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THE LEADER TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., JULY 27, 1920. MICKIE SAYS j* OLD *C*VJQCrS AVxOvWS ) /AS UOV4 ME AAMT CjOtVlTA DO ■ fAOV»E A©VEWT\S\ViGr OWfOU ME <S€T* SOfcAfe O.ESUCTS PClOtJV fU* I «i<5N» OM TW ELfcPMAViT TUM - ud 1/tW PAID 41 FOR 1W TlkhE XMUVV4 pour) < circus vjas mere —^ NEARS ACrO ■ i % r« saS - . cwaoLey Svtrwi'A* FOUND—A bunch of keys. Call at Leader-Tribune office and pay this adv. I BUY OLD FURNITURE. 4-8tf R. A. H1LEY. tj Pictf ots. In his Dictioiiar.v <>;' Phrase and Fable, the learned Bev. Dr. K. Cob ham Brewer, writes upon Piets and Scots: “Piet is not the Latin pictl (palmed people). As Piets and Scots are always mentioned together, there Is no reason why one name should be Latin and the other Gaelic. Scot Is the Gaelic \sgod ( a ■hvellc In woods and forests) and Piet is the plet-lst (freebooters), (lie two being equivalent to foresters and free¬ booters.” ■o First Express Company. The first person to enter the field of trHiisjfortlng articles of mer<-liandise by express carrier was William Fred¬ erick Hamden of Boston, lie made his first trip from that city to New Tork on Fell. 23. 1839. having only enough to till an ordinary valise In ■ few months he employed two ear rlers and extended the service to Phil xdelphla. I Sale Charged No Goods Prices. at R. S. Braswell, Sons & Co Everything Reduced. Clearance Sale y"' ' v Semi-Annual Our Semi-Annual Clearance Sale Is Now On And Will CLOSE MIDNIGHT SATURDAY. JUL Y 31. We Are Selling ’Urn! # s People too well know that goods will be higher this fall and win¬ ter than ever before, therefore they are taking advantage of this opportunity to lay in a heavy supply. This is the big sale you have been waiting for. We put on such sales twice a year. The plan is simple, we sacrifice the goods and you supply your wants at the lowest possible cost. -- ONLY FIVE MORE DAYS! —-— PRICES CUT ON EVERYTHING in our immense stock that is not specially advertised. V Nothing R. S. Braswell, Sons & Co NO REFUNDS! Sent On Successors to R. S. BRASWELL Every Sale Approval. PHONE 172 FORT VALLEY, GA. 117 Main St Final! 4,1 \GRICULTURAL EDUCATION A IROFITABLE INVLSTMLNT It is worth while for one who to become a farmer to .spend time in securing an education? In order to take the question out ■ he realm of generalities and to a cold blooded dollars and basis, more than one thousand of representative Ohio farms analyzed by the Department of i Economic.i ol the Ohio State ..iLv to see if the education of the 1 'ialor of the farm had any effect on the profits of that farm. Nine hundred and twenty of these had received a high school education or less. The average labor income of these men was $502 over and above all expenses and 6 per cent on their investment. One hundred of the men whose farms were studied had receiv¬ ed a collet;;.- education along some other line than agriculture and their labor income was $6(34. Twenty seve men had received an agricultural col leg; training, the labor incomes of these men averaged $1,422. The Progressive Farmer, Advertising in The Leader-T ri bune brings the desired results. o ; LOCAL B. Y. P. U. S VISIT HENDERSON AND PERRY The local B. Y. P. U. went to Hen¬ derson Sunday aflernoon, where they assisted in organizitig a Union. Six cars carrying about 40 members went from Fort Valley. Dr. C. C. Pugh accompanied the young folks and on the return trip they stopped in Perry where, with Lhe Perry Union, they had charge of the evening service at the Baptist church. •O New York's Indian Rrgervat ona. There are Irtdinn reservations at f Erie, Ciitliirnngus county ; Oneida res¬ ervation at Oneida; Onondaga reser¬ vation, Syracuse; Si Regis reserva¬ tion, Franklin county; Shinneeoek res¬ ervation Southampton. L. L; Tona wunda reservation In counties of Erie and Gcnesse. and the Tu.'-eurora reser vatlon In Niagara county, Smiie of i hose reservations are quite large, running up to 7.300 acres They are open to visitors almost any time. o Advertising in The Leader-Tri bune brings the desired results. Ahead of Engagement*. Mary, who is (lie hnby xlster of ' frtrls in college. looks fnrwnrd with 'blight to tlielr week end visits home Hl;, l devotes herself entirely to them mi such times Recently, her sister noticed that ns Mary knelt to «ay her little prayer die hurried thr mpli it. then hegnii a-a In and so on until she had repeiited It almost breathlessly . four times Filially, she arose and exclaimed: Now, I am prayed tip for four nights and we can visit. > ■ ■ • Peculiar Wcftfling Crremony. ! One of the most curious wedding ceremonies In the world Is that In V""no among n eertn'n race of Iwm-cs Inhabiting the Anaman islands The two parties climb two flexible trees growing neyr each other, which an old man then make - l end toward each other. When (he head of the man touches that of the girl, they are legal¬ ly married. ■o- 1 Caught in mu Own Trap, The magazine writer who propound¬ ed n series of p lestlons headed ‘'What ,| 0 vol) know?" answered one of them ; ’),v saying that "She Stoops o Con- i j pu r” was written by Sheridan. What In you know—a Gout that? Boston Transcript • ' » pst n £ii III i" <*A*Liili»ii Siiiiiiintiliilllil I | I I •a* i Si - | & 111! \=m _ j i m n - _ .. JUOCS JlOU. 1T 1 ifttlftf* head Get It? The appearance of your letter* heed may mean aucceae or failure. Do youraelf justice in the quality of yourbuainaaa , messenger. We do not advocate extrava¬ gance. We recommend the use of a vary modcrata priced standard paper — ®©ua® — which has won recognition * for its quality and the service It glvaa. Wi are prepared to furnish that paper and to print you a letterhead that la a dig¬ nified repreaantati va. See What We Can Give Yon Before You Place an Order Preliminary Figures From Census of Agriculture for Mtccn Ccirty. The Director of the Census announces, subject to correction, the following preliminary figures from the | Census of Agriculture for Macon Cou nty, Ge orgia.___ ___________ i r Ji i Si .A 1 : Jan. 1, Apr. 15, TrTcreas FARM ACREAGE 1920 1910 per cent : : FAR H VALUES : Farms 1,912 1,764"~ 8.4 : : Value of land and buildings Operated by— •f li $ 9 464,635 White farmers.... 703 t 571 : 23.1 January 1, 1920 ...... , Colored farmers 1,209 : 1,193 : 1.3 : : April 15, 1910 $2,956,800 Operated by— Increase, 1910-20 Owners and managers 526 403 30.5 Tenants i;386 1,361 1.8 Amount ...... $6,507,835 .......... 220.1 Land in farms— Per cent ...... Total, acres 216,784 198,655 9.1 Improved, acres 131,637 113,079 16.4 ~January _____ 1, April 15, PRINCIPAL Acres : Quantity ANIMALS 1920 1910^ CROPS, 1919 harvested : harvested Farms reporting Corn 1919 41,979 : 402,170 bu. domestic animals 1,823 1,70.1 1909 36,579 : 338,591 ba. 9,427 22,007 bu. ' ‘ Animals reported Dry peas 1919 : Horses 533 541 1909 4,758 16,849 bu. Mules 3,381 2,442 Hay 1919 9,777 : 5,268 tons Cattle 4,480 3,140 1909 1,730 : 1,429 tons Sheep 111 2 Cotton 1919 42,298 8,565 bales Swine 16,421 11,533 : 1909 45,755 : 18,907 bales ___ ____ the ^•The figures for domestic animals in 1910 are not very closely comparable with those for 1920, since present census was taken in January, before the breeding season bad begun, while the 1910 census was ta¬ ken in April, or a^iout the middle of the breeding season, and included many spring calves, colts, etc. Approved: f W. L. AUSTIN, v % • •’l * V r ' »» - *. *: > Chief Statistician for Agriculture. To Preserve Ferns. There are at least two very satls factory ways to preserve maiden-hair ferns. (tne Is to dtp the ferns as soon its gathered in perfectly limpid gum water. This should be done very •» ro fully. After allowing them to drain for two nr three minutes, arrange Iri a vase to dry Another very good way is to put the ferns, when first gathered, between two clean sheets of blotting paper, Lay between hoards and press for a week or so. ■o Unwelcome Immigrant. The boll weevil is somettvng this fnuntry has acquired from Mexico. j (t crossed the Rio Grande river In |£92 Since then It has been travel- I ng from 40 to 100 mile- each year. Kid now covers the greater part of | •he cotton states. Housekeeping Rooms Wanted. Couple without children want 2 or 3 rooms furnished, Modern convent* ences desired. See Mr. De Lange, Leader-Tribune Office.