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er: THE HOME, JOURNAL Price $1.50 A Year. Tn Advance Published F.vory Thursday Morning OfTleiVvl 'OvL'n'u of Houston fcomity JOHN II. & JOHN L. HODGES Thursday, Deo. 20. &KS|£ -'F.R RF-PKE?.UN7F.DOR FOREIGN- ADVERTISING J3Y THE. - M general op'ideea ‘ '■ m NEW YORK AND CHICAGO ' QM^HES' jk AU/TKE PRINCIPAL .CITIES FARMER SELLS CHEAP BUYS .. BACK HIGH' Comparison of prices on Novem ber 1,1923, With those on the snnio date ip 1922 reveals that while the farmer was getting an average Of 8 or, 10 cents a bushel less, for his wheat this year than Iasi, breadstiiffs were 8^ per cent high er than twelve months previously The price which the fanner re ceived, for wheat this season was considerably below the cost of production- The&e facts illustrate the way . in which agricultural products 1 grow in 'price to the consumers after they have left the producer's hands.’ Potiitoes furnish another instance of the same sort. In 1922 the farmer got an average of about 60 eentf a/bjasliel for his potatoes, but the consumer paid from $1.75 to $2.50 a bushel for them. Tho fanner makes money for other people on what he sells as well as on what he buys. The pro fiteers talco his, grain an .d cattle and wool and cotton and mo8t of his othor; produce, manufacture them in whole or part and sell them back to him at a big profit to theniselves. The tariff on wheat, meats, audwool' are of. no significant value to the farmer when-ho is..gelling then*. ..But when ho goes td .market to pur chase, flour.;,oared meats, or woofr en clothing ho finds that the tariff has been atfded and pyramided by every vihdor Who 1 handled these products from the time they left his possession iu the raw state un til he bought thorn. b»ok in the finishod form. GEORGIA SEANTORS GET IMPORTANT . ASSIGNMENTS . V * ; * .-4.,.-* •.u,’ Both of Georgians "SdnatorU iV the United, States Senate received new committee assignments in the organization of tho new Senate. Senator W J Harris was assigned to tho Miinofactvftefrs Committee,; in addition to Ins membership on appropriations, immigration and territories committees. Because of the transfer of Senator Owen of Oklahoma, from the appropria tions to the foreign relations com mittee, Senator Garris is now tho second ranking member of the ap propriations eorhmittoe on the Democratie side, only being junior to veterau Senator Overman, ofi North Carolina. Senator Walter P. George is re.* lieved from the immigration com mittee and put on. the military af fairs and privileges and elections, “°|Wt onmmit.fnn TTa Mtoj.oki. from the standpoint of health and to increase available' > land re sources, and would add to the wealth of the stateB. - .Reclamation will not proceed so swiftly as may imagine. It will require the expenditure of mil lions of dollars, and no very ex tensive reclamation coold be ex peoted in from twenty-five to fifty - . . o ¥ .. . years, A deadlock in the U. S. Senate! Reclamation and forest refores- over the election of an Interstate, tation in the west have opened the Commerce Committee has delayed .eyes of thesonth, and the New that body in getting down to: Orleans conference r e t o Ives business, ths Lower Home bow* J around an effort to bring abont ever completed its organization reclamation at government ex- Georgia weekly Industrial REVIEW Population provides workers; in dustries create payrolls; payrolls bring prosperity; and prosperity assures progress. Tbat?s w h y- everybody should stand for condi tions that encourage industrial de velopment. Rome—Chester Knitting Mills erecting new plant here. Douisvillo—Congtrucliopuof new $36,000 hotel planned. ■ Isle of Hppe^-]Sfew St.‘Thomas Church under t’onsiractioh. Albany—Ex tentiohs 1 of city's sewerage and drainage system pro n<M?od, $100,000 iu .hfonderto, he issued. Lawrcnceyille—$100,000 to be spfeht‘6n addifiofi to Ideal - cotton mills. POLiYANNA. COLYUM scratch. Howdy Neigh bors. Caesar , was different from other men; his Gaul was divided into three parts. Bill says every man has his fol lowers—even if they are only bill collectors Down our way they tellof a.man who was so hard thathe could Ta'de a procupine t hrough a*bed of cactus and never get a Wo ring the bells and wo raise iLaflraflger-Cousfcr « C t i ,o rapIV ^ Vest Point road ncarinor eomrilp-: We ll the strain- West Point road nearing comple- j We.hang up garlands everywhere tion. *. j A mV bid the tapers twinkle fair, Wiles Laridm^^^ew $200,b6o An# feast and frblic-and then we bridge spanning St Marys river proposed.- ’ > Macon—Now hard-s u r f a c o bridge over Central of Georgia Railway traoks at Second street completed. Hogansvllle—$20,000 oon tract awarded forconslruction of water mains for lntcruationl mills local plant. Macon—Work under way on Spring Street bridge. Stillmore-—Construction of new bridge planned at this point. Savannah—Contract to be let for construction of modern ' difioe building on site of. old Merchants National Bank. Value of cotton exported in September was -834,- 829,000, mere than double that of a year ago, Dawson—New postofflee building to be ereoted here. ' Atlanta—Georgia Railway and Power Company to pave Highland avenue and extend street car lines. L. J. Spqnce, director of traffic of Southern Paoiffe lines, after a 10,- 000 mile tour'over the system, re* ported that his sur.vdy of business oohditionFs justified a prediction of continued prosperity. Macon—Ceutraot awarded for erection of new Appleton Church Home at cost of $60,000. Atlanta—New Sunday school building of Druid Hills 1 Presby terian church under construction. • Albany 4 —Construction' •of'* $50 room hotel to starb early in 1921’- “ Industries must enfploy a -fair/ £ umber of men. regularly, not a ofde; irregularly, unless they want to witness proposals in legis latures, for unemployeds tjjfc %«ur- V .■ ' V - Electric light and power de- djrd; t.wd of the greatest forces for the extension of modern civilization* -SV f: Few persons realize the imppr tant part electricity is playirigiii t^e reclamation of lqrge .tracts of Jah^s,j.in the ;w6sfc by sup plying cheap power for pumping water, in drainage and irrigation. The south is more than ever turning its attention to the im- POrtance of recJaraation :bec»use-.of the millions of acres of wet and swamp lands. This thought is in connection .with national reclama tion which has heretofore been confined entirely to the west,where the government has spent a: vast sum estimated at $134,000,000 to 8161,000,000. - :*■ ■■■ >•$? t v-.* *•*- Thcre is on foot a serious move ment to get the government inter ested in the reclamation of wet lands jrvfche south as well as in re clamation df arid and semi-arid lands in the west. The reclama tion in the south would be advis- bership on tho civil ' service postofflee eommittees. arid X Fire In the business district of Ooluipbns last Monday caused a dkmage estimated at $200,000. work Monday and toady to function. announced ponse in the south as well as in the west. go Back to the same old lives again --Susan Coolidge. • Drying To Cripple Local ‘Industry, A Lafayette, . (Ind.) laundry advertises for - “Shirt Finishers.” The way to succeed, says Bill, is to find your right calling,. find, the right; local and find the right wife. Sometime it helps a lot to get bn the right side of the right banker! ' • - Bill says an ideal husband is one who gives his • wife a regular supply of sympathy whether she needs it or not- Ford must be ill. He hasn’t re fused the presidency for several days. The early bird may be getting tho worms, but Bill says look at the nice hours of sleep he • is missing. ' ’ Father insists that the family get up for Church Sunday mornr ing. It gives him quiet to sleep until noon. Bill says while a great deal of money for spent every year just for ,fuii so hie''lie v or seeni to have any. It’s a'thrifty lover who breaks up*' With- his girl just -before Christmas, *. ' ' -v ' We reflect with gladness, that, no statue has been- ereoted to the man yiio invented castor oil. “Actions -speak, louder than words,^ observed George. “That^ right.” agreed Bill ‘I’d rather Have' A' .gw* squeeze .my hand for ten secorids than*' havti her talk to. mo' about - the TTeatlier for ten hours- The ssid'dest day in the life of a eolumnizeVis when the exchanges miss. They Won’t Mix- / Soda and vinegar Oil and Water - Whiskey and business. They Can’t Mix Sugar and coffee (not much) . Sealskins and poverty. ; Whiskey and business. Bill says,one of the traits that leads to success is concentrate. RARE GIFTS *'Your husband must be a man of rare gifts,'” remarked Mrs. Naybor. “He is,” replied Mrs. Gabb. “He hasn’t given.,.me a present since we were married.” Henry Ford Forgets To Pay . Hotel Bill Evidently he thinks a hotel, like his car. ean ruu on nothing. y Beauty originates, in your own Thought. foooooooodcxxDOooocxjoooooooooobboodoopoooov: do ADVERTISEMENT OF- ’ . 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