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T HE COLUMBIA SENTINEL Issued nday at Thomson, Ga' ■**r ALICE LOUISE LVTLE, Owner and PubllsLcr. Successor (o \ m THOS. E. WATSON, FOUNDER. Hntered in Post Office at Thomson, Ga., as Second Class Matter, Under Act of . March 3, 1897. SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR ; when sent in clubs of five 15.00. RATES TO NEWSDEALERS—Three cents each, cash to accompany order. Thomson address of The Columbia Sentinel P. 0. Box 393. GROVER C. EDMONDSON, Editor. Thomson, Georgia, April 23, 1923. Henry Ford declares he will not run for ■ ;i e Presidency. Well, that makes it iiiuiui nous. Mr. Bryan is asking far world pence Mi 'night to stop talking a wi ifile and let S. have a little. There would be more mum -idj Who's Who in America” he “Please remit t!i •- ketch. News item from f iiolfubr^fl^ the •Herr Hamm now held by And here’s hoping the A don’t make hash out of poor old Herr Hamni^ Fortunately, thp average farmer is loo usy plowing now, to take heed of much of the dviev given him—but here’s hoping lie plans or lots of hog and hominy, in Georgia. • * * • Why waste so much time t < resolutmg 1 f ’against lynching in the Southern States, and not have a rider added resoluting against the ■ rime for which lynching is the answer in the South.? Just when Some One announces there will be no more war. another Some One announces iho dropped perfection from of another driverless, deadly engine-less gas that may air o a plane. i * * # * The Hai r Dressers Convention declare lhat American women arei getting bald headed with consists too much thinking. Right; but the think¬ ing mostly of new stunts to keep the hair from getting gray. If it wasn’t tragic for the principals, these heatings by mobs, of people with spot¬ ted morals, would he funny if the identity— and records—of tho mob members might he made public. • * # • Russia seems to bo getting worse, every day. The individual Russian, in the United States, according to some theatrical news, is a very dirty individual. And in the mass, the Russians in Russia, are more so. The yearly reunions of the Confederate Veterans are milestones in the lives of those who attend, and it is to be hoped every old Georgia Veteran had at least a chance to go to New Orleans last week, for one more rally. * ♦ * # Japan is showing signs every day of not needing further missionary treatment; a base¬ ball umpire was beaten by a dissatisfied au¬ dience, last week, and Ibis week two champion lennis players land on our shores looking for prizes. Witb votes, Ihe ladies have also adopted other masculine privileges - one of her, in Cali¬ fornia, got drunk, just like a man, and drove an automobile—also just like a man; but the judge was hard-hearted, and sentenced her to jail, which rounded out the just-like-a-raau record. An association for the preservation of for¬ ests is worrying- quite a bit over the denud¬ ing of forest sections. Why worry? Trees makes bouses, and people need them. Nature will re-forest every waste space if given a chance, but a bushel of wheat is worth more o the all love people, than majestic trees-—much as we trees. What a pity the average Northern news¬ paper is so keen sighted as to note the mote i Southern eyes, and fail fo see the beam in heir own! The ever-esteemed New York iorald has a scathing editorial on the Ku Klux I'Clan ;if it lias forgotten its Black I himl 'moiety outrages, and its Mafia killings, it robably can see no good in an American or "aniz.jlion, which m lot) per cent American, ..ad is trying; to keep the percentage. r m SON, GEORGIA. THE COTTON FARMfiR’S ANNUAL PROBLEM. Alice Louise Lytle. le the. Cotton Beit of the South the plant¬ er is facing the same old problem lie has had to face for the past five or ten years—-depend- his ing on the boll weevil visitation to dis trict. The farmer is being given the usual a&ciw, by the usual authorities, and with the ustfSr eye to the benefits said authorities are to derive from the farmer. The fertilizer people are urging lots of cotton, lots of fertilizer, which in turn means lots of debt at the start. The farm implement people are urging di versified farming—which is good dope, but it also means lgts of debt, for there is scarcely a farmer in t lie Cotton Belt who has enough money to plant his crop—any crop he might choose, and - pay for all the essentials at the time of planting. fti the Cotton Belt, much as wo like to argue and talk otherwise, cotton is the only surd crop for actual money; the other a amf farmer may raise will bring in some money. they will feed bis family—but. for the thotisand t|st|J. 'and one things—doctor’s bills, den Iplijs, clothing, schooling, all of which takJN*«§itrkhd oin*.thing Jfie lots pf belt it, eckiteb jtWitgr lias has I men the de cotton to pe® jRaising on for that cakli. lit* • ,* - him , plenty meat is a good second, this is more expensive than raising cot ggfc, ^is and just cottoidjpuit as jdheertain, the in some in the sections, Cotton to man mat. turn for his part, of the most neces join t Ihe ho heels, in the winter, «• ill interesting to know that no t #Lthotit> than Aaron Sapiro, the or “ b-pcratiie associations for hand Jr jfgre's South, that of the of million them live cotton in most undreamed of in other possessions. To quote Mr. Sapiro; “In South Carolina and in some parts of Texas you can find’ the whole family of a cotton grower living in one room. The children and parents go without shoes. The children have no schooling and day after day is passed in gloom and unhappi¬ ness. And yet these pc. pic arc produ (* ing the crops which make millionaires in New York and New England. “You probably will be amazed to learn that the average annual’income of cotton producers in the South for the last ten years, including the boom periods of the war lias been Jess than $400 a year. 11 is hanl to realize how this valuable crop an create so much wealth and leave so little, either in money, in happiness or in decency of living, for the man who prima¬ rily created that wealth.” This data will he surprising to many, and it would be well if some of the members of the latp Congress could have the data placed on their desks; the charge rvas made more than once, by Republican members, that the South had benefit ted so hugely by legislation, that, added to her “natural resources, • > es peeiallv in the Cotton Belt, she Was one of thc richest sections of the country. Mr. Sapiro places the blame for this state of a flairs on flic cotton planter, himself. Just why 1m should make this error, is hard to un derstand. The speculations in cotton area form of gambling, aqd reach further than gaipbling in other commodities, with less risk to the' gambler than to the producer, who is squeezed between the gambler and the East¬ ern mill owners. Cotton raising is one of the most expen¬ sive industries in existence. '1 lie farmer of today who depend,s on cot¬ ton, and raises it in large quantities, is at the mercy of more different sorts of grafters than any other man who toils. It is not known, outside the Cotton Belt, just, what Iho farmer has to advance to bis tenant,--, or Ids hired farm hands. What other section of the country lias to pay in advance, of assumed in advance, ihe debts the cotton farmer lias to assume, for his negro tenant! The houses 'on the plantations must be kept in repair—by the planter; The negro man, his wife, their, children, must be fed, housed, clothed, kept warm in the winter and doctored—by the planter; The fertilizer which these tenant farmers will use, must be paid for or secured by notes .—by the planter; The stock must usually be provided for— by tbe planter. All of this takes money in udrancc. Bad weather, boll weevils, low prices, bother none but the planter who has assumed all of the indebtedness on the strength of his hope for a good-crop, a favorable market, and farm bands that will stick nr 1 ,oik. Sickness among the L mints, too much rain, not enough rain, cyclones', epidemics aniong the tenants and their families—all these are the things the planter lias to face, alone, ii' they come. Those of you who know the negro only through the medium rtf “Swanee River,” and 1 he funny papers, and minstrel shows, do not know him as we know him in the raw. home of him, in bulk, is all right; a lot him -and his family—are as worthless as Iiu mans can get to be; and a very small majority stick to their “white folks” if the syrup and corn meal and fat meat show any sign of de¬ creasing. for mule; if if vou had paid $125. a you the fi a d se nt the ration of corn every week to f arm on w hich that mule was workkig; if the man in charge of that farm failed to show up ail( f V our overseer, going to investigate, found .fj ie ‘tenant gone with all of his household goods and family, and your mule -shut up in a barn where it had been for a week, with no water, no food, and other negroes on the ad joining places knew of the mule’s plight, and jj ]jjc ie farmer’s bight—just what would you feel doing! it This is not a rare mule, thing; and means if some al tidies the death of the means ]J wpvs Hie loss of the sum of money used Se nlld feed the negro farmer and his until they “flitted.” This is a digression , but it is only a very faint sketch of some of what the cotton plant - er faces. The banning of cotton speculation is one way to lighten the load of the cotton planter; another way will be to have lower freight rates, so that he can get his crop to a market other than that near his home, where thou¬ sands of hales glut the market and lower the price of the “spot” cotton. Another way to ease him will be by letting him have some government money at a low rate of interest, direct from the government itself, and not through the* medium of favored banks, who are quite sure to have favored cus¬ tomers. There are dozens of \wiys for the farmer raising cotton to be bettered, hut the best way will be for him to get, his crop down to tho ac¬ tual basis of his money need, and “live off his own” as nearly as he can, until the spec¬ ulators die for the want of surplus cotton to gamble with. * , And, as usual,-—1 am open to conviction if 1 am wrong. A. L L. The Rome-Ruled Associated Press Neg¬ lects to Furnish Trust-Ruled Papers This Important News. J. P. Morgan & Company of New York and London recently purchased controlling in¬ terest in the biggest gun-making factory in Europe—the Austrian Arms Manufactory-. Ltd. That gun factory lias doubled its working capital; and European and American Dollar kings the League. will soli those weapons to members of v. J: P. Morgan favors the League, just as he favored “making the world safe for democ¬ racy.” But, Morgan keeps his powder dry. Morgan will furnish the League big guns, for big profits, and those big guns will maintain the'“peace of the whole world.” (If you doubt my word, ask Lord Robert Cecil.) \\ jq. Treasure expert., emploved bv Mor gan’s partner Andv Mellon—have discovered where the tax payer’s dollar goes, after it ]j a g hecu turned over to Congress. That dol | ar falls into the following rat-lmles: Navy j . . . . 12.5 cents rn v • •• • 1-’ , .................. 2(A) Sinking tund to reduce, etc.,...... 11.0 Pensions-(past wars) ............ 1 , .0 cents A totai ot 80 cents tor past wars and'pro paralion tor wars to come. The remaining 20 cents support education, agriculture, commerce, public health, prohibi turn, tick-eradication better-babies, Do-notli mg ( ongrossmen, good roads, public improve, molds and other government activities. 1 lie greatest government on earth (Name; 1 he l mted States) spends tor war tour times the sums voted lor domestic improvement !° est law making body m the world t.sainc; Iho ( engross o) the I mted States) spends millions ot do tars ot your money, tryn,y to enact laws which can t be enlorced without the O. I\. ot Wall Street s “Judges' on the l nited States Supreme Court. The Fathers thrice refused to give Federal Judges power to make laws far the United Site t es. The Tafts have usurped that power, and our republic dynasty. lias been turned into a Judge ruled The Pierce Butlers have reduced Congress to the level of a debating society. Not satisfied, Senator William E. liorali asks tho American people to extend Judge rule to the whole world. Borah’s “convov sioti” is remarkable. • • Senator Hiram Johnson and Judge Elbert Gary appeared in person at the Vatican, where, tlie Pope received said distinguished*Amori cans, Itiram Johnson wants to be President. 11is “conversion” is remarkable. The Holy Father is not in politics. Nei¬ ther is Hiram Johnson. When Garibaldi put an end to the Pope’s temporal powers, the Holy Dago retired 1o the Vatican. In retirement, the Popes have diet, ted the foreign policies of nearly every gov- eminent on earth. Kings, Presidents, Dicta¬ tors, Politicians, and Financial Moguls con¬ tinue to play politics with the official head of the greatest political organization in the world 4-the Roman Catholic Hierarchy. The Pope sends and receives Ambassa dors. He deals with both Democrats and Repub beans. ' Just as he maintained secret communica¬ tion with President Jefferson Davis of the Southern Confederacy, the Pope sent to, and received from, President Taft secret mes sages. politics, is neutral regards In the Pope as outsiders: he treats all on an equal footing; he is neither for nor against the political ma¬ chines maintained by local authorities. But, J 1 is for the Hierarchy, first, last, and all the tune. . When the Russian government tried 15 Roman Catholic church officials for treason, St civilians were tried for the same offense. . , , ,, ,, , " 110 < 01 U J< u J.,? 1 * ,V Ai sentoneo, alike. , , 1 he BolsheMki . i • led * i Priest p • t and civilian out of the same spoon. The Holy Father did not raise his voice in behalf of the condemned civilians. The Harding administration did not peti¬ tion the Soviet government to pardon the ci¬ vilians. The British government wJis not interest id in the under-dogs. But, civil authorities of nearly every world power howled against the Russians as soon as the Holy Father yelled against the hanging of a Priest. The Pope takes the position that a Priest can’t commit the crime's of treason and mur dvr. At Kalamazoo, Michigan, April 12, The Rev. Father Charles Dillon, assistant, rector of St. Augustine's Catholic church, shot and killed his buddy, the Rev. Father Henry O’¬ Neill, of the dinner-table. After firing' four bullets into the body of Father Henry, Father Charles administered “extreme unction,” by pouring holy oils on the dead priest’s head and feet. At Denver, Colorado, Father Walter A. Brace, pastor of the Shrine of St. Anne, en¬ gaged in the business of a professional boob logger. He forged permits in order to •obtain the best grade of liquors from bonded ware¬ houses. Father Grace signed the name of Sister Germaine, .Mother Superior of a Cath¬ olic home, to those permits. The liquor did not reach the so-called “home”; Father Grace of the Shrine of St. Anne sold that fire-water to the High-ups of Denver society—male and female. While the Holy Father denies that it is possible for a “representative of Jesus Christ” to violate man-made laws, he goes a step farther in this Russian matter; he says that the Russian government is without ju¬ risdiction over liis, the Pope’s, subjects. The following documents arc official: “The trial of the prelates began on March 21. They were charged Jperi finally as follows: “First, with opposing the decree separat¬ ing the church and state; second, with oppos¬ ing sequestration of church treasures; and third, with engaging in a campaign of agita¬ tion among the Catholic^ clergy and parish¬ ioners'in the hope that the churches might he closed, thus inconveniencing the soviet govern¬ ment before the Vatican and impairing the terms of the Riga treaty with Boland. “Foreign Minuter Tehiteherin informed Roland Monday tb it Premier Sikorski’s rc t .n| pronouncement in regard to the sentences General Biitcl.kaviteh ou Archbishop Zepiiak and Vicar is undoubtedly an.mi friendly act and manifests an aggressive noli ( . v towards Russia. ' Tho Russian node said: ‘-.In view of the tact that everv State lias the undeniable right to punish c/imiuals ae cording to the'laws of its own territory the attempt, to intervene in this right and prevent the execution of a legal sentence passed upon „ Russian citizen proved guiltv of a crime against the people and state-ail attempt ac con,named by threats and unheard of insults directed against the Russian government-is undoubtedly an unfriendly act' and manifests „„ aggressive police towards Russia ” M\ KET POTATO PLANTS. , Kor s;slf about April loth to Juno 1st, Porto' Ri-o and Southern Yam varieties, $1.50 per M by Farce's Post prepaid anywhere in Georsla It . _j. n. < m>\V, A.MBOY, GA. KOR SALK Petty’s Toole Cotton Seed $2.00 bushel f o. b. Fort Valiev, Ga. 2t GKO. H. SLAPPEY. 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