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ATLANTA, GEORGIA Our Live Stock Special &, Tl : 1 h x. ,*£. ••-ASS? -* A LIVE STOCK BOOR ACCOUNT H -Ilf*. * • — v /' ‘ 9* o f *im*ox* ' ‘ v»r ' ’ >7s tJvJ. TJ+XX .yzvzt,-*?: 4,25 ■ WB 1 ■rMW i? ■ im i - Pf# * : -y • ■ ; : r Over 725,00 0 t>>piex Twivc a Momh «ywf : m » •*, w . <| M| ♦ ♦ < U ”'t % #S ♦ '§® THE ORGA *> , Vl; OFFICIAL r CLIN OH COUNTY Is without doubt the most interesting practical, and most valu able Southern Farm Paper published. It comes twice a month, 24 times each year; contains 24 to 40 pages, and covers every department of the farm and home. It is worth much more than the subscription price of 50c per year. The editors are all practical farmers and mow what they are writing about. The first issue of each month is a Prize Special, worth a year’s subscription; “What Farmers Are Doing” the letters, mid-month printed issue, in are of great practical val ne. Hundreds of dollars are paid to subscribers for articles each year, and the experienceof these writers will be worth hundreds of dollars to you. Sample copy FREE. Homerville, Georgia, Frljay, June, 16- 1911. Prompt Payment te&chers. : jn> :- or Common _i^ - _rchool > There was. perhaps, never a time when so many Vital interests were at stake In Georgia as at pre sent’ and the Legislature at coming W session, will be upon solve of gpnt moment ** • Due of the, most vital of these problems is tlm”,Welfai , eof these-hwaJi especially the country soh^l*.'The people of’ time has copie when the the country Uru realizing the p 6 s children..jaite.aa Ability of Kaving scfbool for then; good as,city p<-d pip have fof theirL They should Imgin to realize not drily this pos sibility, A> it ^foir fight to have them, and should undertake i^tafte the duty of seeing that' tlip does,. its part in- creating them, They Shoidd demand thatsall hiimxmi-ing io the Power of Legis hiture.be removed «.t it's ricst.-iarss ion and such support and h ru as may be possible for the legislature to give 1)0 prompt!., provided, T!«' teacher^, too, s'l-mld ia rt in an aggressive campaign fi iig< itv pl^ent conditions; T has passed when a teaVUerV 4,tttv is complete When she does hep f-im, IOi! ' U ■’ ■ : '■ ' understami the foudiS lofts under must impossible !' "r.T"’'"”........ oi even dillu-ult, should , ,,,, do her ,, li st to have i ehangeil. In other words sheshould bean active uiember of society, ly, the conditions which efiect her work. One of the worst conditions which the country schools have to face is that of the deferred pay ment of teachers. In the present year the evil has reached is maxi mum, the teacher’s having been paid so far’ only ten per cent, of, their hard earned salaries . While this goes on, the country school cannot hope to get the best teach ers or to reach any high degree of efficincy. No* matter how devoted and self—sacrificing a teacher may be, or how much she may be will ing to lose, herself, in the work, she must have enout'h money for food, shelter, and clothing and, m many cases, her salary as teacher is her only dependence for these. Often she has aged parents or help less little brother and sister also dependent on her earnings. Even though she might barely subsist without her salary, it is her only dependence lor sell improvement and the means of becoming a teacher. It is easy to see that wdien she is offered a place where her sal ar.v wih be promptly paid’she will Kiel it her duty to accept this in 1 stead ot one wh -re she will be for - eed lo wait 10111 January lo .m,v- | ember or pay rates of discount which will greatly reduce even the pittance which the State owes her. In the interest of their childreu j the intelligent people now living in the country, should take measu res to have this evil remedied, Once the people are roused to the importance of the matter, the rem edy will iiokbe difficult. The defer- j red payments are in no sense obligat’! neecs sary. Practically all other ions of the State are met promptly j The whole burden of waiting is I thrown upon the person who &re I least able to bear it and through them the country school, which are struggling under other dfficulties almost impossible ta overcome, j have this additional hampering j influence. All sorts of things have been proposed, but no one wise to tire has, so far, been agreed pj feand urged unitedly upon the ptiou | also of leader the Legislature. So a has been lacking, I K> while i,d the ev it has been talked f; deplored, no remedy hi been pushed to completion. TV 1 f r«ason for this passivity on the ’. i;3 ® ot the power3 that be is not ^ f:o; seek. The teachers ar e for or ; to u^-it for the most part gen, and 3 no vote. The, old iiers long agb recoguized the b^led tpver of tlieir vote and when they for prompt paymeut, the heard and obeyed The votes w|ich the teachers lack arc in the lr'mis of the father children, who |«n all, are the real sufferers and these fathers use their power |th« tlm ©Id soldiers prompt did, obdienee, there will ami same great source of harm to the :moi wliuii tlnir ehildion must will be removed, audit will I'Ossib!.- !’.; A«j^ir children’s IWChers to be equal to tiroes pro for city children. lim teachers, themselves, Jtp, not be idle. They have no lint there are very few of ■ Kssuro iere are many who can bring to bear upon the Legisla K. All c„, talk to UatM. \ who and . ,. help , in . creating . a senti 1 h ,' ent * dl ‘ ere should be ' 15 '*■ tln >Bring is to be accoinpl's. ‘ i‘at the coming session of the if? Into re. Tf tire tenclters in county would meet, organiz for the purpose, divide out the work which is to be done, call the patrons of the school to interview their representa and not rest until these repre are pledge not only to for relief, but to work for it, wiU be assured . Tne trouble and its remedy are so simple that the wonder that it has been allowd to go so When the common Schooj Georgia were established, the of teaching was begun nearly year before the money which been appropriated for them was available. The State has never up with this particular Is has gone on, paying obligation, promptly and letting this one ’’slide.” At sight, it would seem hard to ’’catch up” without increasing the and it is said that the tax payers object to this. I he teachers salaries for 1911, are to be paid out of 4he taxes for 1911. The -chools have a session of several months in the early part of the , ear and the property taxes of the ,~p a u> of which the farmers pay the larger part are not due until November, how then can the teach eis be paid? The answer is simple. The property tax is not the State’s onlj' source of revnue. Large sums come in from special taxes from Febuary on. Why cannot the tea chers have a shear of this money The old soldiers are paid their pen tions in full in Febuary. The tca dyers of the University, the Nor. mai Schools, and other States . c hools are paid monthly, The sta tc House officers and the members ( 1 f the Legislature get their salaries promptly. ‘The common school teachers are the only state employe es who have to wait, the old are paid in advance. If on last page] '2©eaf Qf Practically all of the -young folks took joy-rides down to Cut ting Sunday afternoon. --- Mrs’L. J. Booth, of Argylo, wila transacting business in the city afternoon, Judge , , B, ,, W. v , r Cornelius . , ..a went * u V' to Valdo8ta ,, Jlist Monda y on official business. Mr. A. G. Howell went up and spent the day Monday in the city of Valdosta. Dr. F. C, Folks, of waycross, was down at Mr. Ferdon’s last Monday on a professional trip. E. S. Hitch of Waycross waa in the city Saturday afternoon in the interest of fire insurance. We are glad to report that Mrs. W. T. Dickerson is improv ing after a short spell of sickness. Jessie Lee, of tl ve upper part of Clinch, was a pleasant visitor here the first of the week. Mr, W. H. Lee, from Mud creek was shaking hands with friends in Homerville last Mon. duy The automobile craze has struck our town. Five cars are here and more are coming. Give us the road. Honk! Honk! Ye Editor and wife were treat ed Saturday night to an ice cream supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Howell. J. J. Langdale, a prominent business man of Council, was in Homerville Monday attending to business with the Ordinary. Homerville was flooded the first of the week not with rain but with drummers, They come thick and plentiful most all the time. Must be a good sign of business in our city. Mr- A. J. Burkhalter, who has been conducting a beef market near the court house is moving today to 81 Reynolds street, where he will open a grocery store.—Waycross Journal. T* M. Lee Wins The many friends of Mr. T. M. Lee, of Ware county, will be pleased to learn that he has won the medal for good speaking at Emory College. Mr. Lee, is a Ware county boy, and is known loved by many of our citizens he having preached here several times last year. He received his first education in the common school of Ware couuty, later he attended the G. N. C. & B. I. at Abbeville, under Prof. Little, and now he is one of the leading stu dents of Emory. The subject of his oration was ”A plea for the common school of Georgia.” which he handled in an eloquent manner. Vol- XV. No-34 Mr. James M. Inman, of Lykeif was with friends in the city last Monday, B. B. Dame, of Bainbridga spent Sunday before last witfis home folks and friends. Dollie Mae -V. Williams of Argyll spent the first of the week as t&s guest of Susj^Smith, • ^_ l C (,b Burkhalter made a trip down to Way cross Saturday after-* noon. Little Gussie Smith of Waycrosa visiting- her sister Mrs. -Burk halter this- week. H, G. Burkhalter, purchased a Brush auto last Saturday Mr. Hamilton. Henry Henderson, went down Manor Sunday and spent thd with home folks. * : J- H. Hamilnton and son Tots near Pearson, came down to Homerville Saturday in a little Brush car. -- • i] Henry E. Darley lately of At lanta came in Saturday afternoofi spei^t a few days out at his fathers. —i -T Mrs. H. E Dciley m of Atlanta visiting the family qf Mr. G.' Darley on the north side of \ > Prof. Gus Rice, of near Dupont in Homerville Saturday aft looking after a school for summer. The Ordinary is having the at the jail, repaired. work was in great need and are glad to see it. being done. Repair work is being made Mr. C- H. Smith residence next the jail. It is being re and will receive a new of paint Dillion is contractor. At my Pen One yellow and speckle cow red yearlin, marked crop and cross nick in one ear fork and cross nick in the branded with figure eight. Owner will notify. H*. W. Jordan, Homerville, Ga. Clinch County Whereas W. J. Patterson, of the estate of Patterson represents to the in his petition duly filed entered on record that he has fully administered Isbam Patter estate. This is therefore to all persons concerned, kindr red and creditors, to show enure it any they can why said adminis should not be discharged from his administration and receiv ed letters of dismission on the first. Monday in July 1911. This June 5th 1911. J. T. Dame Ordinary.