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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-09

wv TiILE the most important and most
M praiseworthy { cts of farm diver
sifcation in Georg.G are in the field
of food production, there is another crop
which has helped considerably in the revolt
against an Affection system and which is
peculiarly interesting in the evidence 1t
gives of the States wOndrousIy varied soil
power We mean tobacco. From earliest
plantation times it known that Georgia
could raise Sir Walters weed; and many
are the pipes Of peace (not to mention guilds
of contentment) which have been filled FROM
her lushy acres. Not until recent years,
however, do her possibilities in this product
seem duly to have been appreciated. With
the advance of the boil Weevil and in divers
regions the imperative need of money crop
other than cotton, tobacco has been planted
in increasing quantities.
The last season though very unfavorabIe
to the crop brought an impressive number
of experiments. Writing in the current num-
Der Of the Southern News Bulletin, and
from the vantage point of a specialist on
this field of production, Mr.. E. l.. Ring gives
an interesting account Of tobaCCO-grOWing
on the line of the Southern railroad between
Macon and Brunswick. It was only about
two years ago that a beginning was made
in this territory, with some forty-five acres
grown at Eastman Ind five at Hazlehurst
In 1918 this was increased to two hundred
and twenty-five acres. But now see the
record or the latest season: More than
$500 acres was grown along this division
at the following points: About 225 acres in
1918. During the past season more than
$500 acres was grown along this division
at the following points: Adams Park, rs
acres; Cochran 100 acres; Eastman, $50
acres; McRae, 500 acres; Lumber City, $50
acres; Bailey, 200 acres; Jesup, 200 acres;
Hazlehurst, 1000 acres. A tobacco ware
house was built at Hazlehurst but completed
too late to handle much of the crop, the
market at this point selling only APPROX
mately 100000 pounds.
A warehouse for the sale of leaf tobacco
Will be built at Eastman in time for next
seasons crop.
1t appears, moreover, that along the Geor-
gia, Southern and Florida railroad, where
only four acres were planted in 1917 and
about eighty in 1918, last year witnessed
twelve hundred acres in the vicinity of
Hahira, a thousand near Triton, and ap-
proXimately three thousand near Ashburn
At the last mentioned point was built a
warehouse which sold during the season one
and half million pounds of tobacco From
this record, which accounts for only the ter
rltory along the Southern lines, may be in
ferred the extensive increase in tobacco pro-
duction for the State as whole.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-09

n n a rtime-yellowed ro1- -. &C. dated .1S44
a searcher for the curious in things
economic has found among the adver-
tisements of the venerable sheet, a list OF
prices that make one sigh for those Area
dian days. White sugar, thirteen pounds for
Q dollar: potatoes, two cents a pound; full
sized table cloths a dollar; sill gloves,
twenty-five cents a pair; beaver hats, one dol
lar each,--SO runs the scale. Happy, hapDv
times, when one could purchase a nightcab
for nickel, and an entire tea set for two
dollars and half; when apples sold for two
or three dollars a BARREL cotton cloth for
six cents a yard, rice at four cents a pound
and hooks and eyes at two cents a box!
Happy we suppose as we go grunting
unGerspTesent day costs. But what if some
potent magician should offer us a preference
between 1884 and 1920 on condition that we
should take either period in it's entirety. for
better-er for worse. Which really would we
choose? Would give up the wage and
salary scales OF today to win back the prices
of our grandsires' time? Would we part
with the conveniences and comforts which
Well-nigh every household now enjoys in Or
der to- get coffee for fifteen cents pound
and 5carpeting for seventeen cents a ward
Would we fly to tallow candles and mule
cars follower our cost of living?
s'The gods bestow not all their gifts at
oncesS - To one age they give delightful sim
pIicity;'-to another eXhilarating struggle and
change But at bottom. life is what we make
it. There. were spendthrifts in 1910; there
are savers in even these purse-devouring
timesss1 Let us hope that ere long we can
live for less but meanwhile lets live with
a Will: ..-.....
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-09
THE FORTY-FOOT CHANNEL

Cine Charleston News and Courier)
Secretary Bakers letter to Chairman Page
of the senate naval committee provides adj
ditional assurance that the development of
Charleston as firstclass naval station with
a dreadnaught dry dock and a forty-foot
channel will proceed uninterruptedly despite
the Calder bill designed to put an end to the
undertaking. The dredging of the channel
falls within the province of the war depart
ment and Mr. Baker declares that his de-
partment is going ahead with it's part of the
work so that big ships may make use of the
dry dock as soon as it is ready. Mr.. Baker
evidently feels confident of the defeat of the
Calder bill. He points out that the "senti-
ment of the house naval committee is wholly
unfavorable to the passage of the bill'' and
says further that the secretary of the navy
has informed him that the Charleston dock
should be completed as early as possible and
that there will be no delay in its .construc-
ton --.-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-09
QUIPS AND OUIDDITIES

Mr. Brown has a servant gil who is willing,
mistress every satisfaction But Mary has one
fault-She is very forgetful. Whenever the fam
lily sits down to dinner the bell has to be rung,
as something is invariably discovered to be
miSSing-Say, a spoon, the bread, the salt, etc
The other day the bell was rung as usual
MARY" said Mr. Brown, "just run and fetch
the big Stepladder down from the attic and
bring it here"
Mary, who had been disturbed at her dinner,
gave grunt o. dissatisfaction and ran up the
three flights of Stairs to fetch down the heavy
ladder in about i've minutes she returned t.
the room, painting with her, exertions.-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-09
The Boil WeeUiZ School.
~ HE manifold serviceableness of pres
ent-day education of the true type

DUN HE manifold serviceableness of pres
ent-day education of the true type
is seasonably evidenced in the Boil
WeeVil School which the Georgia State
college of Agriculture is to conduct in a
ten-days session, beginning January the
twentieth, for the benefit off concerned
farmers and, through them, for the larger
interests of the Commonwealth. 1t is con
servatively reckoned that GeOrgias loss from
boil Weevil ravages last year amounted to
upwards of forty million dollars and that
the toll for 1920 will be heavier still unless
the invader is fought vigorously, methodi-
cally and effectively wheresoever it appears
or even threatens to come.
Time was when a peril of this kind would
have crept forward unchecked and unchal-
lenged. A visitation" it would have been
called, which men would have accepted as
resignedly as they could But now, thanks to
patient, open-minded investigators and to
institutions like that of which DR.. Andrew
SOue is president, a drawer and better att-
tude is taken. Science has demonstrated that
this pest can be controlled, with strong like
Iihood of it's eventually being eXterminated.
knowledge, however, does not become
power till it is put to practice; all that has
been discovered concerning the cotton wee
vii problem would be Of no actual service
unless conveyed as workable ideas to men
behind the pillow. Hence the peculiar impor-
lance and really incalCulable value of the
specal course of instruction and demOnstra-
ton which the State College Of Agriculture
is to give on this pressing problem. 1t is
hoped that a thousand representative farm
ers will avail themselves of the opportunity.
II so, they in turn can instruct their
neighbors and tenants, SO that campaign as
wide-reaching as the State itself and worth
tens of millions of dollars in crop-saving
will be put under way. All educational in
fIuences in the cotton counties should exert
themselves to bring this matter to the plant
ooH
Bile ways to make the Boil Weeyil School q
complete success.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-09
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

that "such talk has tendency TO confuse
and embarrass whatever plans and poncles L
may formulate" as governor.
Mr. Morrow's statement came on the heels
of a meeting of Republican party workers in
Louisville, where tentative plans were MADE
10 present Mr.. Morrow's name as a candl-
date in various state primaries
Former President Feng Kuo-change, of
China, died on December 80 at Picking. Bar
ON Feng Kuo-chang was made a vice presl-
dent of the Chinese republic in November,
1916, and was appointed acting president Dy
President Ii Yuanhung, when the latter re-
signed the post July /, 1917 Later, When Ii
Yuanhung declined to resume office, follow
ing an unsuccessful attempt of General Chang
Hsun military leader, to re-establlsh the
monarchy, President Feng Kuo-chang re-
tanned his place as chief executive, holding
it until he was succeeded in September I9lo,
by Shu Shih-chang, who was regularly
elected.
Baron Feng Kuo-chang was made held
marshal for his military exploits against
revolutionists in China, the most consplcu-
GUS of which was the suppression OF re-
bellion in the summer Of 1913.
With hundreds of aliens being shipped
from all parts of the country to Ellis Island
for deportation as dangerous radicals, it
was reported last week that 100000 immi-
grants are expected on incoming vessels this
month. Nearly $4,000 arrived last month
and nearly $500 have been landed in the
last forty-eight hours.
The new schedule of railroad freight rates
fixed by the British ministry of transport will
become operative January 5. The increases
will vary from rs to 100 per cent, with many
additions in the fiat rates from pence to
pence per ton. The indications already point
to the consumer having to pay for the rise.
London household coal is expected to advance
shillings ton.
The MiddlesbOro ron manufacturers have
announced that the prices of pig iron and
steel must be raised to the consumer to meet
the increased freight rates
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-09
Thomas Countv's AChieUement.
FAMOUSLY fruitful year of Thomas

a FAMOUSLY fruitful year or IhOmdS-4
"A Vile and Thomas county was that
y which lately passed into history
fruitful not alone in material development
but as we'll in things civic educational and
humanitarian The Times entGrprise, which
has been taking an inventory Of the twelve
months attainmentS, tells us that its COM
munity led all Georgia in cash oyer-subscrip-
items for War Work drive, Over-tOpped its
Victory loan quota subscribed upwards OF
one hundred and twenty-five thousand dol
lars to church campaigns and d substantial
fund for memorial hospital, enrolled more
than a thousand Red Cross members,
formally opened Thomas college, and raised
the salaries Of it's school teachers.
On the industrial side the county establish
ed a pecan crackery, a dehydrating plant, two
potato curing houses, a portable cannery,
two produce markets, two cigar factories a
seventy-fve thousand dollars bakery, and Or
ganized million dollar oil and gas company.
Further, it "develOped million dollar bank"
subscribed twenty thousand dollars toward
a commercial association, voted one and half
million dollars of bonds for better roads
let the contract for a ninety thousand dollar
bridge over the OchlOcknee river, laid new
water mains and pavements, procured addi-
tiOnal train service, established an arplane
landing field and produced a world-champion
bull.
The most gratifying aspect Of this record
is that far from browsing the community
with dissatisfaction, it has kinded high en-
thustasm for larger endeavOrs in 1920. 1t
is typical, moreover, of the achievement and
the spirit which characterize many a town
and county of this good Commonwealth
the Georgia spirit that aims high and works
hard
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-09
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-09

sistance, entitled THE Young Russian Cor
poral" which any boy will read with delight.
Copyright 1920, by Srank Crane.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-09
THE DAILY EDITORIAL DIGEST

Leading Press
Events
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-09

''The Louisville Times" has printed a de-
NAL from Governor Edwin P. Morrow, of
Kentucky, that he is a candidate for the Re-
publican vice presidential nomination. Mr..
Morrow is quoted as having said he did not
want his name used in that connection, and
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-12-23
uNIFORM AuTo LAWS

Sam Koser, secretary OF the state
for Oregon, has inaugurated a move
ment that should result in great good
for the western states. Mr.. Koser
proposes that Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and California enact uniform
automobile laws.
II so happens that the autos OF
all OF the states, bordering on Ore
gon use the roads OF this state a
great deal In this section many
Idaho cars operate continuously.
while oregon cars operate just as ex-
tensively in Idaho. Along the Col
umbia river, Washington cars cross
to oregon every day, while on the
southern border the California II
cense plate Is by no means a stran-
ger.
The use OF autos, the distance tra-
versed by touring cars and trucks
Increase the need for uniform laws.
This ia particularly true in the case
Of trucks, which have become the
greatest enemies OF good roads.
The other day over on Dead or
Flat the writer saw n truck, appar-
emily overloaded, plowing thru the
mud. II was throwing dirt and dig
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-12-23
BUILD FOR PERMANENcE

Next year Malheur county will
have the largest road fund In many
years This is the result. not of the
plan OF the county court but OF q
Wise law which the legislature pass
ed few years ago compelling the
levying OF a five mill tax for high
ways,
While the sum which tho county
is to raise is not sufficient TO meet
the needs of the county for good
roads to every section, II Is OF such
proportions that II expended on a
definite program, will in say five
years secure the construction OF good
roads TO all sections.
With the state highways as a
skeleton, and they are but skele-
ton OF the highways needed In this
vast county, definite program
should be laid out covering expen-
ditures for number OF years, Just
as the state highway commission
works on it's program, so that at the
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-12-23

ging ruts in the road at rate al
most beyond inauguration. Nal
heur county is going to pay a great
deal for that one trip that truck
made; and that truck carried an Ida
no license.
No doubt Oregon trucks are doing
the same thing every day over in
Idaho. We are certain that Is the
case for we heard an Oregon truck
driver, whose truck is rated at two
and half tons, declare he could
with his trailer carry six tons. We
have heard since that he boasted of
bringing eight tons from Boise to
ontario.
What does this mean7 It means
that roads built with the license
funds OF thouands OF pleasure cars
are being torn up by a comparative
ly few truck drivers who pay but a
small fraction OF the costs OF the
highway. II is absolutely unfair
The truck men are asking the aver
age auto owner to maintain right
of-way for them, for which they pay
practically nothing.
While the secretaries Of states are
about Il. they should ask the legisla-
ture to COMPEL the installation Of
scales at convenient points in every
county, in every town. IL need be-
and before a truck driver leaves to
travel over a state highway he secure
weight from an official weight
master. Unless some such scheme
ia adopted the state OF oregon, and
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-12-23
A REAL GIFT

One OF the finest gifts OF which
we have heard being given at this
Christmas season was that OF a
child's life. This gift was made by
an Ontario man. and this is how he
did Il: lie gave his wife $40 to
subscribe 10 fund for the relief Of
the starving European Children.
That childs life Is her Christmas
Gift
Think of IT, The gift OF life.
Could there be any gift, save that
which The Master described when
he said:
Greater love hath no man than
this, that man lay down his life for
his friend"
Next to that supreme gift. IL
seems to us. is the gift OF continued
life 10 those starving children.
II these children we're near at
hand. say In Idaho or Washington,
we, men and women, and children
too. OF Oregon would be striving
every day to give them more than
Just one bowl OF soup. We would
he sending clothes and anything else
they might need to relieve their
distress
Tho they are far away, the three
and half million starving child
ron Of Europe are Just Ss real ss
though they we're In our own land.
They need our help Just a. urgently.
The call reaches us now. and with
other Americans. oregonians will
answer a.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-12-23
PRESERVING THE GAME

Deputy State Game Warden l. r.
Hazeltine has. II 10 evident taken
the right course in HIS efforts 10
preserve the game OF Malheur coun-
ty. tho Il will take time 10 fully
demonstrate this TO bo tho case.
We have faith. however, in the
men OF Malheur county. knowing
them ne we do. and we sincerely be-
lleve that their honor having been
appealed TO In n manly way they will
respond in Just as manly and sports
manlike manner.
Out OF the meeting held at the
City Hall last Friday evening there
has been n greater evidence OF pur-
pose 10 accomplish results than has
been shown by any meeting In recent
months. Not since the days OF war
drives. when the patriotism OF tho
gathering was appealed 10, has their
been such a purpose manifested as
that evidenced by the men who gath
cred TO organize a game association.
In fact the meeting was a regular
revival IN sportsmanshlp, II resem-
bled the old fashioned religious re-
yivals by opening with a testimonial
meeting that apparently was good
for the souls OF the participants, and
enlightenlng 10 the visiting officials
The number OF men who admitted
their sins OF unsportsmanlike com
mission were many and their
pledges OF a change OF heart equally
profound
With this purpose evident at the
meeting, and since repeated many
times by the men who were present.
Malheur county Is going TO have a
band OF sportsmen who are going 10
cooperate with the officials to see
that the game and fish OF this re-
gion are perpetuated; that the game
hog shall become extinct, and that
he who plays the game fairly and
honorably will not be penalized for
his sportsmenship
Best OF all they are going to In
corporate in their plans means OF
aiding the ranchers OF the predatory
animals In other words they are
going to cooperate with the men In
whose fields the game birds live for
the mutual advantage OF both. No
object could be more worthy and TO
the success OF the movement. all
good sportsmen and others who have
only the interests OF the entire COM
munity at heart will gladly sub
scribe.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-12-23

end Of a given time Malheur county
will have a comprehensive system.
We believe that such a program is
possible, and II is worthy OF the
study of the County court. and we
know will receive serious consider
alton from that body.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-12-23

its sister states will soon find that
the vast sums expended on high
ways has been wasted.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-12-23

While we are answering the mp
peal for the needy OF Europe OF
course we should not forget, nor will
We forget. thev who need our heir
this Christmas time here at home.
Fortunately we have comparative.
ly few OF those who are in dire need
That we have some there is no doubt
but we must remember them.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-12-23
CHRISTMAS EDITIONS

Amang many publications which
this year presented their reader with
special editions especial mention
should be given the Midvale Report
er, from Midvale, in Washington
county, Idaho. Tho Midvale is not
a large town, its publisher, George
Rochester last week sent forth SO
beautifully illustrated pages of the
possibilities OF that community and
the surrounding country.
Not to be out done by Midvale,
the weiser Signal contributed a
handsome "a page edition telling Of
the opportunities Of the metropolis
OF Washington county. Many con-
tributors aided in making the issue
one OF which the Signal force NAV
we'll be proud.
Both the Signal and the Reporter
were generously supported by the
business men OF their communities
and pleasing advertisements were
conspicuous in both editions.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-07-03

iialf-do2cn Photographs.
koastcr.
Flash Light.
Toy Engine and Cars.
One Years Subscription to Richmond
Planet.
$4,000 WORTH OF COUPONS.
Shirt Waist. =
Umbrella.
Scarf Pin.
Leather Hand Bag.
Pair Skates.
Pair Ear-rings.
Set Beauty Pina.
Silver Card Tray.
Rings with Birth St~aa
Serge Skirt
PaJamaS.
Clothes Hamper.
Ham.
Twenty-Five Pounds Sugar.
Ham Boiler.
Percolator.
Chain Dish. -
Smoking Set.
Box Cigars. -,
Carpenters Tools.
Lawn Tennis Set. So.
Croquct Set. -"
Kid Gloves.
Rocking Chair. ,">,
Half-dozen Silver Sposas.
Lace Bed Set.
Webster's Dictionary.