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Till NORTH GEORGIAN.
in tli.-h*' I even' Friday bv
J. E Kirby.
Pi ice 75c. a Year.
CUM Vi INC. GA. JAN. 13,1922
K'lllTrll JllllO 10, I9<>2, IIH BOCOIId
olun.. i.mUor ill llio post office at Cum
inin|'. (in , Act of (!ongreg of Marcl
3. 1070.
LONGSTREET.
Mr. and Mrs. R G Holbrook
spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs
Wn: Hayes.
Mr. Will Puckett is spending t
few days with relatives in At
lanta.
Several of Mrs. Martha Ram
sey’s children met at her homt
Monday and gave her a surprise
birth day dinner, Quite a pleas
ant day was spent by every one
present.
Mr. G E Hunter, wife and
daughter, of Kensington, Ga.,
spent. Saturday night with I)r.
and Mrs. J T Hunter.
Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Cobb were
visiting relatives in Atlanta a
day or two last week,
Mrs. Nellie Stow and little
daughter spent Saturday night
with Mr. and Mrs. John M Stow,
Mrs. A S Elrod spent several
days of last week with her daugh
ter. Mrs. Newton Sosebee, near
Ducktown.
Rev James I Holbrook preach
<d at Longstreet Saturday. There
were no services Sunday on ac
count of the weather.
Mr. William Hunter’.is'spend
ing a few days with Dr and Mrs.
,) T Hunter.
Mr. Edward Strawn, wife and
little daughter spent Sunday
eight with Mr. John M Stow and
family.
Mr. Fred Buice was visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S E Buice,
near Sharon, last Wednesday.
Little Miss Lyndal Cobb is at
home again, alter spending the
last three months at the Scottish
Kite Hospital in Atlanta
Miss Irene Williams and Mr.
General Wood were married Sun
day afternoon. Rev James 1 Hol
brook performing the ceremony,
We wish the young couple a long
happy life,
\\ ishing the North Georgian,
correspondents and readers a
Happy New Year.
L. H.
Newsy Notes and Pithy Para
graphs From Route 7.
H.v David Dawdon.
Resolved, That we will live as
near right as the simple flesh
will permit.
Resolved, also, that if we can
not say something good of our
fellowman we will say nothing.
tome have been preparing land
for a crop.
<■ Very little wheat and oats
sown.
Miss Effie Waldrip who las
been quite sick, has about recov
ered.
Mrs. Strawn is spending awhile
with her mother, Mrs. Smith,
near Free Home.
Hello, L?on Livingston, come
ahead With your writings. Let’s
give the .North Georgian a push
and see what it will do.
Let us all strive to make this
year the greatest one in our life.
As news'.is scarce we will step
out till next Monday when we
hope to do better.
FRO>T PROOF CABBAGE
PLANTS.
On our Georgia and Carolina
coast farms we have millions
ready for immediate shipment.
Larlv Jersey, Charleston Wake
field, Flat Dutch. Prepaid mail
UN. GOc; 400. $1.00; 1.000, *2‘>o;
Express 2000, $8.00; 5000, $6 25
Buncombe Bollards, Big Bosun
Letluci same price.
PARKER FARMS.
Atlanta, Ga,
Some Aspects of the
Farmers’ Problems
By BERNARD M. BARUCH
(Reprinted from Atlantic Monthly)
I
The whole rural world Is In a fer
ment of unrest, and there Is an un
paralleled volume and intensity of de
termined, If not angry, protest, and an
ominous swarming of occupational con
ferences, Interest groupings, political
U/bveinents and propaganda. Such a
turmoil cannot but arrest our atten
tion. Indeed, It demands our careful
study anil examination. It Is not like
ly that six million aloof and ruggedly
Independent men have come together
and handed themselves into active
unions, societies, farm bureaus, and so
forth, for no sufficient cause.
Investigation of the subject conclu
sively proves that, while there Is much
overstatement of grievances and mis
conception of remedies, the farmers
are right In complaining of wrongs
long endured, and right In holding that
it Is feasible to relieve their Ills with
benefit to the rest of the community.
This being the case of an Industry
that contributes, In the raw material
form alone, about one-third of the na
tional annual wealth production and
Is the means of livelihood of about 49
per cent of the population. It is ob
vious that the subject Is one of grave
concern. Not only do the farmers
make up one-half of the nation, but
the well-being of the other half de
pends upon them.
So long as we have nations, a wise
polltciul economy will aim at a large
degree of national self-sufficiency and
self-containment. Home fell when the
food supply was too far removed from
the belly. Like her, we shall destroy
our own agriculture and extend our
sources of food distantly and precari
ously, If we do not see to It that our
farmers are well and fairly paid for
their services. The farm the
nation men as well ns food. Cities
derive their vitality and are forever
renewed from the country, but an Im
poverished countryside exports intelli
gence and . retains unintelligence.
Only the lower grades of mentality
and character will remain on, or seek,
the farm, unless agriculture is capable
of being pursued with contentment and
adequate compensation. Hence, to em
bitter and Impoverish the farmer Is to
dry up and contaminate the vital
sources of the nation.
The war showed convincingly how
dependent the nation Is on the full
productivity of the farms. Despite
herculean efforts, agricultural produc
tion kept only a few weeks or months
ahead of consumption, and that only
by increasing the acreage of certain
staple crops at the cost of reducing
that of others. We ought not to for
get that lesson when we ponder on
the farmer’s problems. They are truly
i unman problems, and there should
lie no attempt to deal with then as
if they were purely selfish demands
of a clear-cut group, antagonistic to
the rest of the community. Rather
should we consider agriculture in the
light of broad national policy, Just
as we consider oil, coal, steed, dye
stuffs, and so forth, as sinews of na
tional strength. Our growing popula
tion and a higher standard of living
demand Increasing food supplies, and
more wool, cotton, hides, and the rest.
With the disappearance of free or
cheap fertile land, additional acreage
and Increased yields can come only
from costly elTort. This we need not
expect from an Impoverished or un
happy rural population.
It will not do to take a narrow view
of the rural discontent, or to appraise
It from the standpoint of yesterday.
This is peculiarly an age of flux and
change and new deals. Because a
thing always has been so no longer
means that' It Is righteous, or always
shall he so. More, perhaps, than ever
before, there Is a widespread feeling
that all human relations ean he Im
proved by taking thought, and that it
is not becoming for the reasoning ani
mal to leave his destiny largely to
chance and natural Incidence.
Prudent nnd orderly adjustment of
production and distribution In accord
unee with consumption Is recognized
•is wise management In every business
lint Hint of funning. Yet, I venture
to say, there Is no other Industry In
which It Is so Important to the pub
lic—to the city-dweller—that produc
tion should he sure, steady, and In
creasing, and that distribution should
he In proportion to the need. The un
organized farmers naturally net blind
ly and Impulsively and, In conse
quence, surfeit and dearth, accompn
nled by disconcerting price-variations,
harass the consumer. One year pota
toes rot in the fields because of excess
production, and there Is a scarcity of
the things that have been displaced
t„ make way for the expansion of the
potato acreage; next year the punish
ed farmers mass their fields on some
other crop, and potatoes enter the
class of luxuries; and so on.
Agriculture Is the greatest and fun
damentally the most Important of our
American Industries. The cities at*
hut the branches of the tree of na
tlonal life, the roots of which go deep
I,- into the land. We all flourish or
decline with the farmer. So. vhomwe
of the cities rend of the present uni
versa! distress of the fanners, of n
slump of six billion dollars In the farm
value of their crops In a single year,
THE NORTH GEORGIAN, GUMMING, GEORGIA^
of their inability to meet mortgages or
to pay current hills, and how, seeking
relief from their Ills, they are plan
ning to form pools, Inaugurate farm
ers' strikes, and demand legislation
abolishing grain exchanges, private
cattle markets, and the like, we ought
not hastily to brand them as economic
heretics and highwaymen, and hurl at
them the charge of being seekers of
special privilege. Rather, we should
ask If their trouble Is net ours, and
see what can he done to improve the
situation. I’urely from self-interest,
If for no higher motive, we should
help them. All of us want to get back
permanently to “normalcyhut is it
reasonable to hope for that condition
unless our greatest and most basic In
dustry can he put on a sound and solid
permanent foundation? The farmers
are not entitled to special privileges;
but are they not right in demanding
that they be placed on an equal foot
ing with the buyers of their products
and with other Industries?
fi
Let us, then, consider some of the
farmer’s grievances, and see how far
they are real. In doing so, we should
remember that, while there have been,
and still are, Instances of purposeful
abuse, the subject should not be ap
proached with any general imputation
to existing distributive agencies of de
liberately intentional oppression, but
rather with the conception that the
marketing of farm products has not
been modernized.
An ancient evil, and a persistent
one, is the undergrading of farm prod
ucts, with the result that what the
farmers sell as of one quality is re
sold as of a higher. That this sort of
chicanery should persist on any Im
portant scale in these days of busi
mss Integrity would seem almost in
credible, but there is much evidence
that It does so persist. Even as I
write, the newspapers announce the
suspension of several firms from the
New York Produce Exchange for ex
porting to Germany as No. 2 wheat a
whole shipload of grossly inferior wheat
mixed with oats, chaff and the like.
Another evil is that of inaccurate
weighing of farm products, which, it
Is charged, Is sometimes a matter of
dishonest Intention and sometimes of
protective policy on the part of the
local buyer, who fears that he may
“weigh out" more than he “weighs in.”
A greater grievance is that at pres
ent the field farmer has little or no
control over the time and conditions
of marketing his products, with the
result that lie is often underpaid for
his products and usually overcharged
for marketing service. The differ
ence between what the farmer re
ceives and what the consumer pays
often exceeds all possibility of Justi
fication. To cite a single Illustration.
Last year, according to figures attest
ed by the railways and the growers,
Georgia watermelon-raisers received
on the average 7.f> cents for a melon,
the railroads got 12.7 ccnis for carry
ing It to llaltlmore and the consumer
paid one dollar, leaving 79 S cents for
the service of marketing and its risi.s,
as against 20.2 cents for growing and
transporting. The hard annals of
farm-life are replete with such com
mentaries on the crudeness of pres
ent practices.
Nature prescribes that the farmer’s
“goods” must he finished within two
or three months of the year, while
financial and storage limitations gen
erully compel him to sell them at the
same time. Asa rule, other industries
are in a continuous process of finish
Ing goods for the markets; they dis
tribute ns they produce, and they can
curtail production without too great
Injury to themselves or the commu
nity; but if the farmer restricts his
output. It Is with disastrous conse
quences, both to himself and to tin
community.
The average farmer is busy with
production for the major part t/f the
yonr, and has nothing to sell. The
bulk of Ids output comes on the mar
ket at once Because of lack of spo
nge facilities and of financial support,
the farmer cannot carry his goods
through the year nnd dispose of them
ns they are currently needed. In the
great majority of cases, farmers have
to entrust storage —In warehouses and
elevators —nnd the financial carrying
of their products to others.
Farm products are generally mar
keted at a time when there Is a con
gestlon of both transportation and
finance —when cars and money are
scarce. The outcome, in many in
stances, Is that the farmers not only
'sell under pressure, and therefore at
a disadvantage, but are compelled to
take further reductions,ln net returns,
in order to meet the charges for the
service of storing, transporting, financ
ing, and ultimate marketing- whit'll
charges they claim, art* often exces
site, bear heavily on both consumer
and producer, and are under .’he con
trol of those performing the services
It Is ttt.e that they are relieved of
the rlsl of a changing market by
selling at once; but they are quite will-
We Thank You
for your past patronage and wish
you a prosperous new year.
Curaming Garage.
Exclusive agents for Good Year and Fisk tires and
tubes,
NEW LIBERTY
Well, Christmas has come and
gone, and the dew year is here.
Did you know that we will not
all live to see next Christmas?
Sunday was a bad day and not
much visiting in this part.
Miss Sarah Ruddell spent Sat
urday night with Miss Margie
McConnell,
The sick are Mrs. C A Wallis,
Miss Arrell Wallis, and several
others near sick with colds.
E L Bagwell has accepted a
position with Mr. S M Stripland
at Itley. He will move and goto
work in the store first of the
week,
The school here is moving a
long nicely. Mr. Luther Carr is
a fine teacher. Also the assist
ant, Mr. Carl Holbrook.
Mr. Nay Wallis was a visitor
at Mr. E L Bagwell’s Sunday p.
m,
As news is scarce I will close
by wishing all a happy and pros
perous new year.
Bob White.
Atlanta Welding Cos.,
74 Ivy St., Atlanta, Ga.
H. J. Moatgomery, I’rop’r.
Prepared to weld anything that
can be welded. Use both elec
tric and autogenous. Prices very
reasonable and satifaction guar
teed.
( LAV cV I>l Alll,
Attorneys at La v,
MARjKTTA. GEORGIA;
OVID T. WHELCHEL.
Attorney at Law,
GUMMING, : GEORGIA.
Office over F. & M. Rank.
| r. FOWI.ER JXO. T. DORSEY
FOWLER & DORSEY,
Practice of Criminal Law,
hum Ml KG, GA,
DR.M. F. AL KtSLLY
dentist ,
Office upstairs over farmers and Me
chains Hank
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All persot s having claims or demands
,gain-a the estate of Mrs. Martha Ilea and,
decca-cd, an hereby notified to present
the same properly properly proven to
tho undersigned [or to my attorney, H.
|, Tail, rson.l at once and all persons
ii.dcbieo to tin -aid fit. . asi and are re
qllirtd lo make immediate setl't meat.
\y. W, Heard. Admr.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All pc -ons having claims or demands
against the estate of T. W. Orr l..te oi
-aid county de. ’d are hereby notified <o
prt sent 'he same lo the undersigned
properly proven at once; and all per
j„ -nl to said estate are required
oi,. he iinnieoiatc sttiUmeUt This
Jet. lph. 19 I.
VV. F. ORR,
Adm r upon c late of T.W.Orr died'
Corn Liquor and
Automobile Oil.
Quite a difference you will say, but in one respect
there is a similarity. A bar-keeper used to buy a barre
of corn liquor and make two barrels out of it. Some re
finers blend, mix and compound their oils. the bar
keeper didn’t mix water with hia liquor to make it bet
ter, neither does the refiner mix his oil to make it better;
both were mixed because there was more profit to the
dealer, and because the buyer could be fooled-
Treat your car right. Use nothing but a straight
run, high grade oil, Such is
KwakLuroyl.
Sold by
Cumming Garage, Cumming, Ga.
EAGLE “MlKADO ,? >^^^^^^ Pencii N0 * 174
FoSltVoulDl!" 1 ,r,d *‘
ask for the yellow pencil with the red band
EAGLE MIKADO
EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, NEW YORK
SHERIFF’S SALES.
Georgia, Forsyth County.
Will be sold before the court
house door in Cumming, in said
county, at public outcry to the
highest bidder for cash, within
the legal hours of sale, on the
first Tuesday in February,l922
All that tract or parcel of land
in the 14th district and first sec
tion in said county, known as
the A. L. Hansard place, con
taining 370 acres, more or less,
consisting of lots Nos. 74, 75;
ten acres more or less of the
south part of 161 aeuth of Pir
kle’s ferry road, east of the
woods, and south and east of
the road leading out from the A
L. Hansard road; 162, 163; 182
183; 184; 185 and 268. Levied
upon as the property of A. L.
Hansard who is in the possess
ion of the same, under and by
virtue of 18 executions from
the Justice Court of the 879th
district, G. M., in said county,
in favor of W. S. Davenport a
gainst said A. L. Hansard, each
reciting that the judgments are
based on notes secured by a
deed from said Hansard to said
Davenport for said described
land. Levies made by Alex
Vaughan, Constable and re
turned to me and I have given
the said A. L. Hansard written
notice of the intended sale
thereof.
This Jan. 9th, 1922.
Also, at the same time and
place, one five passenger Chev
rolet car, 1920 model, motor No
87879. Levied upon as the prop
erty of L. P. Mangum, under
and by virtue of a fifa issued
from the Superior Court of
Forsyth county, in favor of W.
M. Tate against the said L. P.
Mangum. This Jan. 11, 1922.
R. L. Holbrook, Sheriff.
Forsyth County.
Georgia, Forsyth County.
To all whom it may concern:
Miss Octa Milford having
made application to me for per
manent letters of administra
tion, de bonis non, to vest in A.
W. Harris, upon the estate of
James Milford late of said coun
ty deceased, notice is hereby
given that said application will
be heard at the regular term of
the Court of Ordinary of said
county to be held oh the first
Monday in February, 1922. Giv
en under my hand and official
signature, this 9th day of Janu
ary, 1922.
W. J. Tidwell, Ordinary.
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The Child’* Eye*.
Longdistance gating—treated os •
pastime—ls advised for children show
ing * tendency to short sight, and the
excellent long Bight of the sailor and
the dweller In the open country t*
cited *.* a proof of the efflclr icv oi
tabltual long distance gaxing