Show That the Ih Ft the of the Man Many AM of the lu r. r T Try rv The Rule of Reason I Perhaps no one is i. nore familiar with the cor co conflicting ideas ideal of our home dwellers than the editor of this newspaper Scarcely 1 a 8 day passes passel but bat he receives some criticism of the way in which the affairs of the community are run It would take columns and also It would be very unfair to publish many of these com WI The most mot thing important thing for our taxpayers to realize is II that little is i. to be gained by simply limply complaining and that every thing may be gained by constructive criticism if it t be b. accompanied panted by an n idea of how bow the condition complained of may mar be bet t I improved loi Anc C. ve veIt It is not a difficult m matter to a spotless town own All it needs ii it a little tudy of the principles of community building building build build- ing and a reasonable amount of money However there thero seems to be the rub The officials cannot get money moner out of the air They cannot make mak improvements without spending money moner and the spending of money moner means a jump in the tax tau rate No one need be reminded what happens happen when there is talk of increased taxes ti The howl echoes echoe even throughout through ut the county As a fact alight slight tax increaser increase for legitimate improvements should not b 5 deplored red Only waste w ste of public monies should sh uld arouse aro arouse i our Indig Indignation nation natio Money spent in useful public improvements is an inVestment in investment investment in- in vestment not an expense We are all stockholders in the corporation corporation cor cor- and we e always get dividends in th the shape of increased value to our our properties when the th town toW 1 adds adib to something of public moment Just a little reasoning will make inake good many of us much happier and perhaps a little more prosperous I The Exodus from American Farms With i i unceasing regularity and aid increasing activity the movement from the farms to the cities continues unabated This Thi is II a situation that should b be squarely idled f ed and that should command the bo t of legislative thought to to bring about bOut a change Reports from 92 out of counties counti in Georgia show that negroes have left those counties this year year and that white people also have I left ft the farms farina the year ear 1920 and to date negroes have left the state of Geo Georgia Other Southern states have haTe met like experiences l The movement of course coune is in response to the call for labor laborin in the north and to the recklessness which the competitive the competitive n northerner is willing to spend his hia money to obtain and hold workers b There are sporadic instances in the state of Jersey for example where builders being compelled to finish construction on time under contract have beene to pay par as high as 88 30 30 a day for bricklayers Short sighted mercenaries who are Bre thus bidding for the theman theman thenan man nan on the fa farms ms seem to do so in the very teeth of economic law the tIle fa farms Sis is bound to spell heavy increase in inthe inthe inthe the cost of city living o so in the long run roD both employer ami workman are are bound to feel the evil effect of di For the workman the answer Ionly i ionly only t r r 1 it inc of f time tim when hen the competition for i- i c. c will be be l e n i 11 r lh the of employment en mo c it I. I |