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JUDGE W. R. FLEMING PUTS
ENTHUSIASM INTO POWER
PLANT MOVE IN CRISP
The voters of Georgia are request
éd to permit Crisp county to de
velop her own. distinctive resources
at her own expecnses Eenefits will
accrue from such developments to
the state at large, and will enhance
the residential and business claims
of #he county.
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The ¢onstitutional amendment to
be voted upon in’ the general elec
tion November 2, provides for Crisp
county’s issuance’ of bonds to build
a hydro-electric ‘plant for promotion
of the county’s agricultural, indus:
t 1,-and ‘nd civic interests. What
:::f‘this projcct may cost will be
paid by the county. Nobody else a
penny.
'’e e e
. The Act provides that the county
shall have full control of its own
property in the plant; make its own
rates of charge for electric current;
that the public service commission‘"d“f
Ueorgia shall have nothing whatever
to do with the matter: and that the
plant shall be tax-free so long as it is
owned by the county.
The money derwved from sale ol
of the bonds will be invested in prop
erty belonging to the county. It will
not be in the nature of an appro-]
priation that will vauisi With its ex
penditure. Two men in Alakama have
just built a hy:lro-electric plant that
coét_ one million dollars; they have
just declined an offer of $2,500,000
for it. This morcly illustrates the
lack of hazard ia such an investment.
Thiis is vouched for by the engineer
of that plant.
" The following words are taken
from the Act: “Said County of
Crisp is authovized and empowered
to issue bonds pursaant to this
ar'nendmevhtA,v in the cvent this amend
ment be ratifid and kecomes a part
of the Constittitmn; and in the event
a majority of the electors of Crisp
county voting ab° the election at
which this amei'dment is submitted
for ratification, vote in favor there
of.”
There is no indicaticn that the peo
ple of the state will iaji to approve
this . amendment. Tha people (f
Crisp county who wirk to avoid
marking time tniough the years for
lack of a necessicy in the county’s
plans and purposes invelving its own'
welfare and progress will approve
it. Shall we voie for the interest of
the county and GeorZia, or shall we
vote to block th:¢ interests and for
exploitation of the county’s re
sources at our own expense? That is
about whcre the .ine anpear: to be
aLe
Crisp c:unty way never be tax
free in ¢ ‘nsequence of the buildin'zl
and operation »f a hydro-electric
plant, That is true. That is only an-‘
other uncertainty of tani¢ life. That
result is. however, nct beyond the
range of possicility. Certainly the
county will never e tav-free withour
a hydro-electric plant. And. there are
probably a good many citizens who
would, under the conditions now ex
isting, prefer to risk an income
ffom the plant than from a covey of
farms in this or aly other county.
Farming is a losing basiness. On the
other hand, cotten factories and oth
er industries overated by electric
power are . declaring .dividends—
some of them 1i) percent. Farmers
have to buy praducts of these en
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part of such dividends. They can't
do it under existirg fonditions.
This Crigp co‘:.t{lty project con
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that. But there is grovnd for thel
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some so}u"ce. It iz no unsyual thing:
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. JUDGE W. P. FLEMING
for a factory villz;e to Le built out in!
the open country. They are not built]
inside city limits. Fenia Hatley, We-]
nona, Arabi, Raizes, Ccney, fer in
stance, are beticr locations for cot-?
ton factories than Zoerdele. A factor;,'i
village means a market at the door
of a community. It mecans enhance
ment of values thcie. It means pro
vision of the eonveniences and ne
cessities of -modaorn * civilization. It
means an increast of peving employ
ments, It means these things and
more, if the hydro-eicetric plant re
sults in the est»h!ishment of indus--
trial and mam;fa:turiu r 'enterprises
in the.county. .Ncbouy, of course,
can-guaranteee ti:at result. Anybody
can guarantee thui no such results
will . happen . without the plant.
‘At ‘this very L:me 4 super-power
system is extending power lines over
a large farminz 'territory in New
England, in order that farmers
there may . have . eleciric cnergy
available for reli»f of their labor
problems and fcr relicf of their
familiege from back-breaking drad
gery.‘%)is is called a “back-to-the
farm” movemen:. This niovement is
in exact accord with the Crisp coun
ty project. HerLert Heever says that
it meons an indus:tial revolution. An
industrial revolution te result from
improvefient of cenditoine in a farm
ing territory. Taink of that. And it
comes from Herhert ¥Hoover, who is
working now on a plan of relief for
the farmers of tnis naticn, who must
in =ome way, have relic!. Do we need
it here less than in New England?
It is impossibi2 Zor Crisp county to
share in the h:nefits o the elec
trie revolution that is tiansformine
conditions in so any p'aces in this
nation? Wheels of prafilzble indus
try have long turned in New En:
land at the imgulze of <lectric pow
er. And much of their {urning has
been at our expense. We have sold
our cotton, for instance, at a loss.
Doing that now. We have bought it
back in manufartured form paying
plenty of profit sver ali to the manu
facturers., We have talked about this
for years. Our f{aihers did. That
hasn’t helped matiers Js it time to
put in practic> sur well-worn doc
trines=—ig it time to prc fit by the ex
aniplés of others in this matter?
Our raw products can he increased
by manufacturers havse as eagily as
elsewhere. Mills in Georgia even are
declaring 100 frercent dividend:.
There ig less h2zard in the undertak
ing I%e than elsewhere, Why not?
We have a beticr cliniate through
the year; betler and more reliable
labor, no strikes, no foreign riff-
raff, a homogencuouz people: we
have the raw rriduct in the field
where it grows a:d whcre the mills
can be located. Hazavrd? Others have
taken the hazarq and we have paid
them well to do . Paving tlle};i now,
for ‘we have no iccal cnterpriges of
the kind; will never have without
electric power i abundant quanti
ty and reliable dcliverznce. '
The engineer who na: done all tho
‘preliminary surveying with respect
to the proposea ¢'rizp county hydro
olectric power vlant save that it is
the best with which he has ever had
‘ah_\'tl;ini; to d(;. Pawer sites and fran
chise -are valuabie. NMever more | so
;tha_n‘ now. Men c:'»‘ntro]iing vast jpg—
gregations of cauital ere acquiring
control of them &Ly purcl.ase or other
wige about as t-é]-idl:} as possible, It
is estimated that they ulready co#‘atrol
two-thirds of thera. This does nat in
- OUR ONE
G ®
reat Upportunity
/.
The building of the great Crisp county hydro
clectrie plant i$ a matter of vital importance to
Cordele, Crisp County and Georgia, and we ur
gently ask our friends all over the state to vote
for this projedt on November 2nd.
This projeet means not only industrial pros
perity for this community but for the ecommuni
tyv as a whole, and this being true, we believe
that our friends will rally to our support on
that date and help us, with their votes, to a con
sumation of the thing we have spent two years
in attempting to bring to a successful conclu
sion,
CORDELE IMPLEMENT COMPANY
CORDELE, GEORGIA
M
[f thete was ever a time when opportunity called
to the citizens ot Corlele and Crisp County in no
uncertain words, that time is November 2nd, when
we will he expected to register our approval, by
our votes, of the wonderful project-—the great ly
dro-electric power plant—that is ours, if we do our
duty as good and loyal citizens,
We are heart and soup for Cordele and Crisp
Covuty., All of us, and November the 2nd, we be
iieve none oif us will be found laggard.
B R e2T wlO4 Pil A rnh e e S kO P S SV, RN . . @
COKER’S GROCERY, CORDELE, GA
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THE CORDELE DISPATCH
dicate that thers is the greatest haz
ard in purchace ¢! such properties.
The feverish activity witl: which such
acquirement anc devclopment has
been and is going on hay not permit
ted the fixing of rates on the basis
of a fair income on tnese invesi
ments. The resuit is that in some 2
places the rates ¢!t charge for elec-?
tric current is prohivitive; in others
reasonable. It resuits My, Brady says
that one man pays 12 (ents‘per kilo
watt, another 1 1-2 for the same.
Crisp county happens to be in the
less fortunate class, TLat is why
Crisp county is asking for the privi
lege of develuping he¢r own power
site—of proviamn: hcr own necessi
ty. Nobody else hay, or will, at
prices that are in the interest of the
county.
Thei'e is no iuherent offense to
anybody in this coun’y project. No
organization, no cmpicyees or rep
resentative of any persen, natural or
artificial can have any sound un
selfish reason to be opposed to the
county’s plan and purpose in this
matter. I the amcndment s ap
proved by the v.lers of the state, in
cluding those of Crisp county, that
should be fina!. There does not ex
ist elsewhere any valid claim of pro
prietorship over Crisp county; no
just right is vested anywhere to seek
by any means to ke:p the interests
of this county—cf the people of
this county—subrevvieat to the inter
ests of any person, natural or arti
ficial.
The resources of Urisp county be-i
long, frist, to the people of the coun-i
ty. They should F¢ developed in thei
interests of our peopie. The wealthi
of potential pow2or tha, runs in Flint'
river to the sea is ours—ours for the
taking and using. Shali we do that?
Mere possession of natural resources
does not mean much. If mere pos
session of matural resouices were the
proper measure of weelth, Russia,
poor Russia, wouid be the richest
of the nations. An oil man in Rus
sia recently walked 350 miles to see
with his own evcs an electric light.
On that long jou'ney he, passed
many power sitos that had never
been harnessed to human uses. Shall
we harness the Fiini to our uses;
shall we make it supp!y our neces
sity. Or, shall we continue to mark
time, and pay the tribute of con
fessed underlings-? Crisp county has
business men of sufficient cupacity:
and judgment 1o sce this thing;
through in the interests of all our)|
people. They'll do that, it we con-l
sent by our ballots on November S.I
W FLEMINGI
NO COMMUNITY WITH LOW
POWER RATE AND ABUNDANT
POWER EVER WAITED AT
ANY TIME IN ITS GROWTH.
Those who are working hard for
the Crisp county power plant are
doing so very largely because they
have seen many communities of late
literally becoming a network of mills
and factories where there is cheap
power. In one county in North Caro
lina are 76 mills theer because
the power supply is so cheap and
abundant,
That will he the case in Crisp
county, friends of the power project
‘believe, and they are working with
faith in a rapidly deevloping section
when the power plant is built.
Its easy for a sick man to be de
vout.
Common sense is the material out
of which dollars are made,
To buy a closed car may be a poor
way to get ready for a rainy day.j
Do a little thing well today, an(ll
you will gain the power to do a big
thing well tomorrow. :
EVERY SHOULDER
TO THE WHEEL
For Crisp Power Plant
The hour has arrived to strike for
a greater industrial community and
section’ If we are to build, we must
lay the foundations well. Our Crisp
County Hydro-Electric Power Plant
on Flint river is the move with a
meaning for folks in Cordele and Crisp
County. It is an hour of greatest
opportunity.
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We are a local industry desiring
to grow in usefulness and business
volume each season. When there is
opportunity to lay a hand to the task
of building, we are ready to go with
you. Let’s build that power plant
and make this a business center with
advantages which will honey-comb
Crisp county with industries.
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The time for action is here. The
spirit is fine. We are all together
for those things which mean solid,
steady growth---and in our power
supply we have a fundamental need
met. Abundant hydro-electric power
is the nearest thing to gold in invest
ment we know. No line offers more
to a greater industrial community.
Let’s build and grow---and grow and
keep on building. Every man with
his shoulder to the wheel.
READ PHOSPHATE COMPANY
N BUNDRICK, Manager
CORDELE GEORGIA
’
Cordele and Crisp County
v
Must Go Over the Top
We are for Cordele and Crisp County
first, last and always. The hydro-elec
tric plant means big things for all of _
us. And for the entire state of Geor- i
gia, too.
Let us remember the date, Novem
ber 2nd, and cast our votes for the one
project that means present and future
industrial activity. :
Georgia is going to help us
put it over.
Chero-Cola Bottling Co.
ero-Cola Dottling Co.
CORDELE, GEORGIA
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..An Offer of Prosperity...
And sucl as we have never known, if we measure up to
our opportunity, and by our votes cn November 2nd, ful
fill our fondest expectations by securing the great hydro
electric power plant for Cordele and Crisp County.
This great project means prosperity written large.
We may have this project, with all it means, if we con
tinue up and doing.
November the 2nd, is the date. Vote for it.
CARR GROCERY, CORDELE, GEORGIA
TO GEORGIANS IN
OUR LINE
It becomes our duty
to send this special
message to you, we
need a kindly word
from you on Nowv. 2
at the polls when
the Crisp County
Power Amendment
is before the people
of the state for ap
proval. Say a kind
ly word---vote for it
and permit no harm
to come to it, and
we will develop in
dustrially here so
that Georgians will
be proud of us.
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