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Devoted to the Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Interests of White County
VOL. XV, No. 44.1
Tom Bell Praised Higti’y.
Tom Bell is a Christian gentel
nian and a tetotalar, though he is
liberal in his views. His life is ab¬
solutely clean, and much <y it has
been given to those in needy or un¬
fortunate circumstances. Scatter¬
ed all over this country are people
who have felt the benefit of his
charity, and when the news reached
them that Tom Bell was again re¬
nominated there wasgreat rejoicing.
Special Session Of Texas Legislature
‘Called For Relief 01 Farmers.
Gov. O. B. Colquitt of Texas
hat called the Legislature to meet
in special session Monday August
24, to pass a warehouse bill to fa¬
cilitate the holding of cotton. The
bulk of the Texas crop is marketed
on the Eastern hemisphere and as
the war has closed the European
markets tfie Texas crop must either
be held until the war is over,
thrown upon the American mills or
sold to speculators. A warehouse
bill is proposed to enable the far¬
mers to store their cotton in bond¬
ed warehouses and for the issuance
of negotiable receipts under State
supervision, The banker, it is
understood, will, if desired, loan
money on the cotton so stored at a
very low rate of interest, enabling
the producer to keep possession if
bis cotton.
The Texas crop is estimated at
three and one-half million bales,
valued at approximately $250,000,
000. Texas produces one-fourth of
the cotton crop of the world. The
American mills are capable of
handling about 35 per cent of. the
production of the United, Fiat
leaving 8,000.000 bales to * be
ex¬
ported and of this, amount the
English spinners take 3,500,000
bales Germany 3,200,000 bales;
France 1,000,000 bales; Illy 500,
000 bales ; and the remainder of the
exports go to the mills of Spain,
Belgium, Russia, Japan and other
countries.
Dr. Hardman Delighted
With His Support.
.Commerce, Aug, 25, 1914.
To the People of Georgia;
I wish to express to the
of Georgia my high
of the splended support which
given tne in my race for Governer,
in the primary of August 19th.
It is a genuine pleasure to recall
the hearty ovation which the
ple gave me all over the state
ing my campaign, Not in a
instance, did one thing occur to
the race.
It will be one of my
memories to contemplate the
hearty approval which the
of Georgia gave the high ideals
campaigning and rightous
pies of government for the uplift
the masses of citizens.
It occurs to me to-day, as it
before I entered the campaign f
Governor, that their is an
tunity for Georgia to set the
for other states in high ideals of
enforcement and in providing
ample legislation for the
and restraint in the waste of
life. A noble movement this
be and I hope for this through
governmental atuhorities.
I desire to congratulate
Net E. Harris and lion. Randol] i
Anderson for their
race as well as for their kind
gentlemanly treatment of their
ponent; and I want to extend
them my profound sympathy
the bereavement which came
them during the progress of l
campaign. I wish for each
them a most happy and
future. N
Yours very truly.
L. G. Hardman,
Big Meeting To Be
Held in Atlanta
The Georgia Chamber of Com¬
merce is arranging to hold a big
meeting in Atlanta in the early
part of October, which will be
known as the Southeastern Food
Crops Conference. The object of
the conference will be to -secure the
growing of a larger amount of all
foodstuffs, both for mam and ani¬
mals, in the cotton producing
states of the southeast, At the
same time, the cotton states lying
west of the Mississippi will be re¬
quested to bold a similar confer
ende is some suitably located city
within easy reach of their territory.
The plans, as outlined by the
state chamber, call for between 500
and 600 delegates. The Commis¬
sioner of Agriculture in each state
will be requested to appoint a de¬
legate from each stale, with alter¬
nate delegates in case of inability
to attend on the part of the first
one named. These men will be se¬
lected by reason of heir influence
among the farmers of their home
counties.
The importance of raising suffi¬
cient foodstuffs so that tire soutb
east will not have to import any
next year will be earnestly impress¬
ed upon the meeting, Since the
coming of the European war, the
entire south js getting an object
lesson on the foolishness of depend¬
ing too much on any one crop, no
matter how strong a crop that may
be. It is' neccessary that every
county shall grow at least enough
to feed itself next year. It is im¬
possible to say how long tin’s war
may last. Earl Kitchener, --the
itish Minister of War, who is
probably the most reliable soiirce
of information, states that it will
extend over a peroid of eighteen
months. Thai will mean two crops
for us. It is imperative that the
South shall absolutely independ¬
ent of outside sources of supply for
next year. Then, no mutter what
price'cotton may bring, we shall be
immune from the effect of high
prices fo foodstuffs in other parts
of the world. The South can do
it. Before the Civil War it was
practically an unknown tiling for a
Southerner to buy any meats, grain
or other staple foods from any¬
where outside the South.
The date for the Conference will
probaly be October 5 and 6. It is
possible that it will be found ad¬
visable to change these dates a
little, but it will be held" at about
that time in order that the effect
may be felt before the fall crops of
small grains are planted. The
meetings will follow the same gen
er:l ' P !an of tI,OKO Leld during the
Boll Weevil campaign of last year,
when diversity of crops was so
8tron gty They will be in
j s P ir:ltional in character. At the
close, each delegate will be asked
to personally undertake to create
an effective organization in his
j home county. These local organ¬
izations will make a personal can¬
| vass of all fanners and secure their
j promises in to foodstuffs plant largely for increased
acreage next year.
In order to make a campaign of
this nature bring results it is essen¬
tial that it be made, wide enough to
cover all the cotton growing states.
The Georgia Chamber of Coin
| (conference merce in u " is dert!lk,n doing a H work to c:l11 for the the
i entire south that com pels the bear- j
j tiesl cooperation from every indi
vidual who calls himself a son of
Dixie.
! lareful plans are being made to
I ensure the attendance of at least |
one delegate from every county in j
j each st ate a fleeted. Therefore the
I effect will be sue i as to turn the ,
i present war scare into a blessing j
and to set a new date from which to
mark the prosperity and indepen
j dence of the Gre iter South.
CLEVELAND, GEORGIA, AUG. 28 , 1914 .
Georgia Ranks Second
In Number ot Farm Laborers
The farm laborers of Georgia
work on an average of 9 hours and
49 minutes per day, according to a
report which has just been issued
by the United States Department
of Agriculture. Only 11 States
have longer hours «f farm labor
tban Georgia. The monthly com¬
pensation of Georgia farm laborers
is $14.30 with board and $20.20 if
the laborer boards himself. Geor¬
gia ranks second with other States
in number of farm laborers em¬
ployed, having 242, 566 men and
195, 530 women engaged in this
class of work. Only two States
pay a lower farm wage than Geor¬
gia.
The average wage for farm la¬
bor in Continental United States
is $13.85 per month with board and
$19.85 per month without board.
Firewood Conisimiption in Georgia
There aid 4,213,000 cords of
wood, valued at $6,319,440 con¬
sumed on the farms of Georgia
annually, according to a report
which has just been issued by
United States Department of
Agriculture. The total yearly fire¬
wood consumption in this State
is 4,817,000 cords with a value of
$7,995,000. The consumption in
the cities of this State is 523,000
cords and 81,000 cords are used in
mineral operation of Georgia each
year.
In’Conti Rental United States the
annual consumption of firewood
amounts to 85,737,000 cords, valu¬
ed at $250,000,000. Of this
amount 69,961,000 cords are used
on the farms, 14,222,000 cords in
the cities of the nation and , f 711 w
000 cords are used in the mines of
the United States. The average
value of wood tonsumsed in the
1 • nited States is $2.91 per cord and
$1.66 in this State, the lowest for
any State in the Union, The
average consumption per farm in
the United States is all 11 cords
per annum.
Georgia ranks second with other
States in.the total comsumption of
firewoods.
Georgia Horses Worth $131.00
The Georgia horse is now wortli
131.00 pet head, according to a re¬
port just issued by the United
Department of Agriculture, while
bis average value a year ago was
$ 133 .(X)
There are. 128,000 horses on the
farms of this state and they are
valued at $ 16,768,000.
In J910 the number of horses in
this State was 120,000 and had an
aggregate value of $ 15,000,000.
In the entire United States there
20, 962,000 horses and they are
worth $2, 291, 638,o<x) or $109.32
each.
Diseases Play Havoc With Georgia Hogs
Diseases caused the swine breed¬
ers of Georgia to lose 175,000 hogs,
valued at $1, 435,01x1 last year, ac¬
cording to a report which has just
been issued by the Department of
Agriculture.
This is an average death rate of
90 per 1,000 bead. During 1913
1 lie ratio was 165 per 1,000 head a
total of 311,500 head were lost.
'Fbe latest Census Reports, which j
are dated January 1, 1914, show!
that there are 1, 945,000 head of
hogs in Georgia and they are valu¬
ed at $15,949,000 or$S.20 per head.
The farmers of the entire nation
last year 10517,004,800 head of hogs
from disease. Their total value
was $75,000,000 and the death rate
119 per 1,000.
Georgia. White County.
Mrs..Susan C. Westmoreland, lias ap
plied for exemption of personalty and
setting' apart and valuation of homestead
an<1 1 wil1 P a « 8 upon the same at 10
*’ clock A ' M ’ on lhe 46th » da F Sept.
19 14 at my office, this 25th day of Aug.
1914.
S, l. Bbowjt, Ordinary
Bell’s Majority is 5,383.
In the primary of last Wednes¬
day Congressman Thos. M. Bell
was re-nominated at the polls, lie
carried fifteen of the eighteen coun¬
ties of the district., whiie his op¬
ponent carried two, Towns county
having held no election.
In the convention which meets
in Gainesville Monday Mr. Bell
will receive thirty-six of the forty
two votes, which is 14 more than
he received two years ago in a
three-cornered race. Col, Charters
has four convention votes, Dawson
and Fannin, which is six less than
he had two years ago.
Mr. Bell carried every county
that he carried two years ago, as
well as every county thatMr.Holder
then carried, and two of the coun¬
ties that Mr. Charters carried two
years ago. He carried his home
county (which is the home county
of Mr. Charters) Hall; his former
home county, White ;and the form¬
er home county (Lumpkin) of Mr.
Charters.
Mr. Bell received 15,260 popular
votes and Mr. Charters 9,877 ' n
the district, which shows Mr. Hell’s
majority to be 5,383.
LEAF R. F, D. No. 1.
We are having some hot dry
weather now.
Several of the folks have been
attending the protracted services at
Chattahoochee lust week and lis
tningjo the interesting sermons,
•
Mr. Lat Tatum and his Bro. T.
P. Tatutn of Cornelia spent two
days Iasi ryfeek at the Clarkes
viHe Association at Providence
church near Soquc Postoffice.
Miss Eliza Oakes has been visit¬
ing relatives of Clermont far t lie
past week.
Mrs. W. B. Freeman and child
ren spent Sunday with Mr. J. II.
Stovall.
M. J. 11 . Stovall’s son and two
daughters’s attended preaching at
Cool Spring "Sunday evening.
The Sunday School at Oakes
Chapel is progressing nicely.
Mr. James Freeman Jr., spent
Saturday night with his cousm,
Mr. Willard Craven.
Mr. Marvin Oakes dined with
Mr. Lester and Edgar Stovall Sun¬
day.
We are informed that Mr. I). B.
Johnson who has been down will)
typhoid fever is improving.
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of that bloated, congested feeling,
so uncomfortable especially in hot
weather. They keep your liver
busy.
Norton & Ash
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Foley Kidney Pills are your best
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weak, sore, overworked kiddneys
and bladder weaknesses
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SUCCESSFUL MIENI
RUSSELL SAGE.
Sage was om> of a family of six, and at
m 4 the age of fifteen was working, in a
Grocery Store at ?4.00 per month. By
m careful saving and business judgment In
'-SC- early life, lie accumulated enough money
mmm to embark in the Wholesale Grocery
Business with a man named Bates, and
in five years bought him out paying
f! Hpi A $150,000.
At the age of twenty-eight, Sage first
showed his remarkable ability as a
i speculator. Several barges conveying
1
wheat by way of the Erie Canal to New
f l Voile were frozen In the ice by early
cold weather. Rather than lose all, as
I they thought, the owners sold out to
^HSifis young Sage at a great reduction. The
next day there came a thaw, and the
wheat went to market bringing the
young speculator a profit of $50,000.
Soon afterward Sage sold out his
- v ■ • wholesale business, and went to New
Vni-k, and began speculating in stocks
snd his wonderful success is world¬
wide knowledge.
He died leaving a fortune of over $100,
000 , 000 .
Speculation
Where one man gets riches through hazardous speculation, a hundred
become poor, Where one man stays poor through slow method of sav
ing, a hundred get richer. Russel Sage says:
“Speculation Ruins More Men Than Any Other Business’'
Confine your speculations to a Bank account at this Bank and play
absolutely safe.
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