos poll
ed in tlio stat* in the constitution
al amendment.
It is noM.hu purpose) here to of
fer any argument in the primaries
butmeroly to Express amazement
that the Secretary and Governor
have reversed their position at the
behest otf.lm'ed attorney^.
Wo also venture the opinion that
a Supremo Court decision will bo
required to settle the contest
From this standpoint, it seems
eortaiii that a state election in
Georgia cannot bo suceesfuIl.V' con-
I tested. To reverse a 7,000 maj
ority, to a 2,000 minority cannot
be made to took like the truth.
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The Progressive Senators ' and
Representatives have deeldod that
they will use thoir combined ef
forts to bving-about the passago
of an amendmont to eloet the pre
sident by a diroot yote of the poo.
pie.
Fire Threatened Destruction 1 Qf ‘Toyvi 1
Front Royal, Va.—With fifteen build
ings already consumed, this entire town
was believed threatened with destruc
tion as the water supply waa nearly
exhausted, and the firemen were uri
able 'to control the flames Which were
being fanned by a high wind.
Candidate For World'Preoidertcy Jaileo
■. . .Cincinnati. Ohio.-A letter from the
mothers of Henry W. Hayssen of Mil*
"waukee, erstwhile candidate (self-
f0r Presidency of the Unit
ed States of the World on the "ITnlver
oal Brotherhood" ticket and proponent
of a plan to keep beer in the water
mains, effected the man’s released from
jail here recently. Hayssen had been
sentenced to 30 days and .fined S50 for
being drunlc. Judge Meredith W,
Yeatman paroled Hassey, who promised
£11$ ™ rk at once and forget his
radical ideas. *
DEMOCRACY 10 WILSON.
OUR TWO GREAT MARKETING NEEDS
Within a comparatively short
time after the inauguration of
President Hardipg, a large per
cent,ago of the voters of the United
States began acknoledgiug that
they had made a stupendous po
litical mistake.
They had discarded the leader
ship of the greatest stalesmau this
country had known within a cen
tury.
They had followed' the republi
can leadership that rejected the
League of Nations, ordered de
mocracy to tako a back seat and
came near causing the death of
President Wilson, the wisest dem-
crat of the country.
In this connection the Home
Journal cordially endorses tho fol
lowing editorial by the Atlanta
Constitution.
“The reports that have been com-
iug from Washington during the
last few weeks concerning the
health of former President Wilson
indicate a steady and marked im
provement in his physical con
dition, which is gratifying to the
American people generally, irre
spective of partisan affiliations or
political alignments.
“It is apparent from these Inart-
ening reports that Mr Wilton, if
not on the high road to complete
recovery of liis health, is at least
safely out of “the valley of tho
shadow” in which he left tho white
house almost’two years ago, breken
in body, a living “casualty” ot
the world war.
When President Wilson collaps
ed under the terrific strain of his
masterful fight for the league of
nations in 1919 the whole country
\ya$ shocked 1 beyond measure, and
for weeks if waited in painful sus
pense, momentarily dreading and
expecting receipt of news that he
had passed on to tho life beyond.
“But his picturesque courage
never deserted him, and ho lived;
and now, though he is ^till an in
valid and far from being in per
fect health, the country rejoices
in tho reports of his steady im
provomont proprot o lately as it
had beon s iddeued by tho reports of
his dosporato illness.
“Whether or not he will ever re
cover his health to a degree per
mitting him again to actively par
ticipate in the controversy a l polit
ical affbirs of his country ‘remains,
of course, for the future to reveal.
“But regardless of that, ho, his
house hold,' his personal friends and
th.e country at large are to bo
felicitated upon tho fact that his
condition is showing steady im
provement.from day,Ho day, and
that the prospects of his ultimate
recovery are solid to bo brighter
than they havo been at any time
since he fell fighting for pipncjpio
and humanity.”—Atlanta Const!
tut ion.
Speaking of raising more hogs
again brings me back to the sub
ject of cooperation in marketing
I cannot profitably raise hogs if J,
as an individual small farmer with
just a few bogs to sell, must under
take the whole job of finding
buyers and determining the best
time to sell, arranging about ship
ments, ears, freight rates, collec
tions etc. There must be coopera
tive effort in such cases. Every
county agent in the South right
now'ought to interest himself in
plans for tho cooperative shipping
of hogs and let farmers know t hat
if they put a few more hogs into
their general diversification pro
gram, they can get this marketing
service during the coming year.
I As 1 size up the cooperative
[marketingproblem, there are two
great needs.
1. In the case of our great
Southern money crops, such as
cotton, tobacco, rice, and peanuts
they should be stored and graded
in local warehouses and reports
made to central state or interstate
offices. Then at these central
offices we should havo tho best
selling talent to be found on the
continent, hired by us to market
these crops in quantities as the
mirUot. justifies, using the general
features of the California plan,
2. For tho miscellaneous pro
ducts of the farm, vegetables,
fruits, poultry, eggs, meats, wool,
etc., there should be a local cooper
ative marketing association in
every important town, Right now,
for example, on Hilltop Farm, we
have a small excess quantity sorg
hum syrup. Many other farmers
in the county have small quan
tities. Now. instead of having each
individual farmer who has a sur
plus to sell, coming to town and
spending half a day selling a few
gallons of syrup, or a few chickens
or three dozen eggs, a ' ham or a
few bushels of potatoes, not know
ing in any case just what price he
ought to get, there should be a
capable marketing agent employed
by tho farmers to supply the needs
of the locality, standardize prices,
regulate receipts by advice to pio-
clueers, and to ship any surplus to
lrrerer places.— The Progressive
Farmer.
.The United Statos high tariff
is a barrier to industrial trade
with foreigen: countries.’ '
Europe cannot pay her, debts
to tliis country, except by selling,
prod don to the United States.
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DiveRsifed farming conduted
with energy and wisdom cannot
fail to produce prosperity.
. Georgia f.i raiors .will r.duvice
their proi-pe ty greatly by vi|
much increasing the diversii; y of
their farm .prowl net ions.
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■ As plain ns the proposit ion is
many producers do not seom to
know that they cannot prosper
unloss they sell tuoie than they
buy.
o
South Georgia fanners have
demonstrated that, they can pro
duce and sell Georgia crops and
stock each month of the year.
An aged French industrialist
and statesman is autoriiy for the
statement that 40 percent of the
world’s gold is now in the United
States.
Tn the famous annual Gridion
Dinner in Washington D. C. last
Saturday, the leading skits were
what will the president do with
the new Congress or what will the
new Congress do with the presi
dent.
A MEAT PACKING PLANT.
The best way to increase the
profitable production of hogs is to
increase the facilities of hog rais
ing.
.... Tho farmers cannot do this to
i he best advantage without the
full co-operation of the business
men who sell f irm products. ' .
. A most excellent industry along
this lino has been proven to be a
packing plant to kill and cure
hogs arid other edible animals
raised by farmers for sale. '
This week several ; progressive
■farmers .owning farms near Perry
talked about such an industry
with the Editor of the Home
Journal. These fanners believe a
oolcl storage phpit at Perry would
prove decidedly profitable to all
the farmers directly'concerned as
will, the merchants who buy and
sell meat.
The farmers who talked with
the Editor are satisfied that the
farmers living within a i four-mil J
circuit of Perry could easily be
induce 1 to place hog’b enough to
operate a plant ranging in capaci
ty from 50,000 to 100,000 pounds
of cured pork.
The site for such a plant could
be easily secured directly on the
railroad at Perry.
The primary proposition is
that ^ he.farmers who furnish the
higs shall own the plant on equal
te ms and shall control the busi-
n ss under the organization t hey
form.
This writer does not care to
suggest any details but will ven
ture to suggest that six or more
fanners who raise hogs meet at the
Court House in Perry at 10 o’clock
Thursday morning this week and
discuss fhe plant with Ihe view to
qnick construction.
The proposition is jgood and its
operation would be better.
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