The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman, 1918-01-31

We hear of many investigations going on to ascertain who is to blame for present unfavorable con conditions - ditions conditions in military and civic affairs. Lack of munitions, arms and cloth clothing, - ing, clothing, lack of coal, conjestion in rail railroad - road railroad circles etc. Most of these in in; - ; in; restitutions are aimed at the fellow at the top, and the higher up one is the more does he become a 'target, until one is made to exclaim: I 'Then happy low lie down uneasy is the head that wears a We are of the impression that if ithese investigations were extended all the way down the line, the cause of the trouble would be found down nearer the bottom than at the top. Brains may plan ever so wise wisely, - ly, wisely, but unless those plans are thor thoroughly - oughly thoroughly and promptly carried out all down along the line it amounts to nothing. And we maintain it is not fair to blame the intelligence at the head that formulated excellent plans because carelessness, ignor ignorance - ance ignorance or lack of patriotism lower down failed to perform its part In every line of activity and nearly ev every - ery every department of it this slackness can be found. An occurance that is going the rounds of local criticism ilustrates what we are driving at. The building of a certain industry was slightly injured by the engine or train of a railroad company. The injury was not so serious but that , it could be repaired in a few days and the wheels of the industry, now so badly needed by war conditions, again rolling. However, it took three weeks to make the repairs that was computed by a competent judge could be done in three days by an efficient and willing force of the same number. Whether that gang lacked efficiency or willingness we could not deftiniteyl say, no doubt the latter, for it is staled, they did not get to work until late in the morning. Then they had to build a fire, then each one lit a ci cigar - gar cigar and enjoyed a smoke while warming themselves. When they did go to work, they worked at such a gait, that the manager of the in industry, - dustry, industry, fearing their time might probably be charged up to his con concern - cern concern called up the railroad office to ascertain and make complaint about the killing of time, when he was in informed, - formed, informed, they were used to such con conditions - ditions conditions and did not know how to remedy them. Not alone was this gang careless about time, but seem seemingly - ingly seemingly about property, as it is slated: they made fires out of new cross ties. Now, this may be an aggravated case, but modified similar conditions can be seen almost every day. Do such men not know that action like that prolongs the war, or are they . not patriotic enough to care. .We think either a campaign of ,enlightenment or arouseinent is ne - cessary all over our land. In the imeantime as The Atlanta Constitu Constitution - tion Constitution exhorts: the President a - The term president being 'l made applicable to heads of depart departments. - ments. departments. For they can do nothing Iwithout the co-operation of the rank land file, i

Miss Georgia Crews, District A Agent - gent Agent of the Home Demonstration Work, was in Ashburn Tuesday with Miss Anma Watson, Turner county's new county agent. Miss Crews makes Macon headquarters and su superintends - perintends superintends fifteen counties one of which is Turner. She is an expert in her line and most enthusiastic we were about to say, but that's too mild; she has a passion for her work. Our people will be glad to know she has promised to visit us often and co-operate with Miss Watson in Turner county. We must congratulate our County Board of Education, Board of County Com Commissioners - missioners Commissioners and Turner county as a whole on securing the services of Miss Watson, who comes highly rec recommended - ommended recommended by Mrs. Bessie Stanley Wood, State Director of the depart department, - ment, department, whose words weigh heavy in Turner county. She worked on educational lines in Averett College, Danville,Virginia and has had train training - ing training in Demonstration work both in Virginia and Georgia. From all re reports - ports reports her presence in our county will be an uplift on other lines as well as in her specific duty. Ladies of town and country get acquainted with her and see if what we say is not true. We know the girls of the canning and kindred clubs, will re rejoice - joice rejoice in this appointment, as will the older ones who have seen the benefits accruing from demonstra demonstration - tion demonstration work already done. Another piece of good news this week is the probability of Turner County hav having - ing having a farm demonstrator this year in the person of Mr. W. J. Allen who for eight years has had practical ex experience - perience experience in the heart of the boll weevil territory in Mississippi. This experience coupled with the subse subse<|uent - <|uent subse<|uent scientific training he has had will make him invaluable to the farmers of Turner county, who will have a hot and heavy combat the coming season with the weevil. We had only the advance guard to con conend - end conend with last year - but look out this year. The county commissioners could not do a better thing for the county than to employ Mr. Allen. INot alone will it be an advantage in real beneficial results, but it saves the prestige of our county and puts l us back in the ranks of one hundred or more progressive counties in Georgia who avail themselves of he funds provided by our National Gov Government - ernment Government by putting up a like sum to secure a demonstrator. There may be some in our county who now dif differ - fer differ with us on this point, but in the course of time when the benefits of his work develops they will become he most enthusiasic supporters of it.

' Some of the early sales made this fall were at about the old prices that were obtained for a year or so. As the season advanced prices as ascended - cended ascended until the fortunate buyers of early in the season could, in some cases almost gel double the price for their purchases. Along in August and September we heard of sales being made at thirty to forty dollars per acre, then some later at fifty to sixty, then later still at seventy to eighty-live. One place near town, that of Mr. W. S. Daniel, brought somewhere about one hundred and eighty dollars. However, this place is not a fair sample, on account of its near-in position and the improve ments thereon. But Mr. J. W. Hen Henderson - derson Henderson sold a place about two miles out, adjoining the editor's place and not much improvements thereon, at about ninety dollars per acre. The latest sale we heard of was that of one hundred and twenty acres of land by l)r. W. L. Story to Mr. 1). W. Byrd for $11,500.00, or about $94.00 per acre. This place had but very little improvements. Not being stumped and only inferior tenant houses on it. Mr. Byrd, with his usual alacrity, is now at work improving the place. Having stumps pulled and other work done. This work will add any where from SIO.OO to $20.00 per acre more to the valueof the land, making it run from $104.00 to $114.00 per acre. Used to the low price of land that we are, this price may seem high, yet it seems low to those living in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, etc., where land brings from two to three hun hundred - dred hundred dollars per acre, and yet will not pay near the percentage per acre that Turner county land pays. There is no country in the world where land producing what our red pebble land produces sells as low as does ours. For instance at the end of last wheat harvest, we published 'what this same Mr. Byrd made on

The Ashburn Red Cross Chapter is to be congratulated on having such convenient and well equipped work rooms. The ladies of the chapter appreciate very much the generosity of Mr. J. S. Shingler, Sr., who gives them the use of these rooms. The latest donation to the chapter was a large work table and wood by Dr. W. J. Turner. We thank the Wire Wiregrass - grass Wiregrass Farmer for the gratitutious publication of our Red Cross items. The business men of Ashburn are proving themselves real friends are the cause by their liberal contribu contributions. - tions. contributions. The class in surgical dress dressings - ings dressings is doing fine work under the supervision of Miss Mary Davenport. The following ladies are taking the course: Mesdames John Jenkins, Lin Jenkins, F. J. Cawley, H. M. Caw Cawley, - ley, Cawley, Stewart Gilmore, James Boze Bozeman, - man, Bozeman, Stanley Hackett, Vance North, I). A. Stewart, C. C. Scott, B. M. Stripling, John Adams, Pills Pillsbury, - bury, Pillsbury, Helen Brown, Miss Mary Lou Law. Mrs. G. C. Waits is the Chair Chairman - man Chairman of the sewing circle and Mrs. L. V. Barker the knitting circle. The sewing and knitting can be done by ladies who are not members of the chapter and we would be glad to have as many ladies as possible, in and around Ashburn, help in this work. Those who are willing to help can procure material by call calling - ing calling on Mrs. Waits and Mrs. Barker. Our Government is making an ur urgent - gent urgent call for this work and we feel that each woman should respond to the call.

Ulis nitrate is to be distributed by the State Relations Service acting through County Farm Demonstra Demonstration - tion Demonstration agents, assisted by a committee of three appointed by him in the different counties. Application must be made on blanks furnished by the county farm demonstrator and must be filed before the 4th of February and as stated above must be accompanied by a cash deposit of SBO.OO for eaeli ton applied for. As the commercial value of nitrate is now over SIOO.OO per ton, this would be a saving of at least $20.00 per ton. A good many counties around us have already taken action. But as Turner county has no farm demon demonstrator - strator demonstrator the probability is our farm farmers&vill - ers&vill farmers&vill lose the benefit of this ac action - tion action by our government. Our coun county - ty county commissioners are trying to un unratyj+he - ratyj+he unratyj+he tangle that confronts them in engaging a county agent, ak an extra good man now presents him himself - self himself for that position, but as next Monday is the last day for filing ap applications - plications applications prompt action must be taken. If our county would only take 100 tons that would be a sav saving - ing saving of $2,000. This one item alone would more than pay agents salary and all his other services would be free. Incidents ought to open our eyes to the folly of not doing as over one hundred other counties in Georgia have done - employ a farm agent.

Mr. Frank Stanton of the Consti Constituition, - tuition, Constituition, poet, philosopher and opti optimist. - mist. optimist. He who so often, when we are down, by his timely verses, turn the winter of our discontent into glorious summer, is full of the milk of human kindness. He has a special fellow feeling for the breth brethren - ren brethren of the weekly press and is al always - ways always trying to do them a good turn. We would not like him to know how many subscribers there are to the Wiregrass Farmer who have not yet renewed, lest he might be getting af after - ter after them in a particular manner, as he got after every slacker subscriber to all the weeklies in a general though sly way one day last week, when his genial though hawk eye, fell upon the following in the Mel Melbourne, - bourne, Melbourne, (Ark.) Times, and seeing the gist of it, clipped and published it in his far read column: Candor in Arkansas. The editor of The Melbourne (Ark.) Times speaks right out in meeting, to this purpose: Times does not carry very many locals this week because of the fact that most of our time has been consumed in trying to think of something good to say about all the candidates. We have tried not to lie on any of the gentlemen. They are a fine bunch, but don't get the idea that Izard county is populated entirely by such men, for there are a number of people who have not paid their subscriptions to this pa paper - per paper

Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps are most democratic of in investments - vestments investments and America expects ev every - ery every American to show love of re republican - publican republican institutions by investing in this democratic security. The ag aggregate - gregate aggregate amount of the investments and the number of investors in these War Savings securities are in away the answer of the people of this great Democracy to the call of the! cause of democracy throughout thel world and the vindication of civil civilizatino - izatino civilizatino and humanity. They afford every person, howev however - er however humble and however small his means, the opportunity to contrib contribute - ute contribute his part, to do his bit, in this great struggle against the military masters of Germany who seek to dominate the world in contempt of justice and right and freedom and without conscience and without mercy. Surely every American desires to have a part in the defeat of autoc autocracy - racy autocracy and the success of liberty and' right. In this issue we publish a list of business houses in Ashburn where stamps can be purchased. For oth other - er other particulars see Prof. C. H. Bishop.

The past fall was a lively one in the real estate business in Turner county. There were a good many sales of farms and town property from one resident to another, but by far the greater number of farm transfers were to parties outside the county, who hearing of the wonder wonderfulpaying - fulpaying wonderfulpaying operations of our farm farmers, - ers, farmers, and the superiority of our cli climate - mate climate not too cold in winter and that our summers were not inervat inervating - ing inervating as they are further south, came to share our advantages of soil and climate. Most of the latter class came from the upper part of our state, as well as from Alabama, South and North Carolina, and a few other states further north. How However - ever However there has been an increasing immigration in this county from the South.