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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-28
PRETTY CHRISTMAS
DINNER MONDAY.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Crosby enter
tanned Monday with beautiful din
ner at their home on Prince street,
the occasion assembling a number of
congenial friends for the holiday
happiness.
Christmas wreaths adorned the liv-
ing room where the guests were re-
ceived by the hosts, .Shile punches
cf Ia s;,etoe hung su ;pendcd from the
cllaa 'cl ers. Other Vns!etide fl3Nors
were grouped gracefully in vases and
bowls, completing the pretty floral
scheme.
At. noon a delicious old-fashiohed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-28
BIGGEST OF FILM
"s PRODUCTIONS COMING

D. W. Griffith's wonder spectacle,
Way Down East" Games to the
Rylander Theater Jan. and 7.
Basically, "Way Down East" is a
perturbation of that delightful story
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-28
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gaiety to the evening, which Was
voted one of the most enjoyable of
the club year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-28
CRUBBS- SNOW.
Griffin News and SUM-

Griffin News and Sum-
A lovely home wedding of Christ
has day was that of Miss lone
zrubbs, of Orchard Hill, and Mr..
Robert P. Snow, of Americas, which
hook place at one o'colck at the home
M the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
i H. Grubbs, in Orchard Hill. The
house was decorated with handsome
$erns, holly and mistletoe. The cere-
Ahony was performed by the Rev. ].
Drewry. The bride was lovely in
brown velvet trimmed in fur
Nth beaded girdle, brown hat,
8loves and slippers. An elegant sew
#ral course dinner was esrved after
Il he ceremony and later in the after
boon Mr.. and Mrs. Snow left for
their wedding trip, after which they
Mill make their home in Americas.
BARR. SUMMERFORD.
3 DE SOTO, Dec. 28.-Characteriz-
kd by the utmost simplicity but beau
@ful withal was the wedding last eve,
hing at 5 O'clock of Miss Clustie Hol-
9ls Barr and Mr.. L. Cobb Summer
lord, of Leslie at the home of Mr..
&nd Mrs. Charles Womack, relatives
t the bride.
4 Rev. j. H. Wyatt, of Leesburg,
performed the ceremony in the pres
.Fnce Of relatives and immediate
Friends of the bride.
The living room of the Womack
home was beautifully decorated with
@uxuriant ferns and tall floor vases
I f white narcissi forming pedestals
y the sides and before this the cere-
Sony was performed.
H The bride was handsome in a GO
Ang away tailored suit of duvtyn in
lark brown trimmed in sable with
#hlch was worn a smart hat.
Mrs. Summerford rs a telented
8oung woman, having beenea teacher
4 the Union High school for nearly
s~o years and a member of the well
AnoWn Hollis family of Georgia.
Mr. Summerford is fine business
pan and one of the largest land own
rs IN Sumter county.
Alter short wedding trip Mr.. and
rs. Summerford will make their
n Aome IN De Soto in the pretty new
n ungalow recently purchased by the
|Sr00m.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
NOTES

Two more elevators have joined the
elevator exchange dept. They are the
Sherwood Coop. Assn. of Branch
County and the Avoca Farm Bureau
Local of st. Clair county.
Excellent cooperation by the farm
papers of the state, the Daily and the
weekly press, have characterized the
farm bureau movement for the past
year.
Great preparations are being made
for Farmers Week at M. A. c. Be-
sides the annual meeting and the cal
axmy of prominent speakers there
will be numerous interesting exhibits
and pageant representing practically
every angle of M. A. G. work. This
pageant might be termed an. A. c."
on parade. Moving pictures have been
arranged for previous to each even
ing's program. A convention of farm
bureau women will parallel the meet
ings held by the men. Arrangements
to procure reduced railroad fare have
failed up to date, but the Traffic De-
partment is working on the problem.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Personal Credits

The need of rural personal credits
is important. We recommend that
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, through it's Legislative Bureau,
give due consideration to the subject.
Advise Farmers to Study Taxation
We recommend that the farm bu-
reaus of each State and county give
attention to taxation questions and
suggest that committees be appoint
ed for that purpose and further urge
that the American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton Legislative Department give
special attention to Federal taxation
in order that heavy burdens Of taxa
ton may not be unjustly apportion-
ed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Dress Form Differentiation at Farm
Bureau Office

''Is this the Farm Bureau Officer"
asked one farmer in amazement when
he glanced into the room and found
it full of women busily at work. He
was assured that it was.
"Well, it don't look much like it
with all those women in there" he re-
piled laughingly.
The reason for all this "busy-ness"
was a Dress Form Demonstration Civ
en- by Miss Helen Arms, Clothing Spe-
cialist at the College, to representa-
tlves from the various Farm Bureau
Locals. Several dress forms were
made each afternoon, the only pay
ment for the demonstration being,
that each woman who had a form
made teach some one else how to do
it.
Everyone was very enthusiastic
about the forms, and Miss Arms spent
an exceedingly busy week. Reports
from the representatives who were
present at the demonstration is that
they foresee plenty of work for the
rest of the winter, for every woman
who sees the forms wants one also.
The cost of these forms is S1.15,
which covers the cost of the material.
The form is made on the woman, and
is an exact reproduction of her body.
Boughten forms, on the other hand,
unless they are adjustable, are not
exact reproductions and must be
altered to suit special needs, not to
mention the great difference in cost.
The work of the Bureau of Crop
Estimates and the Bureau of Mark
cts of the Department of Agriculture
should be strengthened to include
more adequate study of domestic
conditions and further extended to
include the fullest investigation in
foreign countries of both production
and demand; that there be establish
ed world market news service which
will give the American farmer ade-
quate knowledge of production de-
mands and prices; and urgently re-
quest of Congress appropriations to
the Department of Agriculture suffic-
lent to carry on this work.
We recommend to Congress a lib
eral increase in appropriations to be
expended in conjunction with SIM
liar appropriation from the States for
the eradication of live stock tuber-
culosis, and for the eradication or
control of the Pink Bollworm.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Other Resolutions.

We favor the construction of a
Great Lakes-to-the-Sea Deep Water
way route.
We demand the appointment of
farmer representatives on all public
boards and commissions.
We reiterate our unalterable op-
position to the enactment of any kind
Of a daylight saving law applying to
the country as whole or a part.
We demand of Congress the
prompt enactment of a law which
will compel clothing and fabrics con-
tanning shoddy or other substitutes
for virgin wool to be plainly marked
as such.
There should be no further delay
in the enactment of such National
legislation as may be necessary to
assure the farmers of the nation the
full free and unrestricted right to
bargain collectively.
We declare that the farmer is en-
titled to compensation for his SER
vices equal to actual cost of efficient
and reasonable return
upon his capital invested, and we
pledge our efforts to bring about
these results.
We invite all other farm organiza-
tons to cooperate with us to the
fullest extent in our efforts to pro-
mote and safeguard farm interests.
We are unalterably opposed to
the Pittsburgh Plus Plan as basis
for steel prices, or the application of
this principle in fixing prices of other
and request ruling by
the Federal Trade Commission that
will stop such practice.
We welcome to our councils the
farm women of our nation and pledge
our full cooperation in such pro-
grams for the advancement Of our
common purpose as shall be within
the scope of this organizations activ-
tiles in its endeavors to promote the
welfare of country life.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
A Say in Sale of Stock Yards

We respectfully request of the De-
partment of Justice and the Federal
Trade Commission that no action be
taken on any plan for the disposal
Of the Stock Yards until the Commit
tee of Fifteen has had an opportunity
to examine all such propositions.
For Secretary of Agriculture
We strongly commend the agricul-
tural policy of self sustaining ma
ton as advocated in the public utter
ances of our incoming President,
and respectfully request him to ap-
point as Secretary of Agriculture, a
man who is in full sympathy with this
policy and who has thorough and
practical understanding of farming
in its different phases.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
NOTICE.

Notice of hearing objections to pro.
| posed improvement under Act No. So
Public Acts of 1915, as amended OF
Assessment District No AZ.
To all persons interested in said pro.
posed improvement in the Townships If
Hazelton and New Haven, Shiawassee
County.
Whereas petition has been filed with
the Shiawassee ounty Board OF Road
Commissioners praying for the improve
ment of the highway as follows: Beg
inning at the south west corner of sec
ton 30 Hazelton Township, running
north two miles, thence east between
sections eighteen and nineteen, seven
teen and twenty, sixteen and twenty
one. HaZelton Township, Shiawassee
County Michigan
Whereas, we, as such Commissioners,
are of the opinion that the proposed i'm
provement Is necessary for the benefit
of the public and would be for the con-
venience and benefit of the public well
fare, and
Whereas, we have made our first order
OF determination, stating that the pro-
posed improvement is necessary as afore-
said and have caused survey and speci.
fcations and estimates o n @ cost
thereof to be made and filed with said
Commissioners, and
Whereas. the specifications made by
us are not final and will not be made
final until after the hearing of objections
to the same by all persons interested
therein, and,
Whereas, have determined the bound.
aries of the proposed assessment district
for Improvement of said highway, and,
Whereas tits proposed toimprove said
highway by constructing therein class
b gravel road nine feet wide, together
with the proper culverts, bridges, drain
age and grading under the provisions of
Act. No so of the Public Acts of 1918 as
amended by Act No. $40 of said Public
Acts.
Therefore all persons affected thereby
of the Townships Of Hazelton and New
Haven and the County of Shiawassee
and all persons owning or interested in
any real estate in said Townships or
County are hereby notified that we will
be present at residence of John Cutler,
Sec. Is, Hazelton Township at ten
O'Clock on the 10th day of February A.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04

ment is being made in compliance
with a request from the State Farm
Bureau Office at Lansing in order that
the material sent out from the Pub
Lefty Department, and also the adver-
Using matter will appear in all bulle-
tins of the state at the same time.
This arrangement is a time and
money saver, and is in keeping with
the custom followed in all publica-
tions.
Look for your issue about the first
of each month.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Bargains in Grass Seed Mixtures.

Seed mixtures that would not sell
readily on the open market are
offered to farmers by the Seed De-
partment at, attractive prices. Look
over this list and see if you can use
any of this seed:
Alsike containing 10 to go white
clover, $3.50 per blu.
Alsike containing 19o to $50 Tim
othy, 1880 per blu.
Alsike containing 1919 Timothy,
$500 per cwt.
Timothy containing $50 Alsike,
$500 per cwt.
Timothy containing 1919 Alsike,
$1,000 per cwt.
Change of Date of Issuing Bulletin.
Your bulletin will reach you here
after just previous to the first of the
month. The January issue was dis
pensed with entirely, and the Febru-
airy number is being sent to reach you
about February LIST. This arrange
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Finance Bureau Of Research

That there should be no further
delay by the American Farm Bureau
Federation in the establishment and
adequate financing of bureau of re-
search with sub-departments for the
purpose of collecting and interpret
ing facts and figures dealing with
the production of farm crops and live
stock, and for the fullest inquiry into
conditions which influence the law of
supply and demand, to the end that
our members may have reliable infor-
nation and guidance in the produc-
ton and marketing of their commod-
tiles.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Local Railroad Complaints.

We demand of Congress the adop-
ton of such amendments to the In
terstate Commerce Act as amended
by the Esch-C ummins bill as shall
preserve the powers Of the several
States to regulate the rates and prac-
tees Of carriers relating to local
transportation and distribution Of
cars, and as shall confine complaints
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission against such rates, regula-
tons and practices upon the ground
Of alleged discrimination to persons
and localities injuriously affected
thereby.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
"Don't make your reports so long,"

Don't make your reports so long,"
said the manager of small railroad
to his overseer. "Cut out all un-
necessary words and get right to the
point. Saves time, you know"
A few days later a river overfowed
it's banks and washed away the rail-
road tracks. The overseer sent in his
report in one line:
Sir: Where the railway was the
river is. Yours faithfully.
Michigan is the first State to offer
a reward for planting nut trees be-
side highways. In Europe the profit
from roadside nut trees assists in
maintaining roads. Roadside nut
trees abroad are protected from van
dalism by public sentiment, and this
is true of the nut orchards in the
principal centers of production in this
country.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Test Your Seed Corn.

Farmers who do not test their seed
corn this spring are apt to be some
what disappointed with results along
in May or June. The cold spell of
weather in November undoubtedly did
considerable damage to corn not fully
mature, and that had not been taken
care of. If you select your seed corn
from the crib or at husking time, you
are unable to tell exactly the condi-
tions that have influenced it. Your
only insurance is in testing before
you plant. Make a resolve now to
save better seed next fall. Do it be-
fore the corn is cut. It's the only
time.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04

AID ordinance TO amend section two OF an or
d'nance entitled IAN ordinance to provide for
appointment OF a City Assessor and prescribing
his duties and salary" passed and approved
June %, 1919.
The City of Owosso Ordains:
Section I. That Section of an ordinance en-
titled IAN ordinance to provide for the appoibt-
ment OF a City Assessor, and prescribing his
duties and salary" passed and approved June
"a. 1919, be, and the same Is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section g. The salary OF the City Assessor is
hereby fixed ut the sum OF Eighteen Hundred
Dollars tslS00.00) per year, payable In SEMI
monthly installments.
Section o. This ordinance shall take effect
on the first day OF February, 1921.
Passed and approved Jan. 3ist, 1921.
A. T. WRIGHT.
Mayor.
Attest:
D. X. LUCAS.
City Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Score Drastic Price Deflation.

We are opposed to the policy of
drastic and precipitate deflation
which seems to have been instituted
by our Federal Reserve Board and
our Treasury Department, and look
upon it as dangerous to the best in
terests of the entire nation during
the present crisis. Reasonable con-
traction was necessary but drastic
deflation as now practiced has caused
wide spread disaster.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Oppose Organized Strikes.

We reiterate our sympathy is with
the laboring man and we will do
everything in our power to aid him
to secure just wages and fair work
ing conditions for efficient services
rendered. We are, however, con-
cerned in assuring orderly and law
full protection to every citizen, and
we are unalterably opposed to or
ganized strikes and sympathetic lock-
outs which interfere with the order
1y conduct of business.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Favor Protective Tariff.

We request of Congress the enact
ment of tariff law at once which
will give to the farmers of America
that measure of protection which
may be necessary to equalize the diff
ference between the costs of produc-
ton of farm products in this country
and the cost in competing nations,
where land is cheap and living con-
ditions far below the standards which
prevail in the United States.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Farm and Home Bureaus Doing Good
Work.

We highly commend the good work
of the home demonstration and
county agricultural agents-the Ag-
ricultural Extension department and
the experiment stations, and we
pledge our hearty cooperation to
them in the furtherance of their
work along practical agricultural
lines.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
RESOLUTIONS OF AMERICAN
FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
From The Farm Bureau News.
Annual Meeting 1920

In order that county farm bureaus
agents and officers may know the po-
sition of their national organization
in regard to important questions of
The day affecting agriculture, the state
farm bureau is distributing the fol-
lowing review of the resolutions
passed at the recent annual meeting
at Indianapolis.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Endorse Committee of Seventeen

Endorse Committee of Seventeen
We endorse the work being done
by the Farmers Marketing Commit
tee of Seventeen and approve the
demand which they have made that
the grain exchanges be opened to CO.
operative commission companies, and
demand a similar privilege for the
live stock cooperative commissions
companies from the live stock ex-
changes.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Notice OF Hearing Objections
To Proposed Improvement
Assessment Dist. No. SO
HazeltOn and New Haven Townships, February 10
92I. at John Cutler Farm Sec. Is
HazeltOn Township

D. 1921, for the purpose of hearing OBJ.
Jections to the proposed Improvement
and for the purpose of finally determin-
ing the limits Of said Assessment Dis
trict.
The proposed assessment district for
such highway which is subject to the
right of the undersigned to alter, is des-
CIR bed as follows:- Said tentative district
includes all lands within the following
boundaries:
HAZELTON TOWNSHIP
Commencing at the south west corner
OF section 81 Hazelton Township, thence
running east on township line between
Hazelton and Venice Townships IL miles
TO west north and south line of section
32, thence north on said line IL miles
to the north east and west line of
section 20, thence east on said 1 line "a
miles to the intersection of east north
and south / line of section 81, thence
north on said line 81 miles to south
east and west line of section 10, thence
west on said ! line 3a miles to the New
Haven Township line, thence south on
said Township line to place of beginning.
NEW HAVEN TOWNSHIP
Commencing at the southeast corner
of section 36 N W Haven Township.
thence running west 1t miles on town
ship line between N @ w Haven and
Caledonia townships to east north and
south / line of section IS, thence north
on said line thru sections 30, 90, 90. IL.
and IL to the south east and west line
Of section IL, thence east on said / line
to Hazelton Township line, thence south
on said township line At miles to place
Of beginning.
All persons interested are hereby
notified that it is the intention of the
Board of County Road Commissioners
to assess all lands within the limits of
said assessment district as finally de-
termined &C said hearing on account Of
the Improvement of said highway &C.
cording to the plans and specifications
on file in the Office of the County CLERK I
Given under our hands this 18th t3aS
of January A. ID. 1921. -
AMOS PARMENTEl
VIM. H. CLINE
FLOYD WALwORTA
Board of County Road Commise
Shiawassee County, Mid
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04

property should be at least some in
dication of it's real value and we
denounce the action of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in fixing the
value of such property at five billion
dollars in excess of their commercial
value as an unjust imposition on the
American People.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Income Tax Law Too Complex.

We demand of Congress the SIM
plification of the income tax law.
This law should be made so plain
that it's intent cannot be mis-under-
stood and all opportunity for it's in
depreciation by administrative officers
should be eliminated. We protest
most earnestly against the exercise
of the legislative function by officials
who properly have to do only with
administrative affairs.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Want Cooperation of Banking and
Commercial Interests

We request the sincere co-opera-
ton of all banking and commercial
interests in our effort to get immed-
late relief from the present economic
crisis by the extension and renewal
of farmers obligations in order that
there may be orderly marketing of
this years crops.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Federal Farm Loan Limit Should Be
Increased.

We approve the provisions of the
Federal Farm Loan Act for the MAX
ing of farm loans through the Fed
eral Land Banks under cooperative
plan to actual farmers for agricul-
tural purposes. We demand an
amendment to the Federal Farm
Loan Act increasing the loan limit
to $4,000.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Oppose Guaranteeing Fixed Return
to Public Utilities.

We denounce as un-American the
principle and are opposed to guaran-
teeing fixed return to public utilit-
les. and railroads on cost-plus basis.
We insist that in fixing the value Of
property of transportation systems
that the commercial value Of such
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Fertilizer Prices Lower.

Since sending out our last bulletin,
notice of substantial cut in the price
of fertilizer has been announced from
the Farm Bureau Purchasing Depart
ment. Compare the prices quoted
below with those in the last bulletin,
and note the saving to be made as a
result of the recent arrangement:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04

We respectfully request the inter-
state Commerce Commission to rec
ognize the need of preferential rates
on agricultural limestone, rock phos-
plate and fertilizers for soiling pur-
poses.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
To Prohibit Short Selling.

We urge upon the Congress the
enactment of such legislation as will
effectively prohibit the practice Of
short selling in agricultural products.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Commissio ners' Notice

In the matter of the estate of Oliver w. Stevens,
deceased.
We, the undersigned. having been appointed by
the Hon. Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate in and
for the County of Shiawassee. State of Michigan,
Commissioners to receive. examine and adjust ali
claims and demands of all persons against said
the State Savings Bank in the City of Owosso
in said county. on Tuesday. the LIST day of March
A. d. 1921. and on Monday, the End day Of
May. A. ID. 1921, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon of each of said days, for the purpose of
receiving and adjusting all claims against said
tate and that four months from the 29th day of
December. A. ID. 1920. are allowed to creditors to
present their claims to said Commissioners for adj
justment and allowance.
Dated the 10Th day Of December, A. d. 1920
RUDOLPH COLBY.
ASA T. WRIGHT.
42-45 Commissioners.