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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. this paper represented for foreign ADVERTISING BY THE GENERAL. OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES “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. 1: 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. ,—- - - 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. o ■ 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. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO QOOOOOOOODOCOOOOOOOOOOOOO 1 AT r W. B. SIMS STORE j NeW Shipment Of Imported English \ Ware. Make Your Selection While l We Have A Full Assortment. Beautiful l Art Squares for your floors, nice Iron 3 Beds, Best Springs and Mattresses. I We carry a general line of l Household Goods, f COME TO SEE US. I W. B. SIMS, p GROCERIES, FURNITURE, UNDERTAKING. d Night Phone No. 22. Day Phone No. 8. ^ § Perry Ga- I OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO l FREE TO FARMERS When you become a subscriber to the Southern Agricul turist you are entitled to an almost unlimited service of informa tion and advice absolutely without charge. 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