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WASHINGTON NEWS
OF INTEREST TO OUR
FARMER FRIENDS
REA ACTIVITY—SEED PROTEC
TION-IMPROVED FERTILIZER
—THE TENANT PROBLEM.
(From The News Washington Bureau.)
Readers of this column have been:
urged to acquaint themselves with
the activities of the rural electrifica
tion administration and to consider
the possibilities of taking steps to
secure the benefits of electric current
for their farms and homes.
The REA is constantly financing
projects for rural electric lines. Sam-;
pies of the projects being undertak
en include: 329 miles, serving 777 j
farms, in Richland county, Wiscon
sin, through the Richland County |
Co-Operative Electric association, in
volving more than $200,000. Three
hundred seventy-four miles to serve
1,180 farms in Huntington and other
counties in Indiana through the Hun
tington County Rural Electric Mem-1
bership corporation, involving $405,-'
000. Two hundred eighty miles to |
serve 1,200 farms in four Ohio coun
ties through the Union Rural Elec
tric Co-Operation, Inc., of Marysville,
Ohio, involving $336,000. Four hun
dred four miles to serve 1,215 farms
in several other Indiana counties, in
volving $330,500.
The specimen projects listed above
do not, by any means, embrace all
types of projects being undertaken
but are indicative of the scope of the
work in various sections of the coun
try.
One of the good works of the de
partment of agriculture is its efforts
to prevent the sale of misbranded
seed to farmers throughout the coun
try. It often happens that buyers of
seed are victimized by the careless
or fraudulent branding of seed, al
legedly containing one thing and ac
tually containing others.
The division of seed investigations
makes numerous seizures of mis
branded seed, some containing a large
percentage of weed and grass seeds.
Sometimes the shipments are ap
prehended and sale is prevented.
Another cause of loss to growers
is the sale of a variety of seed for
planting in a section where it is not
suitable. Often the label is misbrand
ed in order to “get by”.
Frequently seed carrying labels
testifying to a high germination are
often on seed which actually germi
nate poorly. These, when apprehend- !
ed, are also seized.
bureau of chemistry and soils !
reports a promising method for the
granulation of fertilizer mixtures
which will make each particle a bal
ance composite of the various mate
rials. Usually the materials are mix
ed uniformly at the factory but of
ten, through handling, the different
materials segregate, causing differ
ent fertilization to the individual
plants. The granulation also lessens
the tendency to cake.
Chemists of the bureau are con
stantly working on problems of ag
riculture and are attempting to bring
the powers of science into play as
active allies of American farmers.
Thinking farmers and land owners j
are paying more attention to the
tentant problem than ever before.
Secretary Wallace, in an address to
negro leaders and farmers at Tus
kegee institute this week, pointed out
that we think of it as “the unruly
child of cotton” but added that “tak
ing debts into account, farm opera
tors in states like Illinois, South Da
kota and lowa, probably own less
than 30 per cent, of the farm real
estate. He fears that a bad year or
two would mean renewed concentra
tion of land ownership. In 1880 of
the 4,000,000 farmers in the nation,
about three-fourths owned their
land. Last year there were 3,900,000
owners and 2,800,000 tenants. In these
figures one finds a real problem
ahead of the nation.
A MATTER OF LOSS.
(T. P. Hursey, District Forester.)
If some one went to your chicken
house and stole a chicken you’d prob
ably be mad, but would you feel ■
very angry if some one came by your
woodland and set it on fire and one,
cr many trees died as a result?
I know an old negro who had some
nice black walnut on his woodlot. A
man wanted to buy them and went
out to look them over. The old ne- i
gro said that he had had some, but
fire had killed them last fall. The
buyer walked up in the cove and
looked them over. There they were,;
burned down, weather cracked and
worthless. Now dressed black walnut
lumber is worth a lot of money per
thousand board feet. The old negro
had had a small fortune in his back
yard, so to speak, and he had let fire
destroy it, yet he would be mad to
this day if someone had stolen a
chicken from him. He’d probably be
waiting every night to shoot the thief.
We don’t appreciate values much.
We lose a chicken worth 50 cents j
maybe, and we get mad.
Someone sets our woodland on fire
and destroys many dollars’ worth of
timber for us, and that’s absolutely
nothing to get excited about. ;
HIGHEST cash price paid for scrap
iron; also rags and all kinds of
metals. See me before you sell. —!
Buddy Bush. ;
Grin, And Bear It.
Emergencies are what call out the
measure of a man. It’s an old adage
to “grin and bear it.” But if you|can’t
grin, then I would say—'bear it any
way!
I make no boast at bringing what
emergencies have come to me, but,
this I have discovered—-that it is far
easier to grin and bear a thing that
you Phow you have got to bear than!
ito fuss and complain. The path isl
| smoother —even though it is rough, j
I under such a philosophic course.
And right here I would like to j
state that every man should have a
philosophy—nor would I confine this,
suggestion to men, but to women as i
well!
A philosophy of life is one of the
most valuable possessions anyone
; can have. It is not only a guide, but
j a balancing force. It implies a sense
j of humor and a cargo of courage, as
well as a sense of vision.
Os course there are limits wheni
revolts are necessary—-but they are I
last resorts. Paths of patience should I
never be short.
Grin and bear it. But don’t mope
and sulk! The past is gone. The fu- ■
I ture is never at hand. The present is i
the great chance. Plough through! It
is false philosophy that “Opportunity j
I comes but once.” Opportunity is for
ever knocking, but as a friend once
remarked, “One should not expect
Opportunity to kick the door panelsi
in!”
Whatever the emergency, be equal
to it. Depend upon no one but your
self—expect from no one but your- j
self essential applause. Self-satisfac- j
tion is the supreme achievement. It;
is the supreme success.
Let not life confound you, confuse I
you. Troubles and losses do not just!
dribble one by one. Ofter they come
in droves and batallions! Grin—and
bear them. Do not faint over possi
ble consequences. Learn to master
events! Pay attention to the IS—not
to the WAS or the MAY.
Seif-contentment arises alone from'
self-solution. Perhaps it is better to I
bear it first, and then to grin hearti-1
ly afterwards! But bear through,
anyway.—George Mathews Adams.
Hunting Licenses.
You can get hunting license at the
folowing places in Chattooga county. |
Hunting licenses will be handled al- |
together by agents and not by the
game protector:
Summerville News office, Summer-1
ville.
Grady Ramey’s, Trion.
C. A. Wyatt’s, Menlo.
Crawford Hardware Co.. Lyerly.
The squirrel season opened Aug
115. The date for the opening of the
■ dove season will be announced later,
!as the federal season has not been I
announced.
IN LOVING MEMORY.
On Aug. 1, 1936, the death angel
came and bore home the sweet spirit
of Mrs. Ethel Tucker, wife of O. P.
Tucker. She was a member of Menlo
Methodist church and enjoyed work
ing for her Master and helping oth
| ers to live for Christ.
She was before her marriage Eth
el Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Reynolds. She was 34 years
of age when her Master’s call came.
She was sick but a few days, but
bore her pains with a smile. It was
j hard to give Ethel up and we miss
those words of comfort and welcome
smiles. But we have a greater wel
come in Heaven if we join our hearts
and hands in the work of our blessed
Master.
We know that Jesus tells us He,
goes to prepare us a home and will I
come for us later; so let us all be!
found ready when He comes, forl
Ethel is waiting with outstretchedj
hands to welcome us home.
I
Another loved one has been taken,
Another home made sad;
But we all know Ethel’s in Heaven
And that makes us glad.
We can hardly realize the actual fact
That God has called her away,
Yet we know she cannot speak to us
’Till on that great Judgment day.
She leaves io mourn her going
! away a husband and two children!!
Darnell and Lee Roy; father, moth- !
! er, four sisters and three brothers j
and a host of relatives and friends. I
Written by one who loved her,
MRS. LULA CHAPPELEAR.
LOST—Five $20.00 bills in court
house here Monday, Sept. 14. Lib
eral reward if returned to S. W.
Johnson, near Gilreath’s Store.
Leisure Time at University
• Cornell university says that a nation
wide study shows that five and one-half i
hours a day is the average amount of
leisure time reported hy persons from
fifteen to twenty-five years of age.
The Hawk Family
Hawks are still lumped in the sin |
gle damnatory classification, “chicken
hawks,” by an astonishingly large pro |
portion of the population. Even to ■
farmers, who might be expected to
know the difference between good and
evil on the wing, a hawk is merel.v j
something to be shotgunned if it eoine
within range.
W. M. KITTLE
Well Driller P.O. Box 132
Ringgold, Ga. Phone 76
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1936.
PROGRAM
Southeastern Fair
October 4-11
Sunday: Au to race day.
(Gates, buildings open at 1:00
p. m. Races, 2:30 p. m.) Free
Grandstand Show, Fireworks
8.30 p. m.
Monday: Formal opening and
downtown civic parade; also ex
hibitors’ day, special dinner for
exhibitors at 6 p. m. Free
Grandstand Show, Fireworks
8:30 p. m.
Tuesday: Kiwanis Day, din
ner 6 p. m. Casino reserved
from 10 p. m. for Kiwanis dance.
Free Grandstand Show, Fire
works 8:30 p. m.
Wednesday: 4-H Club Day,
State 4-H Club officials preside
at fair; auto r es 2:30 p. m.
Free Grandstand Show, Fire
works 8:30 p. m.
Thursday: Shriners’ Day, Ca
sino reserved from 10 p. m. for
Shrine Dance. Free Grandstand
Show, Fireworks 8:30 p. m.
Friday: School Day, Spelling
Bee. 10 a. m.; 1,000-piece school
band, 2:30 p. m., 8 acts vodvil,
Lee’s Cowboy band. Pony show
and Rodeo. Free pony given
away. Free Grandstand Show,
Fireworks 8:30 p. m.
Saturday: Georgia Press Day;
Press luncheon at 1 p. m. Mo
torcycle and Bicycle races at
2:30 p m. Free Grandstand
Show, Fireworks 8:30 p. m.
Sunday: Auto Race Day, races
2:30 p. m. Radio amateur hour
3 p. m., in educational exposi
tion. Free Grandstand Show.
Fireworks 8:30 p. m.
Herbert S. Houston is taking
“walk” to Roosevelt.
Here’s Where
7,684 NEW Jobs Came From
With Yearly Payrolls of
More Than $5,000,000
One hundred and thirty new industries have located on the
lines of this Company since January, 1931. These new concerns
now employ 7,684 Georgians. Their annual payrolls total over
$5,000,000. They represent a new capital investment in the state
of more than $9,500,000 during the past six years. Georgia’s
industrial growth has been steady; even during the darkest
days of the depression, it did not stop. Now it is steaming up
again, it is gathering speed. During the first eight months of
1936, fourteen large new industries have located on our lines, giv
ing employment to more than 2,000 Georgians, bringing new
annual payrolls of $1,500,000 and adding more than $1,700,000 \
to Georgia’s resources. REAL jobs, REAL payrolls, a REAL in- \
crease in Georgia’s busy and productive wealth---that’s the
sort of stuff that makes REAL prosperity!
Year In, Year Out
Through good years and bad, the Industrial De
partment of the Georgia Power Company has gone
quietly but aggressively ahead with its business of
showing the world the advantages which Georgia
has to offer industry. By means of the Company’s
connections in the east, it keeps in touch with the
activities and the plans of the nation’s leading in
dustries. If a new plant or factory is being considered
■—detailed surveys of many Georgia localities are
made, information of a hundred sorts is prepared,
natural resources are analyzed and listed, Georgia’s
pertinent advantages are catalogued, cross-indexed,
classified and presented in clear and emphatic
fashion. It is gratifying to us that this work has
borne good fruit. We consider and shall continue
to consider it a vital part of our good citizenship
in Georgia.
.. .The Work Goes On
★ “I am fully confident that the payroll from
the factory will go a long way toward bring'
ing back real prosperity to this community, for we
are sadly in need of a supplement to our well de
veloped farming industry in the county. We cer
tainly would never have been able to locate the
factory here had it not been for your tireless
efforts.”
From a letter to the Company from a
leading citizen in a Georgia community.
★ “There was nothing in the way of informa
tion which we wanted that you did not get
or attempt to get for us and in tie light of our
present experience, we feel that this information
was correct in all detail. We feel well satisfied
with our choice of Georgia as a manufacturing
locality and feel your company was instrumental
more than anything else in deciding our location.”
From an official of a big textile manu
facturing company which recently es
tablished a mill in Georgia.
THEY SAY.
By HUBERT DODD.
“We make no charge for first-aid
treatment of hurts received on our
premises.”
It was a big flay in town. People
from all over the state had gathered
in a shaded-park adjacent to and
owned by a textile company to hear
political speeches. A stream ran
through the park, inviting children
to wade and tempting older ones to
do the same. A little girl cut her foot
badly on a broken bottle in the bed
of the stream. An employe of the
mill noticing the accident offered to
take the child to the first-aid room
over at the mill. After the efficient
nurse dressed the wound and ban
daged it neatly, the father of the
child asked, “What is your charge?
The reply was refreshing:
“We make no charge for first-aid
treatment of hurts received on our
premises.”
And I thought, “This is the gospel,
for somewhere in Holy Writ it is
said, ‘lf he hath wronged thee, or
oweth thee aught, put that on mine
account.’
“How much happier the world
would be if everybody would make
no charge for giving the helping
hand to those on his premises who
are in need!”
Swims Mile; Rescues Boys.
Quincy, Mass. — Seeing her 5-year
old son and a playmate, 8, drifting
out to sea in an oarless rowboat, Mrs.
Chester V. Anderson, 24, a former
beauty contest, winner, jumped fully
clothed into the water and swam to
the boat a mile away. Grasping the
stern with one hand, she pushed the
boat back to shore by swimming with
one arm and kicking with her feet.
IN MEMORY OF MY OLD HOME.
Back to the home of my childhood,
I am thinking today,
Remembering the years gone by
I spent there at play.
The house is no more there,
The fruit trees are all gone;
And from the front gate
The flowers are no more shown,
A forest is now growing
Where fields have been tilled,
Hands that held the plow
Have for years been stilled.
But as birds overhead
Sing a quiet refrain,
I’ll live for the day
Those old times again.
And in those sweet memories
There appears smiling on me
The face of an angel
That is fair to see.
Though on that farm
Was hardships and toil
Though I am proud
I was a farmer’s daughter.
MRS. LULA CHAPPELEAR.
Employment in July at the highest
paek since October, 1930.
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These Are The New Industries So Far in 1936
Product
Firm Name Manufactured Location
Manhattan Shirt Company. Shirt* Americus
Oberman and Company Pants Thomson
Wham and Company Tents, awnings Atlanta
Muscogee Handle Company... Handles Columbus
Monticello Canning Company- Foods Monticello
L. and H. Manufacturing Co Shirts Cochran
Monarch Wine Company Wine* Atlanta
Abel Ice Company Ice Griffin
Canada Dry Company Ginger Ale Atlanta
Cudahy Packing Company Meat Product* Albany
Globe Union Mfg. C 0... Batteries Atlanta
Home Ice Company Ice Griffin
Rodger* Hosiery Company Hosiery Athens
Royal Manufacturing Co. Shirts Washington
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A “We wish to take this occasion of expressing our appreciation for the
interest.... taken in assisting us to select a suitable location in which
to establish a southern full-fashioned hosiery unit. It was entirely through
your efforts that we were convinced of the possibilities obtained through
manufacturing in the South.”
From the head of a large hosiery mill recently established
on the Company Knee.
GEORGIA
POWER COMPANY
A CITIZEN WHEREVER WE SERVE
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* These are excerpt* from a few of many such letters in our files. Names
and further details will be furnished on request by Industrial Department,
Georgia Power Company, Atlanta.
Georgia Woman Drafted—The Na
tional Speakers bureau of the demo
cratic party has “drafted” Mrs. Boyd
Quarles, of Decatur, as a speaker in
behalf of President Roosevelt’s can
didacy for re-election.
Georgia Sailor Hero —The navy’s
silver metal for heroism has been
awarded to a Georgia sailor, Boat
swain’s Mate Thomas Harold Ponder,
of Canton. According to Washington
dispatches, the award came as a re
sult to Ponder’s aid in picking up
survivors of the Silver Hazel off the
Phillipine Islands in November, 1935.
He was stationed aboard the United
States Perry.
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