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msm. THE home journal’negbo FARMERS SUCCESSFUL WITH COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS Price, $1.50 A Year, In Advance Published Every Thursday Morning. Official Organ of Houston County, JOHN H. & .I0HN L HODGES. Pe»by, Thursday, Jan. 25. THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE £$E&-5Kv;'i» GCNKRAL. OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES GOOD NEWS Yesterday’s headlines and newp storiesueemed with encouringe inent. One headline said that the farm situation generally was grow ing better, and the story that followed ispoko on agricultural conditions in the South being especially encouraging. The farm er is at work getting ready for Urge plantings, and is urged on #by hope that ho has not shown for ' yeavs. 1 he news comes from the prohibition headquarters that peo ple are drinking loss and that King Barleycorn is losing his sub jects, even iu the wettest sections of the country. As someohe has , said, if prohibition has not suc ceeded in drying up the rich wets and some of our statesmen, it has had 1,1 marked effect in , making dryer Lho working classes. Ahd there comes also the news that insauily in Georgia is on the de crease. Aud Mr. Hoover has recently told us that tho world, has turned lho corner and that, he feels it is on tho way to recovery, In his opinion, tho force of Bolshevism is greatly diminished, and lie gives us the. exceptionally good news that famine tied .distress are less this Winter than any Winter since tho War began. And as Editor Martin, of Li to. commenting on Mr Hoover’s optimism, brings out: ‘'‘Production has increased groatly international commerce is increas ing, and tho world is'prolty gene rally buYlug its commodities by tho normal exchange of service and goods.” The Telegraph lia.3 made fre qu6nb reference to the oxtraordi- xinoy spil'ib of the best Italians as wellasof the new life that is stirring in Italy as a w v {to)e. Italy lias h.ul a movement somewhat like our Ku Klux, but u*like the v IClau, was entirely a thing of tlio day and not of the ijight. iThe Faseisti pub themselves, openly at the disposal of the people needing protection and help, and it ap pears were not eVen tempted to mask and liide their identity. They fel b that what they were doipgwere things that men should bo proud of. rather than ashamed of.. There has been a remarkable de-’ termination on jtlie part of. the Italians to pull Italy out of her difficulty, ‘by hard work and self- sacrifice- Artisans by tlio thous ands beg leavo to work over-hours and that their extra wages be paid to tho Government, .Other thous ands offor their.jewels and ffecibus metals to augment the public funds. While there strikes and ;je{\Jousies among the workers •everywhere, there. is now good feeling and hard work. Labor and capital are in. harmony, tl;e teach ings of the Reds are rejected, aud there is even a marked return to religion.”—Macon Telegraph. Georgia leads tho entire United States in percentage of members enrolled in the American Legion for ly23 as compared with* the "1922 membership, according to announcement made by B. P. Gambrell, Commander of Atlanta Rost No. 1 of the American Le gion. The position of Georgia so early in the year as the head of the list of states in point of mem bership is particularly noteworthy for Georgia now holds the nation al trophy for membershi p award - ed last year. The record this year-may keep the cup in the sfca*e Cooperative workshops, stocked with community-owned fools, orga nized in 1920 in Alabama among Negro farmers by agricultural ex tension workers, are cohtribaling much toward economical farm management ar.d improved crop production /of their members. These cooperative' workshops have grown out of an actual necessity realized by the communities when t'liemovable school conducted by the extension service of TusUcgee Normal and Industrial Institute' visited them. Considciablek ejn-; plmsis was placed by extension! workers accompanying tb*' mov able school truck on keeping the home and farm equipment in re-| pair, and on the making of labor saving devices which could be made and installed by unskilled workers, the men of the coimnuui- ty working side by side, exchang ing the various tools of the school throughout the week. An exhibit of the tools owned in the com inunily usually brought out the faet that there were none with which even the most ordinary work taught during the week at the movable school could be clone. Only a few* farmers had tools of any kind aud those not in usable condition. To meet this need the cooperative workshops have been developed, / In Nichbnrg community. 15 farmers organized in 1920 and placed $10each in tho treasury to buy tools With which to keep up repairs about the farms and homes and to make simple equipment. Similar work-shops were organiz ed in Coffee and Lee counties. Members spend rainy days t\nd spare hours at the workshop, do ing blacksmithing, harness re pairing, 'horseshoeing, Khd (tar pon try work. Certain of tho tools may be taken home by members nhd returned at * specified time. The Nichbiirg cooperative work shop reported the estimated value, of work done by members last year as $365, including cash re pairing done for members amom t- ing to $150. This shop was visited recently by & representative of the United States Department of Agriculture who found horses be ing shod, wagons repaired, fix handles and other useful articles being made. An exhibit of the tools showed that, with the ex/ coption of two or three minor articles brok< n or wern* out and soon to be replaced, the original tools are on hand and giving good service.—Department of Agricul ture. , According to John W. Fenner, govennent chemist, who claims to analyzed nearly 26,000 simples »»f ‘ white mule” in ibe.last few years the country’s best “moonshine” liquor is made in the noighboi- liood of Peoria, 111. Even at that, an exchange re minds us that: even if you can gel Peoria “moonsltinc,’’ you i hg a posion. All w 11 isu . v y. v. e n re told, is moonshine in the raw state before years of aging in. wood. In Lho old days, nietory records, it took a very 'uns 'nip- uious bartender to sell “green whiskey,” even triple distilled. Sri ven-y ear-old was Lho safety line. Vidalia Advance. In some parts of the Sou t hives' cactus is fed to cattle alter the spines have been removed by burning. Feeding this succulent feed to dairy cows, says the Uni*- ed States Department of Agricul ture- causes a decrease iirtbe but- terfat percentage in the milk. So far it lias been determined that it is not the lime nor the water that causes the reduction- Other tests will be madeto fiud out if possible the constithnent that, causes the reduction. Magnesium is the .next element in the calus that will be investigated. ,, * ‘ “ , . NOTICE! Application will be made by the under signed to the Judge of the Superior Court of the Macon Circuit at ill aeon, Ga., on the 24th day of February, 1923, aV 11 a. m. during the regular term of Bibb Superior Court for leave to sell for tho purpose of reinvestment, nil the Vested remainder interest of Mary F. and chailes F.. Middlebrooks, minors; the same being a two-sixth interest in a one-fourth undivided share in one hund red end fifty and one-fourth ncres of land situated in Houston county Ga.. whereon W it Middlebrooks, Sr., lived at the time of his death in the 10th district of said county on the public road from Perry to Houston Fa' tory. a full description of which is part’ciil rly set out in deed from Robt. N. H Itzclaw to Mrs B L Middle- brooks and others, recorded in dork’s office Houston Superior court, book 20. page 560, reference being made thereto as though incorporated herein. Reason for sale being to secure some income from said property, none being had, tho other remaindermen heingdegirous of selling. The Guardian aiid minors are residents of Bibb county, Ga. Said land is now occupied by Mrs BL Middleb-ooks life tenant, widow of TV H MIDDLE BROOKS, Sr. MRS. 0. F. M1DDLEHROOBS, Gum- dian for Mary F. und Charles F. Middle brooks.. COLORED FARMERS ATTEND TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE. On January 17th and 18th, 12 colored IToustqn county farmers, with .Farm Agent, O. 8. Oneal at tended the farmers ponference held at the great negro inslitutp Tus“ kegee. Each of these fanners was inspir ed by the lectures and demonstra tions given by the Institute. They w^re as follows: Jas, Wil liams, John Turner, Fred Miller, Jas Miller, John Clekvard, M J Arnica, Tri's Smith,, John Jeffer son, .Tames Jackson, B J-Dinkins, and Miss Oarri’e Davis. X. TOURIST MARRIED HERE. Miss Sallie Kirkland of Augus ta and Mr- Lester Courtney of Flo rida were married b|y.- Justice of the Peae.e M. Kunz at tho Court House Monday at. noon. , The young couple, they say were not running away, but in passing through decided to get married .stopped, .secured a .license from the Ordinary;,seoured the services of the Justice of Peace and proceeded on their journey to Florida. AN IMPORTED CUSS WORD. An exchange giyes the follow ing interesting account of the ori gin of an expressioii usually at tributed, to profanity, bfit which came from a basis of coin value; .“There is a coin in India known as a rupee- It is worth about 32 cents American coin, .at normal rates of exchange. ‘Also there used to be a lit(le copper coin in circu lation in India. It .was cull a dam and ifejs lowest value ,wni estimated to be worth one thousandth of a rupee. Hence came the expres sion among British soldiers in In dia “Not v orth a dam.” “Later this expression became confused with the oath, damn,and generally the expression now is written, “Not, worth a danin.” You can understand, how /little value was placed upon anything that was said to be not Worth a damn.”—rVidnlia Advance. -FOR SALE—Hatching E g g s from pure bred Wycoff Strain Single Comb White Leghorn hens. $1.50.per 16, $1.20 in lots of 100 or more. Heard & Arnold, 3-t. Kathleen, Ga. For the first 10 girls in Hous ton oonnty who answers this ad I will give 5 settings of pure bred Wycoff strain eggs furnished for 5 pullets 12 weeks old- Heard & Arnold, Kathleen, Ga. ooooooooocxxx)ooooooooooooo OOOOO DOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOO W, B. SIMS STORE NeW Shipment Of Imported English Ware. Make Your Selection While / We Have A Full Assortment. Beautiful Art Squares for your floors, nice Iron Beds, Best Springs and Mattresses. We carry a general line of Household Goods. COME TO SEE US. ' I W. B. SIMS, 1 GROCERIES, FURNITURE, UNDERTAKING. § Night Phone No. 22. Day Phone No. 8. § 8 Pbrry Ga- 8 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 5 C. < j,4X"XK‘ , XK m X~X > < m X' , X~X‘ , X**X m X~X-*X , *X~X m X"X m X~X-4~X m K m X m H»»^ Just a Word Why Churches Should Advertise The writer was in Syracuse, N. Y., one Sunday last August. , He was detained because of an accident to hie car. He wanted to go to church that night, but he didn’t know where to go. He picked up the Syracuse Sunday paper and looked through it from She front page to the back, but there wasn’t a word about the church or the church services. As far as the papers were concerned that city might have been churchless. But it wasn’t so with the movies and other houses of entertainment. Oh, no! Their invitations were spread in large advertisements all,over the page. There were a dozen or so invitations to go out on Sunday night for amusement, but not one to go to the House of God. , , Possibly the church notices appeared in the Saturday issue. They generally do, but this was Sunday and the Sunday paper was the one available. The amusement places do not overlook the Sunday papers. There may have been many more' in the city with the \ same thoughts and desire as the writer. He happened to remember that sometimes the churches (have bulletins in the hotel corridors, so he took the trouble to go downstairs. Being a Methodist, he looked for the Methodist churches. There were two on the board, so he Tricked out one and took a chance. We suppose that some will say that a man or woman who wants to go to, church will 'find a way. That’s true, but why permit the theatres to have the monopoly? Isn’t the church a business ? If it isn’t, it’s time it was. Think it pver. ,VXMX«x* , X‘-X > -X M X**X'*X M X 1 '*X M X M X M X* , X* , I M X* 4 X**X v, X M X 4> X' M J M X M «* , * , 'i l ^i SPECIAL EXCURSION F 4RES VIA • CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY ’to NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE, PENSACOLA MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION. February 8-13, 1923. Excursion tickets on sale to the public February 6-13, inclusive. Return limit February 20, 1923, except the ticket may be extended to March 1 9 1923 by paying $1.00 at New Orleans and de positing ticket there with special agent. Excellent serviee and schedules Apply to any ticket agent. Come now and Subscribe for e Journal. •