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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
O. J. ESPY, Editor and Manager.
J. G. HUNT, Associate Editor.
Published every Thursday by the
News Publishing company.
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There is a news notice elsewhere in
i-7 :e t< ntiv< t< th, c'cction tha'
has been called on exempting new
manufacturing industries for a period
of five years. If you have not already
read it, look it up and read it.
If Chattooga county hopes to get
any of these, she must put herself on
equal grounds with other competitive
sections.
Let every citizen, who is interested
in the upbuilding of his county, vote
for this exemption. The eastern man
ufacturers are looking southward, and
sooner or later they are coming, and
will naturally locate where the great
est inducements are offered. There
are no better locations anywhere in
the south, than in Chattooga county.
Lets open our doors, and extend to
them a hearty invitation.
Below, we quote from an editorial
in last week’s Christian Index Head
ed, “Destroying a Nation:”
“Therefore, this fearful breakdown
of our home life, as reflected in the di
vorce records, is not only destroying
our nation -it is destroying our sense
of the sanctities of life. Indeed, it is
separating our people from God!
“Back of this whole matter is the
fundamental principle of the neces
sity of getting people properly mar
ried. The divorce courts will continue
to grind out these decrees so long as
our young people rush into this sac
red relation without a due sense of its
meaning and a full consecration of
themselves to one another and to God.
“It is a long road we have to travel.
The motion pictures, many current 1
magazines, many newspapers, a ma
jority of the novels, and other chan- ‘
nels of public opinion are lending 1
themselves to the sordid business of 1
abetting a lax moral relation between 1
the sexes. Sensuality stalks abroad, !
unchallenged by church or state. The
modern dance hall has contributed
more than any other single factor, 1
perhaps, to unwarranted marriages. '
Whiskey has been the cause of many '
such marriages and equally has whis
key been responsible for the break- ’
down of home relations. It is a long,
hard road we must travel if we are
to save our young people from these 1
co-ordinated evils. But unless chris- '
tian people do definitely undertake to 1
save the home life of our nation, '
where are we to expect help? Not on- 1
ly will the homes go, but with them 1
will go the school, the church, the 1
state. Is it not a time to cause our 1
Baptist people to think and to pray 1
and to work? Shall we not set our- 1
selves in all the might which the Holy I
Spirit can produce in us to stem this
engultiing tide of sin which is sweep
ing down upon our land? Only in this '
spirit can we meet the situation. May
God help us to see the plight of our I
land and to give ourselves to its re
lief.” i
Louie D. Newton, the editor of the
Christian Index, is beginning to talk
out in meeting on vital issues, just
like a real editor ought to, plainly and
fearlessly. His editorial is full of mat
ter that calls for serious thought and
prompt action.
If the members of the coining Geor
gia legislature would make themselves
famous, let them equal all of the
present divorce laws, and pass some
more stringent, and not so elastic.
The courts claim that under present
divorce laws they have to direct ver
dicts, whenever one of the grounds
for divorce is proved. One of the
grounds is, cruel treatment. The su
preme court has held that cruel treat
ment is when one's feeling are hurt.
Anything that either party does—if
the other will swear that it hurt his,
or her feelings.
Bless your soul, that let down the gap.
When that is done, the case is made
out, and one of the jury is made fore
man. and he is ordered to sign on the
dotted line. Divorces have been grant
ed on some very ridiculous things.
We read of where a woman got a
divorce from her husband, because he
persisted in wearing "galluses.”
We were present at Lafayette
court a few years ago. and there was
a divorce trial in progress. The hus
band was suing his wife for a di
vorce on the grounds of cruel treat
ment. His evidence of creul treatment!
was, that his wife refused to darn his
socks and patch his breeches. And
that hurt his feelings “mighty bad."
Judge Wright left his seat, came
down to where we were. and said.
Bro. Hunt, that is an outrage, that's
what the courts are up against. Now,
I've got to charge that jury to give
him a divorce, when he ought to be
sent to the chaingang. A party in At
lanta told me that he sign about fifty
verdicts granting divorces, as a fore
man of the jury in less than three
hours.
Shame! Shame, that we are treating
something so lightly, that is under
minding the very foundation of home, '
state and church.
Brain fag: A condition brought on
by trying to figure out how to lay by
enough money to buy Christmas gifts 1
for the family, the wife’s friends, the i
children’s and your own. ]
Farm Demonstration Department
Co-Operative Extennion Work in Agriculture.
Georgia State College of Agriculture and United Statea Department
of Agriculture Co-operating.
B. M. DRAKE, County Agent, Summerville, Ga.
Office in Courthouse Phone No. 50.
Program of Georgia National Egg-
Laying Contest Plant.
Hardman hall campus, Georgia
state college of agriculture, Satur
day, October 30, 1926.
Prayer D. E. L. Hill.
Introductory remarks—by chairman
Presentation and work of greeting
Major John S. Cohen, editor Atlan
from:
ta Journal; H. M. Atkinson, chairman
Georgia Railway & Power company;
Harrison Jones, vice-president, Coca-
Cola company; Ben S. Read, presi
dent, Southern Bell Telephone com
pany; Harold Hirsch, Atlanta; J. E.
Talmadge, Athens; C. S. Burden, pres
ident, Georgia Baby Chick associa
tion, Hogansville; Prof. J. 11. Wood,
professor of poultry husbandry. Geor
gia state college of agriculture.
Prof. J. Phil Campbell, director of
extension, Georgia state college of ag
riculture.
Dr. Charles M. Snelling, chancellor,
University of Georgia; Judge Win. H.
Barrett, president, Alumni associa
tion, Augusta; Hon. Eugene Talmadge
commissioner of agriculture-elect, Dr.
L. G. Hardffian, governor-elect of
Georgia. Announcements. Benediction.
FACTS ABOUT THE CONTEST
The contest plant consists of 52
straw-loft type houses, 12 ft. by 14
ft. each, designed to furnish most
ideal conditions at all seasons. Each
house has been provided with two
large pasture yards. Two entries or
twenty-four birds will be quartered
in each hiuse.
Contesting Birds
Birds are entered from eighteen
states and one pen from Canada. The
fololwing states are represented: Cal
ifornia, Washington, Wisconsin, Mich
igan, Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri,
Oklahoma, Alamaba, Florida, Georgia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Vir
ginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mis
sissippi, Arkansas, and Canada. Thir
ty-two Georgia counties have fifty
six pens entered in the contest.
Breeds Entered
Os the hundred pens entered, sixty
nine are White leghorns, nine Rhode
Lsland reds, seven Anconas, four
Barred Plymouth rocks, three white
Wyandottes, one blagc Minorca, one
white rock, and one Kiwi.
Value of Contest
The value of the Georgia national
egg laying contest to tho ( poultry rais
ers of Georgia and the«*outh cannot
be estimated in dollars and cents. The
effect it already has had on the indus
try is worth thousands of dollars to
the state. There is no doubt but that
results obtained at the contest will
cause thousands of poultrymen to ob
tain better stock, use better business
methods and do more constructive
breeding.
The Atlanta Journal, the Georgia
Railway & Power company, the Coca-!
Cola company, and other contributors 1
have generously helped one of Geor
gia’s greatest agricultural industries.
By adding millions to the farm income
the whole state will be greatly bene
fitted.
The Georgia nationa egg laying
contest is elected member of the
American record of performance coun
cil.’ Only two other contests were ad
mitted this year, and it is unusual for
a contest to be admitted before it has
been operating for at least a year.
So exacting are the requirements that
only a small percentage of the con
tests in the United States belong.
The .American record of performan
ce council is the only official organi
zation for certifying and registering
birds for laying qualities or perfor
mances.
Any bird in the Georgia contest
that scores 75 points according to the
standard of perfection and produces
two hundred or more eggs during the
year can be certified and registered.
These certificates are treasured by all
progressive poultrymen. We are proud
of the fact that we can issue them
the first year.
The contest wil be open to visitors
during the hours of daylight every
week day in the year.. Visitors are
welcome ami are encouraged to come,
and bring their friends and get as
much out.of the contest as possible.
Weakly and monthly reports will be
furnished to the press. Breeders and
leaders wishing to receive complete
written reports should ask to have
their name placed on the mailing list.
Georgia’s Poultry Industry
The value of chickens and eggs pro
duced in Georgia each year has in
creased from $12,000,000.00 to $30,-
000,000.00 during the past few years.
Incubator capacity (commercial) in
creased from 190,000 in 1923 to over
a million in 1926.
Poultry buyers state that 85 per
cent of the poultry purchased by
them today is purebred as compared
with 85 per cent mongrel purchased
in 1922. h
The above figures show that the
growth has been phenomenal. It is
safe to say that the quality has in
creased in proportion. Thomas Riggs,
president of the American Poultry as
sociation. with headquarters at Fort
Wayne. Ind., recently visited Georgia.
Mr. Riggs stated that records in his
office showed that Georgia had made
more progress with standard bred
poultry than any other state in the,
THE! SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1926.
union or any province of Canada. He
further stated that many birds exhi
bited at the better Georgia shows
would win or stand high at the larg
est and best shows in America.
Future Possibilities
There are today over ten million
chickens in Georgia. If we would in
crease production one egg per bird it
wauld add $250,000.00 a year to our
farm income.
The average Georgia bird produces
about fifty eggs in a year. Flocks
comprised of good birds properly car
ed for produce from 125 to 150 eggs
per bird per year. Birds in the various
egg laying contests average 165 eggs
each per year. Without increasing the
number of birds in Georgia we can
double our income from poultry.
Records obtained from a number of
Georgia farms having a total of over
20,000 birds show that the labor in
come or income above feed cost for
eight months, starting January Ist, 1
was SI.BB. These flocks will show a!
labor income of over $2.00 per bird
for the year.
Surely we can afford to encourage
such a profitable busines, especially
at a time when cotton prices are so
demoralizing.
IS THIS A FOOL S PARADISE?
It is a noticeable fact, that ease of
living and prosperity often bring dis
contentment, while adversity
strengthens the character and offers
an incentive to accomplish seemingly
impossible results. This phenomenon
is witnessed in both family and na- 1
tional life. The wealthy individual I
with all the material things that
should help bring contentment, is of
tne not satisfied, when his poorer
neighbor who has little of this worlds
goods and has to work hard for a liv
ing, finds peace and happiness.
And so it is with nations and states.
The United States which is probably
the most prosperous country on the
globe, and which has had the most
free and democratic form of govern
ment for 150 years, is constantly at
tacked by political theorists who
would exchange our governmental
structure for a dangerous of
pottage.
When we were struggling for free
dom, necessity forced us to devise and
( adopt a constitution which would pro
tect the individual from oppressive
officialism. In our day of prosperity
and power we listen to schemes that
would undermine our constitution and
detract from the liberty of the indi
vidual.
We have seen states as well as our
federal government, flirting with pro
posals which would put the govern
ment into business competition with
private citizens and taxpayers. So far,
the comomn sense of the people has
generally repudiated any program
! which seemed to undermine constitu
tional rights and liberties. But the
agitation continues, and wealth and
prosperity have a tendency to breed
envy, jealousy and hatred.
Chicora Girls Give Program
At the Frigidaire-Delco light booth
at the State fair grounds yesterday
afternoon, a delightful program was
given by the Chicora College Glee
club. Several hundred persons enjoy
ed the program, which lasted for more
! than an hour. ?
Mrs. S. C. Byrd, wife of the presi
dent of Chicora, chaperoned the glee
club members, who are: Misses Kath
erine Henley, Rosa Currie, Sarah
Benn, Frances Alford, Rith Alford,
Mary White Wilson, and Dorothy Hill,
j They sang several popular songs
about Frigidaire, composed by Miss
' Henley.
The pleasing program held the
large audience throughout; in fact,
the audience grew as the program
proceeded.
FOR SALE- -I will sell Friday, Oct.
29, antique furniture, feather beds,
pillows, 1 refrigerator, 1 cook stove,
1 oil stove, cross cut saw, stone jars,!
2 safes, 1 wardrobe, dishes, canned
fruit, preserves, pickles and other
things not mentioned.—Mrs. G AV.
Worsham, Summervile, Georgia. It.
The biggest fish in the social swim
is not always a good catch.
Easy street is something constantly
being sought but seldom reached. ' j
Two’s company ahd three’s a crowd,!
but nothing less than six is a good,
load for a two-passenger automobile.]
A cooking school for men is being
started over east, indicating that men
will become the equal of women yet. j
Perhaps a fool and his money soon
part, but the fool has a good time and
the money falls into hands where it
is put to better use.
FOR SALE—Four year old Jersey
cow with young calf.—John Jones,
Summerville. Ga., R. 1. z
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