THE PEWSACOLA JOURNAL, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1919.
MEMOIRS
DEAR REPORT
MJAGHF
ON RETIRING FROM WORK IN
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, MR. SMITH
OFFIRS SOME POINTED SUG
GESTIONS ON FARMING.
One itrongr outstanding feature of a
rather brief meetings of the board of
county commissioners meeting, devot
ed in tr e main to routine business, was
the hearing of the final report of Pig
Club Manager J. D. Smith and the ac
tion thereon. Mr. Smith is retiring
July 1, and the report rendered gave
a. comprehensive view of the valuable
work he has performed in the four
months of his activity in Escambia
county.
In that time he has induced thirteen
ooys to join peanut clubs, thirty to join
corn clubs and 95 to join pig clubs,
total of 138 boys enlisted in these
three p lases of farm Industry. He ha
made fourteen visits to peanut club
boys, fifty-eight to corn club boys and
112 to pig club boys, a total of 194
visits to enlisted boys.
He has met and conferred with 156
armert; on the road, and has visited
135 farmers on their farms, besides
visiting S9 schools and clubs. He has
held four farmers meetings and 28
other meetings; has distributed 298
tmlletirs and circulars, written 428 let.
ters. and given several newspaper in
terviews, besides traveling 5038 miles,
aiostly by automobile.
It developed during the report that
Mr. Smith's services were .secured for
tiscamhia county from the federal gov
ernment, by the state board, as a di
rect result of the fine showing made
last fall by the county at the state fair;
and that his salary has been. paid from
federal funds. Mr. Smith stated to the
commissioners, however, that in spite
of. his earnest effort to trim his exr
pcndittires to the line of actual nec
essitie?, so as to keep within the
bound of the federal appropriation,
he had been obliged to "go in the hole"
is the saying is, to the extent of $70.
Com-nissioner Hardy made a stnte
ment highly appreciative of the effi
ciency of the work done by Mr. Smith
and hoped tne papers woum give h
gene ro as publicity, and on Mr. Hardy's
motion, a warrant was authorized for
f70 In Mr. Smith's favor, County Atr
torney Reese having given the opinion
that the board had the right to draw
the amount for such a purpose from
the general fund, and Mr. Hardy ex
pressing the opinion that Mr. Smith's
work was the best $70 bargain the
county ever secured.
Mr. Hasrdy was of the opinion that
the work done by Mr. Smith had gone
a long ways toward stimulating inter
est in the county fair, and had hastened
preparations greatly for proper exhibits
at thi years rair at aionno in io
vember. In this connection the com
mlssioier expressed the view that the
outlook for a successful fair is much
better than it was last year at this
time; an.d he felt certain that if all
the farmers would continu to plan to
tv-ve a pood exhibit, and if the papers
would continue to keep the fatr in the
minds of the people as thy have al
ready done, nothing but an act of
Providence could keep etie county from
taking first place at the next "state !
'air and drawing, some more valuable
lid frcm the federal government.
When aked why he was laving and
tvhat his future plans might be, Mr.
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Southern soldiers to the number of
1,400 lying- in the great Army debarka
tion hospitals of New Ifork, are de
pendent for their first touches-of home
cheer and welcome, on the efforts of
just a few women who are striving
valiantly to meet the needs of the situ
ation but have found themselves over
whelmed by the work. Mrs. Leroy
Broun of the Southerh Society who
has chary of the wnelceming of wound
ed men, osnteringr at the Hall of States,
maintained by "War Camp Community
Service at 27 West Ilth St., has ap
pealed repeatedly for more volunteers
from, the states of Alabama, Arkansas,
North Carolina. Florida, Georgia,' Loui
siana, Mississippi, Virginia, and West
Virginia, and has a few I epwesentatives
of aorae of these states picked as Chair
men for their own commonwealths, but
she has not Wen able to find sufficient
volunteers to take care of separate
desks for each state, as should be done
in view of the preat number of wounded
men arriving here daily, sometimes to
the number of 4,000 in 84 hours.
The Southern Society maintains at
the Sewanhee irou, 134 East "SSth S-t.,
a home center for the southern soldiers
and those who are able to find their
way there are entertained lavishly. The
men who are unable to leave the hos
pitals or who have only . few days in
the debarkation hospitals, however, are
dependent for their welcome on letters
sent by State committees in th Hall
. ot State, and Sirs. Broun has been nn
afcle t recruit sufficient forces to write
to all the southern men.
The Southern states mentioned are
somewhat at a disadvantage as com
pared with their sisters of Maryland,
Tennessee, South Carolina. Kentucky,
and Texas, which maintain separate
Smith stated tri'it r stopptng the
work because the appropriation made
by congress, by which he has been
working, is exhausted, having been
made primarily to promote a heavv
production of farm products during
the war. He is of the opinion that
new appropriations would be available
before long, but that they would not
be nearly as large as the former -ones.
He had been led t obelieve at the be
ginning of his work that success here
would lead to his appointment else
where in the state as a farm demon
stration agent: but the recent legis
lature followed the lead of the federal
government and cut the appropriations
to such an extent that there cannot
be more than 30 county agents in Flor
ida during the ensuing fiscal year,
necessitating the dropping of many of
the younger men, including himself.
He explained the scheme of hiring
county agents as an equal partnership
between the federal, state and county
governments, each putting one-third
of the salary expense "into the pot."
It thus depends on the counties them
selves whether they have a county
agent next year, he said, for the thirty
that go after the prizes the hardest
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desks and separate organizations for
writing to their individual men. Still
other states, notably Massachusetts
and Kansas, have made appropriations
of from $35,000 to $50,000 for the wel
coming of their boys to America, and
sdme of them maintain lajge club rooms
in New York in addition to their desks
In the Hail of States. Several of these
states haye sent secretaries direct from
home to take charge ot the work here.
Airs. Broun has been gettmg in touch
with various organizations in the in
dividual and southern states, and special
endeavors are now being made to get
a. desk started for Mississippi and Loui
siana. H. M. K. Smith of 1107, Broad
way, has gone to Mississippi wtth a
view to interesting there the State gov
ernment or State organizations in the
work for the wounded men here.
Outside of the .cheering and visiting
of wounded men, the women at the
liall of States are busily engaged in
welcoming men from other home com
munities who are able to get about.
Another important activity is a nation
wide employment bureau . which the
War Camp Community Service main
tains, and whose Manager, J. H. Ver
trees, seeks positions back home for
men from the southern states, and
sends lads direct from t here to the lobs.
Mrs. Broun's efforts afc the Hall of
States are seconded daily by Miss El
vira B. Wright of Charleston, S. C,
who takes special care of the South
Carolina men, and g-ives help to all
other southern eoldiers. and by Mrs.
Alfred Spencer who. like Mr. Broun,
is from Memphis. Chairmen have been
appointed for several of the individual
states, but sickness or absence from
the city has prevented most of them
from doing any active work.
will get them and the others will re
ceive none of the- outside aid. Mr.
Smith's plans are therefore uncertain
at present. The work he has been do
ing will fall on Carl W. Burnett, coun
ty agent, in addition to his other du
ties, and what Mr. Burnett cannot do
will have to be neglected.
Mr. Smith made an interesting state
ment regarding the most important
duty of the county agent. He said that
the impression is wrong that agents'
chief duty is to stimuiate greater pro
duction. Ho pronounced it to be a
paieni iaci inai n me wimein v-,,
-narket their crops with a reasonably
degree of profit, they will rmv
stiurnlus to large production that will
be necessary. He declared that the
most t erious problem Defore production
today is that of finding a reasonable
market; and was further of the opin
ion that the problem is so serious in
Escambia county that unless the busi
ness men of Pensacola come to the
rescue of the producers and devise
some way to open a better market,
production in this county and section
will receive a serious set-back.
As a strong item of proof of his con
tention he cited an experience of the
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gists everywhere.
Messrs. Barrineau of Quintette recent
ly. These prosperous farmers and
fruit growers, he said, had shipped
four car loads of fine home grown
peaches to northern markets a few
weeks ago, and had received consid
erable favorable newspaper publicity
for the achievement. He said he had
been told by "W. C. Barrineau that they
had expected to get about $2,000 net
profit on the four cars, or about $500
a car, for their peaches, above all ship
ping expenses. The condition of the
northern market at the time of ship
ping justified that expectation, and the
fruit was received in the north in good
condition according to reports returned.
But instead of making $2,000, ship
pers had received for the fruit $300
less than enough to pay for the hamp
ers and lumber, not a single cent of
compensation for the peaches, and
losers at that. Instead of taking
chances consigning to .commission
merchants, who are said to have often
been found unscrupulous in their deal
ings with shippers, the Mssrs. Barri
neau had taken the precaution to s'tl-j
through the Georgia Peach Growers
Association. This association is said
to have been organized for the very
purpose of protecting Georgia peach
growers against unscrupulous brokers
and commission men; and while it is
admitted that it was not intended pri
marily to help Florida growers, the
Barrineaus solicited and secured the
services of the Georgia peach people,
and so are of the opinion that they
were commercially and morally en
titled to a square deal.
W. C. Barrineau stated to Mr. Smith
that he would have been much better
off to have turned his hogs in on the
peaches, instead of gathering them at
all for human consumption. Mr. Smith
believes that this suggests as good a
problem as the buslnes clubs and mer
chanta of Pensacola could well find
to claim their earnest attention; for
he says that it is plainly to the inter
est cf all the people here, all being
consumers, to help build up a" good
market and thus stimulate home pro-,
duction.
Mr. Smith made the interesting
statement that he has found the boll
weevil doing deadly work in Escambia
county, and that he knows of one farmer-
who is plowing under a thousand
acres of cotton because of the weevils
and planting Spanish peanuts instead.
He stated that crops are suffering
damage from the growth of grass
stimulated by the early excessive rains,
and are now in need of rains. He con
siders the county's prospect still good,
howver, for a crop and a good fair,
SECRETARY DANIELS
DEDICATE FIRST
M. E. CHURCH
Washington, June 29. Secretary
Daniels today sent this message to all
naval ships the stations:
''The sisninsr of the trpatv of
, at Versailles ushers in the best day in
; the history of the world sine th
gels sang in Bethlehem 'Glory to God
in the Highest, On Earth Peace, Good
Will. Toward Men.'
"We are living in the fulfillment of
that prophecy. As a republic we are
grateful to have borne a part in mak
ing straight and plain the path of
permanent peace with justice to the
world. Upon the receipt of news of
signing the treaty of peace, the most j
important document in the history of I
the world, every ship and shore sta
tion will fire a salute of 21 guns with
national ensign at each masthead.
"JOSEPHUS DANIELS."
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS.
Private Floyd O. Baggtt, son of XI.
O. Baggett, of Gonzales, arrived home
yesterday. He has been over-seas
with the A. E. P. 20 months.
Mrs. Rheba Chenweth, of tha Hat
Shap, will leave today for a visit to
her home at Dothan, Ala. From
Dothan, she will go to Birmingham
and Chicago to buy fall goods.
Miss Agnes Neeva McKinna will
spend today, snd tomorro wat Brer.t
for examination of school children for
trachoma and for other physical in
vestiagtions. She will be at lhe
home of Mrs. John Barber.
Charges of reckless and careless
driving are docketed against J. S.
Mathews and Herbert Cotton, the Lat
ter a negro, at the police station. They
are alleged to have had a collision of
automobiles at the sharp curve la hs
road on West Hill at Remich's stjrs
late Saturday night. However, do
material damage was done, either of
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early in week; nearly normal there
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although occasional local thunder-
showers are probable after Monday
in Texas and Louisiana. Nearly nor
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