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Wonderful Story of Georgia
In his column, “What Comes
Down My Creek,” a daily feature of
the Atlanta Journal, Harry Stillwell
Edwards has the following interesting
story on Georgia:
The wonder story of the south has
recently been given in these columns.
Just as wonderful is the story of
Georgia. And just as important that
it be placed in reach of every boy
and girl in the state; an inspiration.
The population of Georgia has in
creased from 2,216,331 in 1900, to
3,138,000 in 1920. The property
values from $936,000,000 to $3,896,-
759,000.
The value of manufactured prod
ucts from $94,532,368 to $648,852,-
000 in 1925; the capital invested in
manufacture, from $79,303,316 to
$448,700,000 in 1925.
The products of Georgia mines
and quarries have increased from
$3,080,000 in 1900 to $4,082,000
(1920).
Between 1900 and 1920 the in
crease of capital in cotton manufac
turing rose from $24,158,000 to
$150,151,000. Between 1900 and
1925 the value of these products
rose from $18,458,000 to $193,423,-
660; the number of active spindles
from 815,545 to 2,900,994; the num
ber of looms from 19,398 to 52,406;
the consumption of cotton from
• 304,431 bales to 1,047,950. The val
ue of cotton seed oil mill products
increased from $8,064,000 to $25,-
452,000 between 1900 and 1926.
In 1925 the state manufactur
ed $7,969,154 worth of furniture, an
increase of nearly six hundred per
cent over 1900.
In 1925 the state cut 1,365,174,-
000 feet of lumber, and had 249,101
farms in operation, covering 21,-
964,436 acres. The value of all
farm property rose from $228,374,-
637 in 1900 to $689,000,000 in
1925; the value of all farm products,
from $104,304,000 to $294,000,000.
Despite boll weevil conditions, the
cotton crop increased between 1900
and 1926 from 1,233,000 bales to
1,475,000; but the value of the farm
crop was approximately double the
other.
In the Georgia tobacco crop the
increase was startling. The acreage
rose from 2,300 to 51,900 in 1900,
and the value of the tobacco from
$159,659 to $9,591,000 in 1926.
And in 1926 the state raised 84,-
119,000 bushels of corn; 5,014,000
bushels of wheat, 1 1,408,000 bush
els of oats, the aggregate value of
which was more than $52,000,000
and had on hand 880,000 cattle, 51,-
000 sheep, 1,164,000 swine, 48,000
horses and 341,000 mules.
The aggregate resources of Geor
gia banks in 1926 was $488,172,000;
paid in capital $44,656,000; individ
ual bank deposits $320,153,000.
Georgia’s railway- mileage is 7,972,
the' number of her motor vehicles
277,478. Highway expenditures in
1926 reached the sum total of $22,-
564,889, and the public school cost
was $17,292,969.
The state of Georgia embraces a
princely domain. Within its geo
graphical limits are 58,725 square
miles of land and 540 square miles
of water. Stretching from the Atlan
tic to Tennessee, about 400 miles, and
from the Savannah river westward
about 225, it boasts of six climates
and every variety of crop land. Its
streams are innumerable, its rivers
bold and in part navigable. It pro
duces profitably every variety of
fruit and vegetable grown in the
United States, a few Florida special-
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‘ ties excepted. It taught the world
i the possibilities of the peach. It is
l rich in minerals and in ores. Its
forests are noble and extensive; its
pine and hard woods in demand
throughout the world; its ports
the finest south of Norfolk.
Georgia marble has attained a
popularity over all marbles found in
America. It is shipped to every
state in the union and extensively
used in the most costly buildings.
Its brick are in demand wherever
the freight is not prohibitive. Its 17
establishments turned out $1,897j
-513 worth of brick in 1925. Bauxite,
used in the manufacture of alumi
num, abrasives, commercial cheftii
cals and refractories, was discovered
in Georgia in 1889, the first found
in the United States. All the baqjt
ite mined in the United States I
from the South. Georgia and Ten-1
nessee produced 20,680 tons in :
1926. The Geological Survey credits
Georgia with a reserve of 200,000,-
000 tons of red ore for workable
iron and 125,000,000 tons of brown,
above the 1,000 foot level. Its de
posits of kaolin, fuller’s earth and
other clays are extensive; in fact,
inexhaustible.
In potential hydro-electric power, '
Georgia leads all the southern states.
In applied hydroelectric power, it is |
exceeded only by North Carolina and
Alabama.
In urban development the advance
during twenty-five years has been
nothing less than marvelous. Not only
has there been a great improvement
in the types of dwellings, but hotels,
office buildings, and public buildings
are now on a scale commensurate
with the dignity of the common
wealth. The unsightly structures
long seen from the Pullman win
dows have disappeared, for the most
part. Now the tourists of both Pull
man and motor car looks out upon
beautiful homes, thriving communi
ties and fields rich with growing or
harvested crops.
And those seeking homes or occu
pation find earth’s paradise in Geor
gia land. There is room and work
for all, farmer, poulterer, dairyman,
builder, manufacturer, fruit grower,
nut grower, mechanic, —the state
needs them, and with them the pro
fessionals of worth. Sidney Lanier
said there is more in the man than
there is the land, but it takes an
able man to prove it in Georgia.
I have called this the wonder story
of Georgia, yet it is the only the
first chapter of a serial, at least. But
as it is there is enough to thrill the
patriotic breast of every Georgia boy
i and girl whose ancestors fought for
(this his native soil. What the
.father and mother won with toil
and blood, let the son and daughter
| keep.
WHAT WILL JULY
WEATHER DO?
The average half year rainfall to
July Ist is 29.97 inches. On July
list, 1916, the year of the July flood,
the total rainfall recorded in Blake
|ly amounted to 19.29 inches. The
(year 1927, which climatically rather
closely approximates 1916, has given
a total precipitation to date of
18.94 inches. 1916 showed a de
ficiency of 10.68 inches. 1927
shows a shortage of 11.03 inches.
These figures are from the local
i Weather Bureau records. The ques
tion now before us is, what will July
do ?
EARLY COUNTY NEWS BLAKELY, GEORGIA
VISITORS SPEAK
TO ROTARIANS
The weekly luncheon of the Rotary i
■ Club was unusually interesting to the
membership yesterday, because of
' the presence of a number of guests.
These were Miss Pauline Living
ston, Edwin Boyett, Joe Vinson, Jr.,
of the city, Tom H. Underwood of |
St. Petersburg, Fla., Rev. A. W. Dick
of Moultrie, Editor E. H. Griffin of
Bainbridge and L. J. Reese of the
Georgia Association.
Messrs. Griffin and Reese were,
on a very important mission, seek
ing to interest our people in the
all-Georgia state wide financial cam
paign to raise SIOO,OOO a year for
two years to finance the program of
the Georgia Association. Mr. Grif
fin made a short talk dwelling on the I
need of markets for our farm pro- i
duce and showing the desirability of
backing up the Georgia Association, I
whose chief aim is to better our
marketing facilities, and introducing
Mr. Reese as the direct representa-i
tive of the Georgia Association.
Mr. Reese spoke at some length,
setting forth some of the accomplish
ments of the Association and what it
expects to accomplish through the
funds being raised.
The Rotary Club agreed to spon
sor the raising of Early county’s
quota of the fund, which is $350.
Mr. T. B. McDowell is chairman of
the county and the Rotarians are to
assist him in putting the matter
over.
It is expected that the report of
the campaign for funds shall be
concluded by next Wednesday and a
report made at the luncheon.
BLAKELY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH SERVICES
Regular services next Sunday
morning and night. Communion ser
vice Sunday morning.
The subject of the sermon for the
night service will be “Rest.”
A cordial welcome to all.
F. H. CHAPMAN, Pastor.
HADDOCK AND FREEMAN GET
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Senator John D. Haddock, of the
Ninth, is chairman of the Com
mittee on State of the Republic, is
vice chairman of the Committee on
Drainage, and also has a place on
the following committees: Agricul
tural, Forestry, Game and Fish, Jour
nals, Public Library, Public Property.
Representative Joseph Freeman is
a member of the following House
committees: County and County
Matters, Drainage, General Agricul
ture No. 1, Municipal Government, i
Uniform State Laws, University of I
. Georgia and Its Branches, Western I
and Atlantic Railroad.
The 1928 meeting of the Junior !
Order United American Mechanics j
will be held at Charleston, S. C.
Dr. L. G. Hardman, of Commerce,
was sworn in as Georgia’s new gov
ernor Saturday.
Wm. T. Cosgrave was re-elected
president of the Executive Council of
the Dail Eireann, the Irish Free Par
liament last week.
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LOCAL WEATHER.
Review of local weather conditions
for the week ending Wednesday,
June 29th. Rainfall in inches. T
means trace only. Observations are
for the 24-hour period ending at 7
p. m.
* *
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72 T 2
I g * a -S a g
S e Z a £ g: ~
i 23| 92| 67 1.62 S. W.|P. Cloudy
. 24] 80| 6810.18|N. WJCloudy
25! 88| 65!0.00!N. W.|Cloudy
1 26| 91] 69 O.OOj W. |Clear
27| 92| 681 T. |S. W.|P. Cloudy
28] 89| 71|0.25|N. E.|P. Cloudy -
29| 88J 66|0.00 N. E.|Clear
J. G. STANDIFER,
Observer, U. S. Weather Bureau.
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LOW FKSJEW GOODS
15c Ginghams 1 A
per yard • 1 V
35c Cotton and Silk Stockings, Q t
pair ,
Big Leader 220 Weight
- $1.25 Dress Shirts QQ
for ~ .</O
Cheney’s Silk Sox,
pair _———— - - '
6 spools J. & P. Coats’ Thread Q t
for— ------ •
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Cooled by the Breezes from the Arctic Nu-Air System
SENECA
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Tonight—Thursday.
t
RICARDO CORTEZ AND FLORENCE VIDOR
—in—
“EAGLE OF THE SEA”
Shades of Captain Kidd, what a thriller this one is!
z Romance on the high seas—aboard bloody pirate
ships and Spanish men-o’-war, in gay New Orleans
and charming Spanish gardens.
—and—
FELIX, THE CAT, CARTOON
7:30 and 8:50 P. M. 15c and 35c
Friday
MARY ASTOR AND LLOYD HUGHES
—in—
“FOREVER AFTER”
One of the greatest stage successes the country has
ever seen—now one of the finest dramas ever shown
upon a screen—a story that endures now—and for
ever after.
—and—
Bluebird Comedy
Saturday
PAWNEE BILL
—in—
“WHERE THE WEST BEGINS”
Oh, boy! Just watch ’em go!
—and—
“ House Without a Key”
Chapter No. 5
Monday and Tuesday
TED McCOY AND JOAN CRAWFORD
—in—
“WINNERS OF THE WILDERNESS”
A splendid story of the early days—a typical American
story for the Fourth of July. Don’t miss seeing it.
—and—
Educational Comedy
Wednesday and Thursday
“DIPLOMACY”
A Paramount Picture
Coming Attractions:
“WE’RE IN THE NAVY NOW”
“SLIDE, KELLY, SLIDE”
LON CHANEY in “MR. WU”
“THE GREAT GATSBY”