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THE UNIOIMtECOEDEE, MILLEDCEVILLE. CA-, FEBRUARY H, l>34
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SoHlUni Racanbr Eitib. 1819
EnUrtj at P©*t Office,
villa, aa Rccead-claaa sail Matter.
Published Weekly ea Tfc.rsda,
at MilledgevHle, Ga.
R B. MOORE—EDITOR
JEBE N. MOORE—Baaiaeae Mgr.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Oae Year flM
dvertteiay Rate, ea AyttcatfeM
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF COUNTY
THURSDAY, FEB. SS, 1M4
Editor P. T. McCutebeon
edited and published the Franklin
New* and Banner fifty year*. Editor
McCutchen* was one of the first
President* of the Georgia Weekly
Press Association, and has never
missed a meeting of that organisa
tion. He is a man of the highest
character and is held in the greatest
esteem by the newspaper men of
the State.
advanced successfully it would have
to come to the plan he had advanc
ed.
We favor the Bankhead bill and
believe it the answer to a problem.
We think the farmers will be satis
fied with the plan and in the end
it will prove satisfactory. There Is
objection however. The
proposes that the cotton planting
allotment be based on the past five
year average, instead of the
year average as the hill originally
was planned. In fairness to
farmer of Georgia, the ten year
average is mach to be desired. For
the past five years farmers east of
the Mississippi have been reducing
cotton acreage while cotton farm
ers in the west have been increas
ing acreage. If the five year plan is
followed it will work to the advant
age of the western cotton farmer
and to the disadvantage of those
liviag east of the Mlaaissppi. Ii
other words the farmer of Texm.
and Oklahoma will get a largei
allotment of cotton than the farm-
in this section. This of course
will net be a fair basis and we
cerely hope the representatives of
Georgia will insist that the allotr
ment be based on the ten year
average.
The eitisens of a community owe
it to themselves and future genera
tion* to use their influence in keep
ing the moral standard and respect
and obedience for law at the highest
standard.
It i
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
By paining a bond issue this week
►he eitisens of Macon received from
the CWA six dollars for every one
they have provided in their bond
f s*ue to be spent for public
provementa. This seems that iMi!-
ledgeville and Baldwin county are
passing up a golden opportunity to
get public improvements for a small
expenditure of public funds.
We have insisted since last Sep
tember that we believed it a good
policy to secure so*ne of this fed
eral money for the benefit
public improvements. We said it
a patriotic duty that would help our
J President put over his unemploy-
never| ment program. We thought that six
j months ago and we think it now.
| But this is only one reason,
expected that there will be We have also insisted that the
bers of the house of representatives
have served longer in that body
than Mr. Vinson. He is now chair
man of the highly important com
mittee on naval affairs. He is a mas
ter of the subject and he has great
influence with his colleagues and
with the heads of all the depart
ment and bureaus in the executive
branch of the government.
Mr. Vinson is the ony man
, cheerful than the newspaper
publish' r . Realising that their state
of mind would inevitably affect their
reader . they have chosen to seek
the i-ritht side of depression clouds,
and it is a matter of record that
they have succeeded admirably. We
agree *ith Editor Shy tie that they
have de-erved a Happy Christmas.—
Albany Herald.
Georgia delegation who has gonpjwHAT MAKES A NEWSPAPER?
down the line with the president 100 A mis[ , v , n i(l e. with »» f-ople
per cent. He wn. on. o( only foot , he ncwwer |> .n indiridnJ
member, of the OK.rrln_del ? .tion , f don . t ,; ke
who voted for the PnbUc Work. bdl., > p hooch the
including an appropntfion of $400.-. / . _
000,000 for highway construction. '’*'’"' *”J *<“« » *• "J* iU
W. .re therefore direct), indebtml ™ P< T ” ,
to him for Mcuring the faring rtreet! "O' "'* l, “ th “ ,w *' **.
bridge. We are indebted to bim for’i Q8t .*" wuch » #f ** e0m ' :
the location here of the Regional. muc»ty aa the schools, churches, or
Agricultural Credit Corporation and wything «**• The newspaper it diff-j
•gain to him for die removal here of business, it la
the Raleigh office of the corpora- • community affair,
tion, which ia soon to take place. He I You may not Hke the editor and
secured the loeRtfon here of many the editor may not love you any too
other government agencies employ- well—but the paper he is responsible
ing hundreds of people.
It Is not local considerations
alone which dictate the wisdom of
keeping a eeasoned legislator like
Mr. Vinson in Congress until these
crucial months of recovery have
passed away. His eafire record
for does just as mueh for you as the
service rendered to others. There is
nothing personal with it, it is here
for a purpose and that purpose is to
do wha* good it can in every way it
can; the greater the rapport of
those it undertakes to serve the bet-
CongreM commend, him to the ,„*« it cm rehd.f, It tube. to.
greut hod, of the P~pl«. | pop!, to muke . good nempuper
and without the help of the people
Macon citizens voted $149,000
bond issue Friday to aid in carrying
f>n CWA municipal improvement
projects CWA will furnish $695,000.
Seekers after pleasure
reach the goal of satisfaction.
several important issues to develop j time for the county to provide larg-
when the political campaign opens ■ er faculties for the county offic-
up. j ers and for the count; business was
— ! at hand and ‘hat on opportunity
It is being learned in the liquor j was ■presented in government aid
states throughout the country thatj that should not be refused,
the repeal of the eightteenh amend-! We have also urged that some-
men did not end bootlegging. | thing be done to get funds for G.
j M. C Money spent improving and
The business men of Millcdgcvillc
could by n systematic and co-opera
tive rampnign enlarge the trad'ng
territory of the city and bring more
people here from the surrounding
territory to do their trading.
enlarging this school is the wisest
investment we can make. It will re
turn dividend* ten fold, and we
think that there should be no
further delay in tak : ng steps to pro-
I vide our part. The trustees of the
I college are trying to get the funds
and we as a county should provide
them regardless of whether we get
1«I iicaim, w«uia ree.gn my an eariy, the money by bond issue or other-
date. The friends of Congressman
Carl Vinson are wondering if Presi
dent Roosevelt would not give Vs
name the most rnreful consideration
ns a successor to Secretary Swanson.
THE SEWAGE PROJECT
The city has very wisely during
the pn«t two years curtailed expen
ses and made splendid progress In
reducing the city debt. It was a wise
course to persue and we think
should he followed during the next
two years. We however do think
that with a splendid opportunity to
have sewers la’d in certain section
of the city at a very low cost, that
It is wise for the city to provide
their part of the money, even to the
creation of a small additional debt.
Time is not far distant when the
money must be spent, because the
safety of the city’s health will de
mand it So it seems that now *s
the time to act, if these needed ii
provements can be secured at about
one-sixth of the cost that they will
be within two or three or ever
year.
THE BANKHEAD COTTON PLAN
I seems very evident with the
President’s approval that the Bank-
head bill for the enforcement of the
reduction of cotton will be enacted
Into law. The bill haa received the
Approval of the cotton growers,
ninety-five per cent of the farmers
answering a questionaire sent out
by Secretary Wallace voicing their
approval of the bill.
The bill is designed to stop chisel
ing on the government in the cotton
redaction program, (a brief
new law will tax cotton In excess
of a certain amount at the gin, the
tax being sufficient to prevent the
ginnlnr of surplus cotton. Hds
principle of thin plan was advanced
first by the late Robert Wall of tbi-
county. Mr. IWUI declared the only
way to enforce cotton reduction wai
by enacting a law that would stop
the excess cotton at the
prevent the farmer from ginning
it. Mr. Wall had spent his life
the cotton belt and had been n
ton buyer for years and he msdo
♦he prediction at the t’me that be-
The eitisens and voter* of Bibb
county and of the entire Sixth d : r-
trict have a love of fair play which
makes them feel Ithet It is not exact
ly good sportsmanship to begin
fight on a man in his home district
while hi* important duties and him
devotion to the public interest re
quire him to remain at the seat of
government. He is not here to answ
er any charge that might be made
directly or by innuendo, against his
record.
On the whole it would senn to be
a matter of common justice and fa !
play, as well as the part, of wisdom
for the people of this district, to let
the present representative from the
Sixth concentrate upon his exacting
duti8 at Washington wFhout fear
that an ambuscade is preparing for
him at home.
wise. It seems smart business to us
if we can put up one dollar and get
six.
When we think about the fact
that much has been provided us in
the way of educational facilities for
our children without cost to us, we
should not hesitate to spend a good
"um of money now. The main build-
: ng at G. M. C. did not cost a cent.
Suppose we had to build it. Right
♦here arc a few hundred thousand
that wr have never had to spend..
For years G. M. C. was operated | “personal journal
cost to the tnx payers of the day has disappeared from
city at less than three mills. Few
towns in the state levy less than
mills. iSo when we think of how
much money we have saved in the
post on education it does seem that
tizens of this county would
be ready and anxiouR to provide now
enough money to get a government
grant of six dolltrs for every one,
Milledgevillc and Baldwin county
people seem to move along in the
even tenor of their way. It is time
wc were acting and it is up to
leaders, those entrusted with city
and county affairs to take
in'tiative. The opportunity is
great to pass it up.
UNTIMELY HORSE-SWAPPING
(Macaw Nows, Fab. fib. 1M4)
Abraham Lincoln’s advice not to
change horses wh'le crossing a stream
will have a special application
long as this country
through its present crisis. High
hopes of our national recovery are
entertained, but it must be admitted
that many years must elapse before
we can entrust important natii
•ffavs (to unskilled and inexperienc
ed hands.
Here and than already are heard
rumors that Representative Carl
Vinson, before ha has rounded out
his first term of service under the
reappotionment which includes Bibb
county in his district, may have op
position in the fall primary. WhHe
this is Mr. Vinson's first term as a
representative of a district which In
cludes Bibb county, he is a veteran
legislator and has risen to that
nonce
GEORGIA’S FINE WEEKLIES
The Adel News, one of the excel
lent weekly newspapers of South
Georgia, pays tribute to the large
family to which it belongs. W : th
proper modesty. Editor Shytle raj's
nothing about his own fine paper,
but says this of his neighbors of the
press.
The News exchanges with n
large number of weekly news
papers and it Ik a real delight to
read them at the end of every
tveck- Perhaps in no state are
there any abler edited weekly
papers than in Georg : a and they
are devoted to their cities and
counties and state. IVany of them
and wc may truthfully say
practically all of them, have had
hard sledding during the last
few years but they have carried
on bravely and with words of
hope and cheer to those who
read them. May each one of
them have n bright and happy
Christmas and prosperous New
Year is our sincere wish.
It is frequently remarked that the
i earlier
etropoli-
tan newspapers. There arc no more
Horace Greeleys, Charles A. Danas,
James Gordon Bennetts and Marse
Henry Wattersons to impress their
personalities upon the readers of
their newspapers and havt those j
personalities overshadow the news
papers themselves. Modern new*-'
paper making is on a different basis, |
and the personal side of the editor i
is purposely kept : n the background.)
But the well-edited weekly news
paper—the newspaper of the class
which is so well represented in Geor
gia—is still something of the per
sonal journal. It is that because its
readers prefer to have it that way.
Most of them know the editor rather
intimately, and when they read what
he writes they th’nk of a man more
than of a newspaper. They comment
not on "what the Jonesville Eagle
says” but on "what Editor Bill Jones
says in this week’s Ehgle.”
It is true thut the average quality
of Georgia weekly newspapers ia
high. Many of them are in the clan
of the very best weekl'es la the
countiy. Their editors know thehr
counties and their sections. They
understand the problems, A# hopes
and aspirations, and social trends
and the political thought of the peo
ple into whoee homes the weekly
paper goes. Their editors do not at
tempt to overturn the existing erder
of Di'np, but they do ghre some very
sane advice which is recognised as.
unse1fi«hly inspired, and much morel
often than not is followed. j
What the Adel News says about I
weekly newspapers having had "hard
sledding'* during the last
a successful news
paper. It requires money to operate
any kind of business—even the
churches—and the papers are no ex-|
ception, and for this reason they
must have the financial rapport of
the business interests as well as the
good will.
Few newspaper publishers muke
more than u comfortable living and
scarcely one is reported wealthy from
money made in the newspaper busi
ness. They deserve to be trusted
and to be understood by the people
—it is the editor and not the plant
that makes a newspaper useful in a
community, though liberal patron
age is necessary if the puper is to
be a credit to the town The Butler
Herald.
Fertiliser far gardeas and farms.
Any qvanity from 28 lbs, ap . W
deliver. J. H. ENNIS. FERTILIZER
WORKS. Phone 461 or 2J».
Take a Pinch of ,
BLACK-DRAUGHT
For Dutttu Aitn MaU
He had suffered distress after
meals, but by taking Thedford’B
Black-Draught he waa relieved of
this trouble, writes Mr. Jess Hig
gins, of Dawsonville. G*.
M 1 had sour stomach and gas,”
Mr. Higgins explains, ‘and often
I would have bilious spells. I read
about Thedford’s Black-Draught
and began to take It. It relieved
me of this trouble. I keep It all
the time now. I consider It a fine
medicine. I take a pinch of Black-
Draught after meals when I need
It It helps to prevent sick head
ache and to keep the system ta
good order.” % f
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thm form of a 8TBVP, for Chiumbn.
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