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Miller County Liberal
NO 38
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I ' WALKER’S PHARMACY. |
g COLQUITT, GEORGIA. PHONE 100. gj
Mrs. Stevenson
Entertians For
Her Sister
Last week The Liberal received
a very interesting letter from Mrs.
Kiddie Stevenson, of Groveton, Tex
which contained a clipping from
the Groveton paper with a request
lor Wtw 'ft Th "our febl-"
umns, and we take a great pleasure
in complying with this request,
and the clipping follows:
Elaborate entertaining, having
gone out of style in Groveton, as well
as every where else, during the war,
was somewhat revived on Tuesday
evening of this week, when Grove
ton society folk responded to an
invitation from Mrs.SiddieSteven
son to meet her sisters, Mesdames
Sam and Harrv Stein, both of
Georgia.
The reception suite was made
more lovely still by the addition of
trailing vines advantageously plac
ed, and lovely cut flowers in all avail
able places. In the receiving line
were Mesdames Siddie Stevenson,
the hostess, Mrs. I. Freeman, Mr.
and Mrs. B. A Platt, of Groveton,
Mr. and Mrs. Sherry Platt, of Dou
cette, Tex., Rev. Frank Plait, of San
Augustin", Tex., these all beiug
brothers and sister, with the excep
tion of Mesdames B. A. and Sherry-
Platt.
Immediately on entrance, the
guests were conducted to the punch
bowl, cosily placed in a little alcove
beautifully decorated with greenery
and festoons of pink crepe paper.
The delightful beverage was dis
pensed by Mrs. Mack Stevenson.
No games were attempted for this
occasion, as the guest list included I
too many names, but the guests,
were favored with delightful vocal;
solos by Mesdames W. T. B. Linder
R. P. Atmar and Miss Rildia Bee
O’Bryan, the latter also giving a
piano number. A quartette by Mes
dames B. A. Platt, R. P. Atmar, E.
C. Chiun and Rev. Frank Piatt was
enjoyed to the fullest, and two read
ings by Miss Mosely furnished an
important part of the program. The:
WATCH COLQUITT GROW THE LEADING CITY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
PULL FOR COLQUITT OR PULL OUT
A Crying Need
During this unusually wet spring
a bridge just west of Babcock
would have saved automobilists
several hundred miles.
In wet wether the "Big Drain”
on the Colquitt and Babcock high
way cannot be forded by cars.
The lumber was placed there
soy ftßt ,tb«
it has not yet been built. To es
cape this impassable place, cars are
1 driven at least one and a half
miles.
No woin of complaint has come
to us from Mr. DeWitt Grow; but
’ we just happened to think that j ;i
going and coming from Babcock
six days every week, he drives
eighteen miles to escape the im
passable Drain; and the way' around
] the bad place is a miserably bad
place over a settlement road.
From ten to twenty cars a day
are having to go around the drain.
Surely’ the county commission
ers will soon devise some plan
whereby the bridge can be built.
That terrible pl«ce is turning a
considerable amount of trade away
srom our town.
Unjust discriminations keeps in
dividuals, towns and countries
LITT L E.
Groveton Orchestra furnished mus
ic between numbers on the program
and throughout the evening follow
ing.
A novel method of securing part
ners for the ice course to be served
was introduced when the hostess
passed slips of paper, which on ex
amination, proved to be part of a
quotation, cut in a peculiar way,
! which, when properly matched,
I found one’s partner for the dining
room. Here adeliciousfroz n dain
ty with cake was served, buffet fash
ion, and a lovely httlesprayof baby
rambiers provided the plate flavor.
About one hundred guests were
> indebted to Mrs. Stevenson on this
occasion, but lack of space forbids
i publication of the personnel of
4 this altogether delightful affair.
COLQUITT, GEORGIA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 19, 1920
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Five Short Comings |
Os Southern
t«.
( Progressive r arm* r:
On a trip half way across the i
South by one route and back again I
by another route recently, five no- i
table shortcomings in our Souths .
>rti farming were almost every .
where in evidence:
1. We need more paint. At the
Montgomery Cotten Meeting, Mr.
Sapiro said, “One sees more tin
painted houses in a day or two
here than he sees in California in
a whole year.” With lumber as high
as it is, painting is no longer a
luxury, but real economy. Cannot
every farmer reeoive low to put
aside enough money this fall to
paint, at least, the farm residence,
if it has not been painted'?
2. We need more fences. Now
that the boll weevil practically cov
ers the cotton belt, and will soon
cover it absolutely, diversified
farming and more livestock are
necessities. And livestock cannot
properly utilize special crops and
waste feeds on the farm, unless we
have fences. In South Carolina
last year the county agents con
ducted a state wide “Fencing Cam
paign.” They urged the farmer to
buy fencing material, and theorder
ed such material cooperatively m
carload lots. Why cannot every
state in the South have such a
fencing campaign this fall?
3. We must use the harrow more
-and more wisely. A cloddy field
is in no bettershape to furnish food
for plants than a lumpy biscuit,
mixed with clods of soda, salt and
raw flour, is fit to nourish the hu
man body. Even where our folks
use the harrow, too many of them
lose half the value of their labor
by using it too late. Let the harrow
follow right behind the breaking
plow, has been the constant advice
of the Progressive Farmer.
4. Our forest fires are a disgrace
to our intelligence. We must learn
to think of timber as a crop, just as
corn, cotton or tobacco, even if it
does take a little longer to mature.
I eachers
Being Chosen.
As we go to p-ess the Board of
• Trustees ablv assisted by Prof
Theodore Brewton, who has at ahi
j accepted the euperintendency of
j the .Colquitt High School, arebusi
jly engaged in selecting teachers
'.for the 1920-21 faculty.
'The school is to add an eleventh
•grade, and strenuous efforts are to
jbe made to put the institution of
‘learning on the list of the accre
idited high schools of the state.
Every loyal patron of the school
; will be glad to co-operate with the
• faculty in this proposed change
■ for the benefit of the school
it.
t Prices Tumbling.
j From New York to Florida and
ffroiii the east to the west coasts
,lp rices on dry goods, clothing, gro-
restaurant changes, etc, be
fcaii to be lowered this week.
Possibly the spirit of trueameri
jgus inserting ttieir intentions not
busy had much to do in causing
j*e pendulum to swing in the re
'fitse direction.
* jihu.. Ralph Pate left Tuesday:
tn y ‘las City, Mo ,to enter the |
iff into end Tractor Sohnol i
fl'he youth has been anxious to take ;
a course in such an institute for ;
sometime.
Mrs. A. .1. Cowart, accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Ethel Cow
art, left Fridav for the Baptist
Hospital in Atlanta. Mrs. Cow.
art’s health has been impaired for
several weeks. Her daughter has
been in training at the hospital;
but was cslled home on account of
her mother’s condition and the ex
treme illness of her brother’s wife,
the late Mrs. W. J. Cowart. Mrs.
Cowart, one of the most beloved
matrons in tnis section, leaves
scores of friends who join The
Liberal in hoping that she will re
gain her health.
Judge J. K. Ritchie, a popular
West side citizen, was in town to
day.
The crops in this section haye
been retarded at least on month by
cool days and heavy rains.
Yet men who would almost worrv
themselves to death if someone
should burn up a field of corn
shocks will pay almost no atten
tion to it when some scoundrel
carelessly destroys $1,000.00 worth
of protential timber values.
5. We must make better use cf
our bottom lands. All over the
South cne sees farmers wearing
themselves out trying to make cot
ton on worn outone-third-b.'.le-per
acre uplands, which rich bale-per
acre bottom land, just below is
growing weeds, briers and brush,
only a little clearing and drainage
being necessary to put all this wast
ing fertility to work in the farmer’s
behalf.
CAN YOU AFFORD A TRACTOR?
It didn't cost much to feed a mule fifty years ago.
When the canal boat, and tow path system of transportation was at its
crest, over half a century back, it was considered cheap.
Yet, how long were the canals kept busy after the advent of steam and
the Iron Horse?
The old canal mule was cheap (by the day) but it took too many days,
and the railroad was cheaper in the end (by the trip).
Horse car lines made the money for their owners fifty years ago. But
when the electron was harnessed, machinery again proved horse power too
slow, too inefficient.
Manufacturers and business men in all parts of the world have discarded
the horse for the motor truck. Why? Because actual tests have proven
the horse too expensive. The horse is now on his last battlefield as regards
his ability as a power plant. This battlefield is tha American farms—the
fa-ms of the world. He has tarried longer here because only within the
past few years has engineering skill been directed toward development of
an efficient power plant for the farmer.
That this ideal has at last been reached is attested to by thousands of
farmers all over the world, where the light farm tractor has succeeded in
doing their work better, quicker, and cheaper.
Can the farmer, who has not motorized his farm, believe that the horse
driven from the tow path, the horse car, and all industry everywhere--is
really an efficient machine for him?
Thomas Edison, “the wizard of Menlo Park,” says “a horse is the poor
est motor ever built. He eats 12 thousand pounds of fuel a year, the whole
output of five acres, and yet his efficiency is but two percent.”
Who speaks with more authority?
We will hold Fordson Tractor Demonstration Thursday Mar. 18th at j. S.
Bush field just this side of depot. We don't ask you to buy. Come and
take a look, you will not be under any obligations what so ever.
Remember the date March 18, and be on hand.
i E. J. Hunter
I
' • Auto Co.
Authorized Fordson Dealers,
Sales Service
Colquitt, Georgia.
Out Where The
West Begins
Out where the handclap’s a little
stronger,
Out where the smile dwells a little
longer,
That’s where the West begins;
Out where the sun is a little
brighter,
Where the snows that fall are a
trifle whiter,
Where the bonds of home are a wee!
bit tighter,
That’s where the West begins.
Out where the skies are a trifle
bluer,
Out where friendship’s a little truer,
That’s where the West begins;
Out where a fresher breeze is
blowing,
Where there’s laughter in every
streamlet flowing,
Where there’s more of reaping and
lees of sowing,
That’s where the West begins.
Out where the world is in the
making,
Where fewer hearts with despair
are aching,
That’s where the West begins;
Where there’s more of singing and
Ires of sighing,
Where there’s more of giving and
less of buying,
And a man makes /'>ends without
half trying,
That’s where the W est begins.
—Arthur Chapman.
XXIII
Mr. Lawson Stapleton who has
been so ill for tnree weeks is now
able to walk about the house.
Mr. and Mrs. G. J, Kimbrel
brought their little sou, Earle,
from the Riverside Hospital to
their home near Cooktown Satur
day. The hemorrhages from which
the bahy was suffering were check
ed; but boils have appeared ar.d
the little feiiow is so weak and
amaciated his parents and other
I relatives and friends are still un
easy about him.
Their many friends are delight
ed to learn that Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Jordan have returned from Florida.
They will probably make their
nome here or in Blakely.
Her many friends will be de
lighted to learn that Mrs. Harry
Stein and her son, little Joe, are
expected to reach home Wednes
day of next week from a six week’s
sojourn in Texas amon the rela
tives and friends of the matron’s
girlhood. Mrs. Siddie Piatt Stev
jenson intends to accompany Mrs.
! Stein home. Mrs. Sam Stein of
i
Blakely, who accompanied her
sister to the Lone Star State, re
turned to her residence last week.
I Elsewhere in The Liberal we re
produce an article from the Grove
ton paper describing an affair given
for the Georgia ladies.
