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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-02-28
Opinions of Others
ANOTHER VIEW OF PUB
LICITY.

II was rather amusing to no
tice the Askov American being
Just a little sore because it didn't
receive thanks for publishing
what the majority of the cream
patrons don't want. but was
simply told to "cut it OUT.
Now there are always two
sides to a question, hence two
viewpoints. Now in the first
place, why draw the hundred
dollar line? | have an idea if it
wasn't for the ninety-nine dollar
cream check the creamery would
soon have to stop its operation,
and it is no trick to get a hun
dred dollar cream check if you
can milk cows enough. And
second, why not publish a mans
potato and rutabaga check and
so forth?
hold that a mans cream
check is private the same as
money a man perchance may
have in his pocket and | don't
know as it will do any good to
know what the big fellow may
have in his pocket as long as he
doesn't offer to whack up.
! have been a reader of the
Askov American since its first
issue but haven't yet noticed
where they have published any
monthly income so why the.
farmers?
Fred johnson.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-02-28
A PINE COUNTY DELEGATE

0ttocar Sobotka, the newly ap-
pointed postmaster at Pine City,
has announced his candidacy as
delegate from this congressional
district to the national Republi-
can convention at Cleveland.
Anoka county has had the honors
frequently in the past and it
would seem that Pine county
might be in line this year for
sending a delegate to the nation
al convention, II is of course a
matter for the Republicans to
decide and not a matter that an
independent newspaper will take
much hand in.
American Want Ads work
aight and day.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-02-28

and all business transacted at the
American office. Job work alone
in the month of October amount
ed to $765.31 out of total bust
ness of 81 ,143.14, the balance be-
ing for advertising, subscriptions,
etc. Job work in November
amounted to SCAT .23; December,
$l,029.72; and January, 1887 so.
II is noticeable that in each
month except January the job
work totals far exceed advertis-
ing and subscriptions and the
proportion is about the same the
year around. In the average
country newspaper and job shop
it is usually the reverse. This is
due to the fact that we have
branched out and are getting
much job printing from the Twin
Cities, many other Minnesota as
we'll as Wisconsin and Illinois
points.
We have heard it said when we
have added another piece of ma
chinery or made other improve
ments, added additional help or
the like. that I'VE farmers have
to foot the bill" This is true in
one sense because in the final
analysis the land or the farmer
pays the bill, but mark this, that
if we had not branched out and
gotten much outside job work
this would still be a one or two
man shop. In fact many villages
the size of Askov have no news
paper at all. Many other com
munities, near and distant, are
contributing to the upkeep and
support of this local printing
establishment.
All the figures given above
about the Americans total bust
ness during the past four months
tell no more about our profits
than do the publishing of farm
ers' cream checks. In order to
produce that amount Of work the
American maintains a force of
six people who receive wages,
and a plant worth upwards of
$4,000. Besides wages there are
paper stock, interest on notes
we have some of them too
taxes, light, heat, depreciation
and many other minor items to
be subtracted before the profits
or loss are known just as the
farmer has his feed bills. labor.
taxes, interest, depreciation,
light, heat, veterinary bills, etc,
to subtract before his profits or
loss are known.
The fact that the American has
hustled and built up a consider
able outside job printing business
has created good modern ma
cainery in this plant and made
it possible to publish a weekly
newspaper with 20 or more col
umns of local Pine county news
and comment each week instead
of from to 6 columns of matter
as is contained in the one or two
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-02-28
Out Of place

A manufacturer Of automobile ac-
cessories was hiring factory super
intendent. There's just one thing
more" he said TO the applicant who
appeared to be satisfactory. "Could
you run a house organ In connection
with your other work.
blouse organ?" said the man with a
puzzled expression. whats the idea
of music In factory r'-Boston Eve
ming Transcript.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-02-28

"Some dogs are afraid Of one thing.
and some OF another" said the East
Slider. Il had dog once that re-
NAMED under the bed all day on the
Fourth of July. My present dog. a
collie. streaks It for home and a
place under the bed when he hears
the fire department apparatus coming.
and he loses no time in getting there"
detroit News.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-02-28
VIEWS EXCHANGED

III NiiN ORlillpiN VI ObhNl' WI
umn this week are a few
thoughts by Fred johnson on the
publication of cream check lists.
When Mr.. johnson handed in
the article for publication he
said, you can publish il or throw
il in the waste paper basket, as
you see fit." Because he views
the situation from another angle
than does the American is abso-
lutely no reason why his article
should be relegated to the waste
basket, all the more reason for its
publication. for through ex.
change of viewpoints and opini-
ons we all learn, and learning
should be the main purpose in
discussions. We are thankful for
his expressions, the only regret
being that they were not brought
out long ago.
Mr.. johnson directs few
questions which we presume he
would like 10 have answered.
In the FIRST place he says 1T
was rather amusing, etc"
When anybody tries to do some
good for a local institution and
which means the community at
large and does it conscientiously
with the best of intentions, he
naturally does not care to be
laughed at, The will of MAORI.
" of those voting on the ques-
tion at the annual creamery
meeting had not been brought
out before that time, hence the
American could not know until
then that the publication of the
lists was not desired, especially
in view of the fact that only
three farmers had approached us
personally and protested, and no
one had ever written word |
against it in the Opinions of |
Others column, as was brought |
out in our last weeks article. |
Even in spite of the vote at the |
creamery meeting the American
is still of the opinion that it rem
dered a community service, and |
we know that many share that |
opinion with MS, SO we fail TO see |
anything funny about il. Even |
those opposed to the publishing |
of the lists have a perfect right |
to assume that the motive back
of IT was none other than to
boost a local institution which |
means so much to the financial
welfare of the entire community. |
And that was the only motive.
The hundred dollar line was
drawn because il set sort of
goal to reach as was brought out
in the American some months
ago; it created little rivalry
which We all know is stimulant
and is what helps to keep the
wheels of all endeavors agoing.
Furthermore if all cream checks
We're published it would almost
be an endless chain. fill too much
space and would not have the
effect desired. Then there would
also be more cause for argument
against letting too much be
known. The lists of those receiv-
ing over 500 per month was not
published for the purpose of get
ting names Of certain individuals
into print-far being it from
such the purpose was a more i'm
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-02-28

"a very necessary asset IN farm
ing communities the past two OF
three years especially. The lists
also included all the way from
30 to so names each month the
past year which goes to show
that the favored" few were not
so few after all. There is also
such thing as going into details
so far that il becomes monoton.
Gus. For instance reviewing a
lecture a newspaper would give
the name of the speaker. perhaps
the one who introduced and those
who sponsored it but would not
give the names of all those in the
audience, although the audience
is very necessary il the lecture is
to do any good.
True it is very necessary TO
have the 500 cream checks and
the lesser ones they all count
but it is perhaps just as neces-
sary or more necessary that we
strive on TO the 500 goal. II has
never been the object Of the
American to divulge private in
formation the purpose has been
entirely aside from that and we
believe that the real purpose is
now quite well known after these
discussions. Can it be possible
that any one thinks the Ameri-
can does not hold those receiving
smaller cream checks in as high
esteem as those receiving the lar
ger ones, or that it does not con-
slider such people just as good
and great? Why this talk about
big fellows? We are not aware
that we have any of them around
here, nor have we noticed any
swell-headedness on the part of
those who have by constant labor,
study and economy swung them
selves up to have a little larger
income than perhaps their neigh
bors. II is far removed from us
to make any class distinction and
especially when the imaginable
class is only a matter of finances.
Greatness is not a matter Of
finances. We hope that we will
always maintain enough de-
mocratic spirit to adhere to that
principle.
When the question is asked:
why not print the smaller cream
checks? it might be answered
by asking another question: why
only publish the records of cattle
giving over 40 pounds of butter
fat per month? If all records
were published it would almost
be an endless chain and would
cease TO be interesting and
profitable.
Potato and rutabaga checks
have not been published for the
same reason that receipts from
so many other commodities have
not been published-too much
would be monotonous. Cream
checks can be gotten at each
all at the same institu-
ton, while root crops are sold at
places, and at various
seasons, covering almost a years
time to get at any figures that
would be enlightening. To get
the figures for each individual on
root crops would be almost inn
possible. Furthermore our pur-
pose was to boost the dairy in
iustry wherein lies the most
steady and dependable income
md not the root crops so much,
there being more ups and downs
IN that branch Of farming most
" downs in potatoes the last few
years.
The figures showing monthly |
income or total business of the |
has not been published.
because we thought it Of no in
terest to our readers. there being |
no other printing office or Offices
in this community with which to
make comparisons. However
should it interest any one, we
will show you that We are good
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-02-28

Read the Ads-It Pays.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-12
CHAMPION IS
SUED BY WOMAN
HE Welded TWICE

Hagerstown, Md.-Albert c. Neff,
Hagerstown matrimonial champion,
again sprung into the limelight when
his fourth wife, who is also his second
wife, filed suit for divorce.
Neff's matrimonial experiences equal
those of Peggy Joyce His first wife
died and he married Ida Viola Neff.
This was in 1921. He was married only
short time when she filed suit for
and obtained divorce. He then mar
ried Emma Bink1ey. This marriage
lasted only a few months when Neff
was again liberated thru his wife's ac-
ton in obtaining a divorce. On this
occasion Mrs. Neff named her hus-
bands former wife as correspondent.
Neff soon tired of single blessedness
and after a brief courtship remarked
his second wife, Ida Viola. This was
on February 16. In March they sepa-
rated, after, according to the bill, Mrs.
Neff found that her husband was I'M
true to her.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-12

Leader Want Ads Will Sell II.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-12
POINDEXTER SUCCUMBS
TO WOUNDS SUNDAY
Slayer Held Without Bond in Chatham
County Jail on Charge Murder

Savannah, Ga, June 10-A. Lamar
Poindexter, proprietor of the Tybee
hotel and Hotel Myon at Triton, died
at 4 o'clock, Sunday morning at local
hospital from a gunshot wound in
ficted on the morning of May 80, by
Bernard Rawls, night clerk of the
hotel. In an argument following Rawls'
discharge from Poindexter's service,
the latter was shot at twice, one bullet
being DETECTED and the second enter
ing his abdomen.
Improvement during the week gave
indications of Poindexter's recovery,
but a rapid decline beginning Sunday
afternoon resulted in death. An X-ray
showed the bullet imbtdden in his
back A charge of murder against
Raw1s has been made by the authori-
ties, he having been confined in Jail
without bail awaiting the outcome of
Poindexter's wound.
The body of Poindexter was taken
to Decatur, Ala, for interment.
Leader Want Ads Will Sell II.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-12

(Some interesting facts in connec-
ton with the Brisbane Land Claims
have recently been published in the
Valdosta Times, which also printed
the story of DR.. F. w. Schnauss, which
gives additional facts in regard to this
early colonization venture. Dr.
Schnauss writes in Valdosta Times):
AS a young lad l lived with Mr..
}. r. Fletcher, now dead, for several
years, who was large land owner
In Irwin County. Black Jim Fetch
er had sold a tract of land to an
lirishman by the name of Mccarthy,
near Turner's Ferry, and adjoining
the lands of old Preacher Thomas
Young.
Il used to visit this old man on
Sundays, and he grew very fond of
me and gave me the history of the
Brisbane Road, as he had been one of
the original workmen. As near as
can remember, it was Mr.. Bris-
bane's plan to build his road from
Albany to the Ocmulgee River. 1
think it was in the forties of last
century. After a while Mr.. Bris-
banes funds ran low, and he began
10 issue scrip to his hands to pay
for provisions from the few scatter
ed farmers.
BLACK Jim" told me that he and
his brother, "Nasty John Fletcher,
made their first money as boys, by
breaking wild cows and selling their
milk to these Irishmen.
after a while the scrip got to
be worth about as much as the Ger
man paper mark, and the starving
Irishmen revo1ted and it was then
that Mr.. Brisbane evolved his plans.
"All these Irishmen were devout
Catholics, and Mr.. Brisbane went be-
fore them and told them he wanted
to make this great Roman Catholic
settlement, and name the stations on
the new road after Catholic saints.
l remember he had named Isabella,
in Worth County, after St. Loyloa,
the founder of the Society of Jesus
Every one of his 100 Irishmen were
to get one lot of land. Now these
lands belonged to the State of Geor-
gia, and Mr.. Brisbane had no money
to buy them with, so he went to
Charleston, S. c.. before the Irish
Society of that city, and unfolded
the plan and asked for loan of five
hundred dollars to buy 100 lots with
its virgin timber, offering to mort
gage the land for it.
They listened to him and then
told him they would give him $500
straightout, if he would make it a
Catholic settlement and give each of
the 100 Irishmen a lot and have it
"Granted' in each ones individual
name by the State of Georgia.
brisbane promised to do this and
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-12

House. He added $4,000 for boil
weevil experiments and study of de-
veloping methods to make cheaper
calcium arsenate; $4,000 for a ma
tional study of the sources of arsenic
so as to increase the supply and re-
duce the price of calcium arsenate, and
$4,000 for experiments in poison gas
es by the Chemical Warfare service
to kill the boil weevil
Senator Harris secured $4,000 for
study of the storage of pecans and
syrup in federal bonded warehouses,
under his recent amendment which
broadened the law. Already peanuts
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-12
SUMNER SCHOOL TO
BE WELL ATTENDED

llFION, Ga, June 10-Indications
are that the summer school for teach
ers that is to be held here at the Sec
ond District Ann. school in Tulv will
be we'll attended. The dormitories are
being prepared for large attendance
The dormitory for girls will not ac-
comodate the women students and the
deormltory for the boys will be pressed
into service. Men students will he in
accommodated.
This is one of the new summer
schools established by State Super
1ntendent Ballard and supported BY a
special appropriation made by the last
legislature. Mr.. Ballard has carefully
planned the course to meet the needs
Of the: primary and elementary teach
ers OF the common schools. He has
selected tive master teachers as
regular instructors and a score of
special lecturers of such repute as
Or. 5. V. Sanford, of the University
OF Georgia, and Superintendent SUIT
ton, of Atlanta.
The school will begin work on July
l and will close with the State exam
lnation for teachers on August |. The
course offered will be of a very prac-
tical nature and the teachers exam
nation questions will be based large
ly on what is studied during the course
The cost for the entire course will
be on y $1,000. Superintendent Ballard
says that every teacher with little or
no experience should certainly attend
and that all elementary teachers would
be greatly helped. He states that full
credit will be given towards profession
alizing certificates in the future.
Members of the Faculty, S. L. Lew
is, Principal A, & M. School the Presi-
dena, George Roach, Superintendent
Ashburn schools, Arithmetic; Miss
O'Nora Ennis, Milledgeville, teacher
English in Quitman, English; Miss
Nell Melton, Albany, teacher in
O'Keefe Junior High Atlanta, Geog-
raphy; Miss Loula Bragg, Albany,
teacher in Albany schools, Primary
Work.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-12
ONE THRILL rs NOT
ENOUGH FOR GRIFFITH
There Are Many in orphans Of the
Storm" Great Dramatic Epic

One thrill is usually counted on for
the success OF the average motion pic
ture feature. There are many in DIV.
Orlffth,s great dramatic epic "Orph-
ans of the Storm" an adoption of
Kate Claxton's "The Two Orphans"
and which under United Artists Cor
poration release will be shown next
ween at the Grand Theatre and in sew
eral of these Monte Blue is the hero.
his famous actor, part Cherokee In
dian and Originally rider in wild wes-
terms, long since won stellar emf
nence but Mr.. Griffith gave him the
greatest nole of his career in the part
of Danton leader of the French reyo-
lutionary uprising.
Early in the story of Danton's life
is sought by the hired thugs that the
Royalists employed to kill off the
ReWolutionists. Danton fights the
advance guard superbly then finds
refuge in the lodgings of the orphan
Henriette Girard who by a clever
ruse diverts the pursuers elsewhere.
Later Danton repays the favor by
pleading for the girls life before the
Revolutionary Tribunal and by riding
Will hCl lCpllcNc even TO the steps OF
the guillotine.
The ride to the rescue is punctuated
by battle between horseman and
group of the Robespierre faction.
This is thrilling affair at the gate of
Paris. The horses belong to the us.
Government cavalry and the riders
are either active or ex-army men. The
cavalry have been so photographed
that they seem to be rushing on the
theater-spectators who are looking at
them. The effect is said 10 surpass
even the famed Klu Klux Klan ride in
The Birth of A Nation"
The abduction scene of Henriette
the duel at Bel-Air the adventures of
the blind Louise the orphan sister,
the meeting of the sisters at the Tri-
bunal, and under the guillotine and
finally the depletion of the little hero
ines impending fate, are among the
other high points of great story that
weld together the old 1.-TWO Orphans"
play and the French Revolution dra-
ma. Those well known favorites Miss
Lillian and Miss Dorothy Gish play
the title roles. At the Grand Theater
Monday and Tuesday.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-12

got the five hundred and went to
M1lledgeville to get the grant for the
lots, which were five dollars for every
lot OF ago acres, virgin forest Here
he struck another snag. Old man
Mccarthy told me that the secretary
of state was an honest man, but the
governor of Georgia at that time was
a damned thief. l think Mccarthy
hated him as long as he lived and
never would vote for him. Brisbane
wanted the 100 lots granted in his
name, but the secretary wanted them
according to law, in each mans
name, so Brisbane went to the COVER
nor and made the secretary of state
grant the whole 100 lots to Brisbane
who Immediately went back to Char
lesion and unfo1ded the Catholic col
ony scheme to the Catholic bishop
Their, and "soakedE' the 100 lots for
$4,000. Brisbane came back and
paid his Irishmen, "who didn't want
the land anyway"
After a while his funds became
exhausted and then came the Civil
War. The Irish drifted away, with a
few exceptions. BLACK Jim" grew
to manhood and represented Irwin
County, and then the Catholic church
had the 100 lots surveyed. To pay
for the survey two of the lots were
sold, one was bought by BLACK Jim"
and the other by Walt Clements, clerk
Judge Jimmie B. Clements, who was
named after BLACK Jim" stills owns
that land near Irwinville.
Again a pause of time, and a
young Yankee mechanic by the name
of Henry H. Tiff came from Mystic,
Conn, in Yankeedom, with his uncle,
Nelse Tiff of Albany, and wanted
to start saw mill at what is now
Triton. He wanted 30 lots of the
Brisbane lots and the Catholic bish-
op came down from Charleston to
look at the property. He stayed
overnight at Black Jim's' home and
sold the 80 lots of virgin forest to
H. H. Tiff for $4,000. Mccarthy
said he did not know of the bishops
presence for a few days afterwards,
or he would have told him the real
value of the property as he> only liv-
ed two miles from "Black Jim"
"Years later I was telling this
story to Mr.. Ben Drew, who had a
still at. Swan, Ga. He corroborated
the old Irishman's story as to- the
land and told me that he Drew
owned 90 odd lots of the Brisbane
lots that had been sold to the Catho-
lie church
"The following year Mr.. Drew
sold his property to an editor from
Indianapolis, by the name of Fitzger-
aid, and he established the old Yam
kee soldier Colony, now the City of
FITZGERALD.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-12
LONDON PAPERS COMMENT
ON JAP EXCLUSION LAW
Morning Post Describes Trouble as
One of Most Difficult and Dam
gerous Problems Besetting
the Age of the Paper

acknowledgements comment here
on the anti-American demonstration
at the Imperial Hotel in Toxic tine
tured with anxiety. The Morning Post
expressing sympathy both with Amer
lea and Japan, say the former have
legitimate ambition to protect their
country against peaceful invasion"
which might threaten its economic
stability while the latter have legiti-
mate grievances. "It is one of the
most difficult and dangerous prob
lens besetting the age of the paper"
it says. at is a manifestation of a
racial struggle which unless carefully
handled may replunge the world into
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-06-12
BIG FEDERAL FUND
TO AID FARMERS
Extensive Experiments Will Be Made
At Instance of Georgia Senator
to Control Boil Weevil

Atlanta, Ga, June 11-Commenda-
ton by business men here is given to
U. S. Senator VIM. ]. Harris, for his
successful efforts in getting nearly
one hundred thousand dollars in appro
priations for experimental work in the
interest of farm matters over the ap
preparations in the bill that passed the