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VOL. X.
PRIZES ME GIVEN
INDIANA FARMERS
FOR THEJST CORN
National Exposition Officials
Pass on Best Samples of
Com—Great Agricultural
- Fair Has Fine Opening
COLUMBUS. 0.. Jan M -Indiana attU
retains it* lead a* tl/ state that raises
the heat corn in the world, according to
the national corn exposition judge*. who
passed on the beat sample of com pre
•viou* to th* opening of the exposition
here today
1.. B. Ck>re hi* father, won the cham
pionship prise at the exposition In 19C‘7
and again in UK
R. E James, gs Charlestown. Ills.,
with a yellow car. today won the highest
a single car of corn. He get*
a r.W trophy.
More than 33 state* have competi
tive exhibit* Twenty-five staVe agri
cultural and experiment station* have
scientific exhibits, each demonstrating
ita moot advanced experimental work
These exhibits, which will be in charge
of expert demonstrators wilt deal, in a
practical way. with nearly every phase
of the science of agriculture For in
stance: North Carolina will empha
sise the eotton industry—frbm the
growing plant to the manufactured ar
ticle—with cotton gin *nd loom in ac
tual operation, while Illinois will ee
peeially emphasise it* ®oll work
The federal department of agricul
ture will be represented with its fa
mous exhibit which fill* two large fur
niture cam. and which has just been
returned Tom the international ex
position at Buenos Ayre*.
Important among the many meetings,
exhibit* and other *peeta: features of
hia greateat of agricultural expositions
nay be mentioned the meetings of the
American Breeder* - association. the
Ohio Dairymens association, the tea
ional Rural Life conference, the Ohio
oneervation association. the Ohio i
;om Improvement association and nu- ;
merou* live "took associations. There,
will be special feature* of -vital interest •
to the T M. C. A., churches, college*,
schools, the farmer, and the city man;
and their families alike.
Special entertainment features will
include two-ring winter circus, band
concerts with vocal soloist*, and mov
ing plcturea. j
Speakers of nation-wide reputation
will deliver addresses daily on the Na-;
t lona I Corn exposition program.
The program for the exposition fol-1
lows
FIRST WEEK
Monday, January 38— Exposition open- j
l«g day. Offlctal opening exercise* tn
eyeamg at 8 o'clock tn enpositlon audi
lertum Addresses by Governor Harmon.
Mayor Marshall, of Columbus. ;
PTertttrbt rretxman and Secretary Bas
■sell of tbe Columbus Chamber of Com
merce: President E D. Funk and secre- j
i>ry and General Manager George H. ]
Sreveoson. ot the National t.om expos’- ,
tion.
Tuesday /antKry Sl—National Live
Stock day. Attractive program in the
interest of live stock industry. Speaker*
of national and international reputa
tion ,
Wednesday. February I—American
Breeder* - association day. Program in
charge of American Breeders - associa
tion. . . _ i
Thursday. February 3—National Dairy
day. Speaker*. Governor Warner, of
Michigan: Governor Harmon, of Ohio; G.
Sisson. Pottsdam. N. Y; Wilbur
Marsh. Waterloo. low*; Prof. H. E.
Ecfcie* Columbia. Mo.; Dr. W. O.
president Ohio State uni verst
y Columbus, Ohio. National dairy ban
«uiet. exposition auditorium, in evening
• Ohio State Dairymen * association. hoa|
Pafry dishes will be served Governor I
Warner will deliver the principal addre**
his topic to be The Old-Fashioned
Dairy." John D. Nichols, of Ohio, will be
toastmaster. Plates for 1.30# guests.
Friday. Feb. X—National Corn day— I
'Speakers. P. G. Holden. Iowa; C. G. Wil
liams Ohio; G. I Christie. Indiana. Wil
liam Deltrick. Illinois; C. G. McCall.
Ohio; W. J. Spillman, department of ag- |
riculture. National corn banquet in even
ing. exposition auditorium. Plates for
l.M* guest* Corn dishes will be served.
Ohio Com Improvement association,
host. James Wilton, secretary of agri
culture. addre** on "The Evolution of
American Agriculture. - ’ Senator Bur
ton. of Ohio: Senator Clapp of Minne
ota. and others will speak Governor
Harmon, of Ohio, will preside Secre
tary Sandies. Ohio state board of agri
culture, toastmaster
Saturday Feb. 4.—Conservation day—
Speaker*. Gifford Pinchot. ex-fore*ter foi
she government, and W C. Brown, presi
dent of th* New York' Central railroad
companv. James B. Garfield, chairman
SECOND WEEK
Monday, Feb. C—Address in afternoon
by Governor Pennewell. of Delaware
Subject, •Th* Farmer as a Statesman."
Tuesday. Fab. 7—Opening of National
Rural Life conference. Vital problems
In agriculture will be discussed. Meet
ings and conferences will be of intereet
to every one. Plan to attend and parti
cipate In discussions. Great mass meet
ing in forenoon Dr. L. H. Bailey, dean
and director of the New York Agricul
tural college of Cornell university, ex
chairman of the Roosevelt Country Life
commission. chairman. "Commercial
Co-operation in the Rural Community,")
w»ll be the topic. In the afternoon Dr.
Bailey will deliver an address on the
stm** svbxc'.
Wednesday. Feb. #—Address by A. E.
Robert*, international secretary of the
i-otinty work department of the T. M.
C. A. Dr. Warren H. Wilson, superinten
dent of the Church and Country IJfe
Board of Home Missions of the Presby
terian church, will speak on ‘The Coun
try Church and Community.” After
noon: Address by Willet M. Hays, assist
ant secretary of agriculture; Prof. A. B.
Graham, of Ohio State university, and
Miss Mabel Carney, of Cheney. Wash
bearing on the problems of the rural
school.
Thursday. Feb. »—Kenyon L. Butter
field. president of Massachuaett* Agricul
tural schoof. and ex-member of the
Rooeevelt Country IJfe commission,
chairman of mass meeting in morning.
Mr Butterfield will deliver an address on
the same subject in the afternoon.
Friday. Feb. 10—" Co-operation Between
Producer and Consumer” will be the top
ic Prominent economists and represent
atives from tbe co-operstlve organisations
es aH sections of the country will join
tn the dtseuaeions
Saturday. Feb 11—Statea - day—Program
of interest to repreeentatives of every
state and every country Exhibits will
remain intatt until midnight.
THE JOURNAL IS SUSTAINED; .
INDICTMENT THROWN OUT OF
COURT BY JUDGE’S DECISION
Judge Newman Holds in Clear-Cut Opinion That Indictment
Charged No Violation of Law—Not Only Has the Paper
Complied With the Law But With Postal Regulations,
Which It Regards as Illegal—Was Neer Givn Opportu
nity to Make Facts Known
i ——
I> a decision handed down Monday morning. Judge William T. Wewman
of th* United State* district sir enit court, sustained The Semi-Weekly At
lanta Journal’s demurrer, quashed the indictment brought by the federal
grand jury on inattention of District Attorney Alex Akerman and complete
ly exonerated tbe newspaper of * u * ha ohargea brought against it.. Judg*
Mewnaa*’* action waa not a aurpri** to anybody acquainted with the tru* facts
of th* css*. \ _
The indictment drawn np by Attorney Akerman. acting as special assist
ant to the attorney general, waa euppoaad te eharg* “conspiracy to defraud
th* goearnmant,'* against Th* Sami- Weekly Journal, against James *. Gray,
ae preatdent of tbe eonqmny. agatnet John »■ Simmon*, a* circulation manager,
and against two minor *mp»ey**.
Judge M*wman in hi* decision, which is published verbatim *lsawhere in
this issue, not only hold that Mr. Akorman had felled to charg* anything in
tbe indietmant on whieh a proeocutioa for conspiracy could be based, but that
noae of the acts charged against Tbe Journal its ofllclals or employ**, con
stituted any offense at all against the government, even if they had been com
mitted.
Xn foot Judge Mewman’a decision knocked th* r*ry foundation from un
der Mr. Akermar’s whole procedure, and loft nothing to stand on. Scarcely
had the decision boon road in open court than the grand jury adjourned for
good and all, its momber* evidently having decided that they would bo party
ao further to an "investigation” whloh had ended as this had. Mr. Akor
maa asked the privilege of taking enooption to th* ruling, but it io believed
that hia own admission* during the argument, together with tbe form of the
decision, have out from beneath his foot every possible ground on which h*
might hop* successfully to carry oven the legal technicalities involved into
a higher court.
JUDGB MSWMAM’S POSXTIOM.
Judge Wewman took his stand on th* postal statutes of 187# and 1885.
These statute* defined certain quallfioaMona which gave a publication the
right to bo in the sedond olaeo, and once within that class gave it the
right to mail out copies at J ceat per pound. The only proriso was that
copies could not be mu* out at this rate which were “primarily for advertising
purpose*, or for free circulation or for circulation at a nominal rate.*'
Th* indictment, said Judg* Wowman, did not deny that The Journal was
a eecoad class publication. It did not sot forth that The Journal had violated
any of the throe special provision* and it therefore failed to show that Tha
Journal did not have a full right to send out the oopie* in question just as it
had sent them out.
Judge Wewman did aot pass upon the validity of the postal rules inau
gurated by th* postmaster general limiting th* number of sample copies that
could bo sent out at 1 oant per pound to 10 per oont above the actual sub
scription*. This question was eliminated. The attorney* for the government
themselves had eliminated it when they wore forced, during argument to ad
mit that th* 10 per oont rule had nothing material to do with the alleged of
fense.
COMFUCU WITS »UZ>WB.
Wo sooner had Judg* Wewman concluded his decision than Attorney J. J.
Spalding, representing the newspaper, wa* on Ms «e*t.
“Tour honor,” said ho, “X desire on behalf of my cUont* to mak* a state
ment which would have been improper during th* argument, but which X
doom it our due and duty now' to vole*. I want to say that while no ad
hero to the position that these regulations relative to th* limiting of oopie*
m*n*d at 1 oont per pound ar* utterly illegal, we have nevertheless com
plied oven with them, and that there has not boon sont out a single copy
O s Vha Semi-Weekly Journal that doe* not com* within the postal regula
tions, illegal though they may ba. a* well as within the statute. This publi
cation has always acted with the moat oarncet desire to comply with thorn all.
■This mattor cam* up ox part*. an< any jury, grand jury or oourt, which
could hear th* facts would find that ovary elngl* issue went out th#
regnlatioa*. aadi«ao**ui within ®h* 4e#Ssr and th* spirit of th* rule*"laid doUrn
by th* department." ’ .
DECISION NO BLRFRIBE.
Kditor J*me* R. Gray wa» present in person when Judge Newman handed
down hia decision. Bo also were Attorneys Alex C. King. Charles T. Hopkins
and J. J. Bpaldmg/ whose brilliant presentation of The Journal's side of the
ea»e had not only torn the government - * Indictment to shreds, but won the ad
miration of all who had followed the proceedings. Mr. Gray and they received,
and are still receiving, the heartiest of congratulation*. No surprise, how
ever. is expressed in any quarter, for ever since the true facts of the affair
have been made public The Journal's ultimate complete vindication has been
a matter of certainty not only to The Journal's friend* but even to its hon
est opponent*. -1
A SEARCHING INVESTIGATION.
The manner in which The Semi-Weekly Journal was indicted was perhaps
without parallel In federal grand jury procedure. For .oontbs special agents
and detectives had been at work In Atlanta under the supervision of Attorney
Akerman. subjecting the circulation of The Semi-Weekly Journal and the Tri
weekly Atlanta Constitution to a searching investigation such ap no other rep
utable newspaper has undergone, periiqps. in the history of journalism. They
were trying to find out something "against” the papers. They ransacked the
(Oeatiaued on Fag* Three.)
M’CURDY IN AIRSHIP FALLS INTO
THE SEA, BUT ESCAPES UNINJURED
HAVANA, Jan. M—The lack of lubri
cating oil alone prevented Aviator J. A.
D McCurdy from finishing his record
breaking sail from Key West. Fla., to
thi* place today and despite fate and
accident the man-bird sailed within ten
miles of Havana, when he fell into the
•ea, to be quickly rescued by one of the
boat* of the torpedo destroyer squad
ron that had dashed after him.
McCurdy, on board the Paulding, of
the torpedo destroyer fleet, with hi*
aeroplane on deck, arrived here shortly
LIVE NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF
MANILA, Jan. 30.—Score* of person*, all
natives, lost their Uvea In the tidal wave
which followed th* eruption* of the vol
cano Teal, according to press advices re
ceived here today.
An american school teacher wtffi
traversed the west shore of Lake
Taal telegraph* that five small vil
lage* were destroyed by the tidal
wave and that not leas than 300
person* have been killed in that vi
cinity. Many were burned In fire*.
A constabulary relief detachment re
ports 12 person* were drowned and one
killed by lightning at Talisay. and ihat
three persons were drowned atLemery.
The government i* hurrying relief train*
to th* scene.
All the town* within a radius of 30
mile* have suffered damages from the
train of mud and stone*, which still con
tinue*. The native population in all di
rections are abandoning their villages
and fleeing to the hill* In terror
The eruption* continued today. Th*
sky was clouales* and there was no
wind, but the muddy rain fell steadily.
Th* natives here abandoned their village
home* In the vicinity of Lake Taal and
■ought refuge in the surrounding hills.
R. A. Chester, of Atlanta, was indicted
Monday morning by the United States
grand jury for carrying on a retail liquor
business in Atlanta without paying ’he
government a special liquor tax. The ev
idence before the jury was that he has
sold 200 gallons of whisky in Atlanta
witbia the last #0 days. Express receipts
were introduced to prove that he would
receive from seven to eight gallons of
whisky a day. Neither city nor state of
ficer* have ever taken any action against
Cheater.
The old Wood* White residence in Col
lege park, one of the handsome there,
which was destroyed by fire, was owned
by E. B. Reed, of Columbus.
It wa* stated that this house was own
ed by the College Park I .and company,
but jh’s company sold it tbout a year
ago.
after noon, none the worse for his trip,
except the disappointment of his luck
having deserted him when victory was
in sight. He was not at all injured
by his fall into the sea and the aero
plane. a Curtiss biplane, was not dam
aged as the pontoons it carried prevent
ed any injury.
The daring aviator said that the lack
of lubricating oil alone caused him to
give up the journey. The majority of the
102-mile voyage had been made with
out any mishap whatever. He-was pick
ed up by boats ten miles from the Ha
vana shore.
ALBANY, Ga.. Jan. 28.—Albany just
now is the attraction for a larger' num
ber of prospective investors in pecan
lands than at any time since this sec
tion began to be recognised as the best
pecan-growing region in the world, and
with the largest acreage devoted to pecan
development enterprises than any other
section of the world.
Every day wealthy men from the north,
northwest, east and even from Canada,
arrive here to look into the pecan propo
sition. and very few go away without de
ciding to invest in pecan lands.
In spite of the fact that so many large
developing companies have been organ
ized tn the post two or three years, and
thousands of acres have been planted in
the finer budded varieties of paper-shell
pecans, the demand for tracts plants in
this "king of nuts" is so great that trees
cannot be obtained in sufficient numbers
to keep up with it.
MOULTRIE, Ga., Jan. 30.—C. J. Ken
dall, manager of the Cobb Real Estate
company, largely interested in farm
lands and turpentine interests, and one
of the most prominent citizns of this
place, was instantly killed and his chauf
feur fatally hurt this morning when his
automobile was wrecked at Sylvester
Mr. Kindall was just leaving that
place for Moultrie, when his car ’n
some way became unmanageable ano
was wrecked.
Mr Kendall leaves a wife and several
children.
MONTOGMERY. Ala., Jan. 26.-Ag
riculture along scientific lines had its
inning in the state legislature when
the house passed an appropriation bill
granting the polytechnic college at
Auburn #27,000 with which to pro
mote scientific farming in all of its
branches. Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, head
of the bureau of plant industry of the
United States department of agricul
ture, addressed the joint assembly on
agricultural topics and was given an
enthusiastic hearing.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 31. 1911.
Ifir k
A BITTER DOSE z
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HERE IS JUDGE NEWMAN’S DECISION;
IT VINDICATES SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL’S
RIGHTS AS AN HONEST PAPER UNDER LA W
That the Semi-WeAly Atlanta Journal Has Acted Throughout Within Its
Prerogatives as a Member of the-Second Postal Class---That the Facts
Set Out in the Indictment Constituted No Offense Against the United
States---That the Validity of the Ten Per Cent Postal Regulation is
Immaterial in This Case. *
Herewith la the*opinlon of Judge William T. Newman in full:
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEOGIA.
I'HE UNITED STATES. r , t h ' Indictment for Conspiracy.
Vs. •’ ■“ « - Ateipiirrer.
'THE ATLANJA JOURNAL COMPANY, et al.
The indictment in this case charges conspiracy against The Atlanta’ Journal, James R. Gray, John
D. Simmons, C. B. Babb and V. P. Harper, the conspiracy being to defraud the United States of post
age on a newspaper called “The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal.”
The indictment sets out that this publication had been entered at tbe United States postoffice at
Atlanta. Ga»., as mail matter of the second class, and that It was permitted by the postal laws and regu
lations to mail, and have transmitted through tbe mails, sample copies of The Semi-Weekly Journal to
divers persons not subscribers, for the purpose of inducing them to become subscribers for, advertise in,
or become agents therfor, to the extent of pen cen turn of the total weight of copies mailed to subscrib
ers during the calendar year at the second class postage rate of 1 cent per pound, but it was required by
the postal laws and regulations to pay to the United States, on ail copies of its publication in excess
of 10 per centum of the total weight of copies mailed to subscribers during the year, the transient second
class postage rate of 1 cent for each four ounces or fraction therof.
THE CHARGE OF COMSPIRACY.
That on the first of October, The Atlanta Journal company, the publisher of The Semi-Weekly
Journal, had already exhausted its sample copy privilege for the year 1898/ based on their- probable mail
ing list of subscribers during the year, aAd, it is charged, a conspiracy was entered into to defraud the
United States ot divers large sums of money, the amount being to the grand jurors unknown, the dif
ference between the transient second class rate of 1 cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof and the
regular second class rate of 1 cent per pound, upon large quantities of the said Semi-Weekly Journal, by.
means of the fraudulent scheme devised by the defendants.
It is first charged the fraudulent scheme contemplated that large quantities of The Semi-Weekly Jour
nal should be wrapped and addressed to divers persons who were not subscribers, without marking the
same “sample copies,” in order to deceive the employes of the postoffice department as to tbe true nature
of said eopies, and the true amount of postage due the United States, and mailed and caused to be
mailed and transmitted through the United States mails.
It is then charged that the fraudulent scheme further contemplated, for the purpose of deciving any
agent of the postoffice department who might be sent to investigate the circulation of The Semi-Weekly
Journal, when they intended to cause large quantities of copies of The Semi-Weekly Journal to be
wrapped, addressed, mailed and transmitted to persons not subscribers, caused to be entered in a book
kept by The Atlanta Journal company and known as the “Circulation Record” of The Semi-Weekly Jour
nal. figures indicating that at such times the said Semi-Weekly Journal had received large numbers of
new subscribers, when in truth and in fact no such new subscriptions had been received, and when the
next issue of The Semi-Weekly Journal was to be published, the defendants would cause to be entered in
the aforesaid book figures indicating that large numbers of subscriptions had been discontinued in order
to reduce the figures shown on said book to the real number of subscribers to The Semi-Weekly Journal.
Certain overt acts are then set out Vhlch would seem to be sufficient if a conspiracy to defraud the
United States had been charged.
THE DEMURRER CONTAINED.
To this indictment a>. demurrer upon several grounds has been filed, the principal grounds being:
First. That the facts set forth in the. indictment do not show the commission by the defendants, or
either of them, of the offense of conspiring to defraud the United States government.
Second. That the facts set fprth in the indictment do not show the commission of any offense by the
dependant, or either of them, against the laws of the United States.
Third. Thfct the indictment does not charge any offense against the laws of the United States, or a
violation of any law, of the conspiring to do anything forbidden by the laws of the United States, but couples
therewith the allegation that the same is forbidden by the postal regulations of the United States.
Fourth. That it is no criminal offense to violate a postal regulation.
Fifth. That under the statute of the United States there is no restriction upon the number of sam
ple copies that can be mailed by a publisher at the rate of one cent per pound.
Sixth. That under the laws ot the United States the publisher of a newspaper is permitted to mail and
send through the mails, as second-class matter, any amount of his mail publication, including any
amount of sample copies.
Seventh. That tbe acts set out and things alleged to have been committed were layful and authorized
by the statutes of congress in such behalf made and provided, and that the defendants, and each of them, la
performing such acts, have done only that which they were fully authorized by law to do.
That portion of the indictment which might seem to charge that the conspiracy and tha scheme to de
fraud was to get sample copies into the mail in excess of the ten per centum allowed by the postal regula
tions is not insisted upon as a -listinct charge here by the attorneys for tha government, but was stated by
them in open court, to be set out simply as a matter of Inducement, and that the real charge is of*a conspir
acy and a scheme to defraud the United States by sending copies through the mails not to regular subscrib
ers and by using what are called ‘‘circulaton books,” referred to in the indictment, for the purpose of de
ceiving the employes of the postal department as to that fac|.
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CONCEDES.
It is conceded by the counsel for the government that if the copies of The Semi-Weekly Journal which
the defendants contemplated maili-g, and it is charged they did actually mail, in furtherance «f the conspir
acy and of the scheme to defraud, were entitled to admission to the mails at what may be called the pound
rate, that is one cent, per pound, instead of one cent for every four ounces, then the government could not
have been defrauded and no case would be made by this indictment.
So the whole question for determination here depends upon whether, ander the facts alleged in the in
dictment, the papers which ft was proposed to mail were entitled to admission at the one cent per pound rate.
There are two acts of congress which are material here, the first is the act of March 3rd, 1879 )Vol. 1,
Sup. Rev. St. p. 4 55). That act is in these words:
Sec. 10. ‘‘That mailable patter of the second-class shall’ embrace all newspapers and other
periodicals published or which* are issued at staid intervals and as frequently p.s four times a jTar
and are within the conditions named in sections twelve and fourteen.
Sec 11. “Publications of the second-class except as provided in section twenty-five, when
sent by the publisher thereof, and from the office of publication, including sample copies, or when
(Contiaaei on Pag* Three.)
GEORGIA WAITS FDR
COLLEGE DN WHEELS)
STARTSfEBRUARY 1
Letters From Mayors, School
Commissioners and Others
Pour in Upon Dr. Soule.
Will Start in a Week
Throughout Georgia there Is a mant«
fest attitude of expectancy and enthusi
astic interest that grows keener as the \ 3
date draws near for the secofitl educa
tional train of the college of agriculture
to start its journeyings through the, |
state.
One week from this coming Tuesday, 3
or on the Rooming of February 7. the
train will roll out of Athens on ita long
weaving back and forth over the sure
face of_J3eorgla.
The itinerary which it will follow wak i
published exclusively by The Journal the
ether day. Xhat itinerary* setting forth
the exact route of the train, waa read
with consuming Interest everywhere. The
whole state now know* when and where
the train will stop, and everybody is
making arrangements to meet it some
where and give personal inspection to
the advanced farming that it demon
strate*.
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president of th* |
state college of agriculture, states that,
hundreds of letter* about the train ar*
being received each day at his office,
and that all of them manifest a cordial
spirit of co-operation and interest.
Extracts from a few of them, typical
of all the others, are quoted here. ;
EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED.
J. W. Hancock, mayor of Rome, writes:
"I am pleased to advise that it will b*
of great pleasure and profit to our people
to make suitable arrangements to meet
the state educational train, and to give
such reception and entertainment as Che
occasion demands. I have taken the mat-i -<
ter up with our daily paper, the Tribute- B
Herald, and the Manufacturers and Mer
chants’ association, and I assure you
that we will co-operate with you in every
way possible to make the visit to our
city one of great good and profit to *ll
parties concerned. Our people are alive
to the importance of tnis great education
al movement and will leave no stone un
turned to make the visit here most sue
cessful.”
C. L. Smith, county *chool commission- *9
er of Lowndes county, says:
"We will give holiday to the school
children of the county and tequeM ay J
of the teachers and pupils to be pre*en4
on the day that you are here. I haV* ,■
already announced that 1 will give a
prize of $5 in gold to the children of the fl
county outside of Valdosta and also a fl
1 ke prize to the children in the Valdo.-ta fl
city school* for the best essay written fl
on wiiat they see and learn from the
of the train. 1 hope that you will tia ■
a good crowd atld that much interest Will fl
be manifested in your coming«
H. M. Anderson, mayor of Ellijay. "*<KTvl
"We will welcome you arid your tra;n J
here and will greet you all with a laige J
crowd and trust your visit to our ’own ‘
will be to pur mutuaf interest. Wo will j
provide a -reader to m ike the
address."
“COUNT ON US.”
The mayor of Tebnllle. C. E. BrovFn.
writes: "Count on us as being in 'futt
sympathy with the movement, and ws Z
will certainly lend our best efforts toward < f i
the success of your step in Tennille.” , I
County School Commissioner J. S.
Wood of Wilkinson county, promises liis
support: *“I assure you that you shall .’1
have my eo-operation and I shall direct ,
all teachers to close their schools on that /
day and shall insist that they meet you
with as many of their pupils as possible".**
Mayor J. R. Tweedy, of Eatonton, says: z'
I beg to assure you that your coming ' <
to our city and county with the Agrlcal- s
tural College on Wheels’ meets our ain
cere approval and we wiU give you a i
most cordial welcome. The mayor and ’
board of aidermen and represent*!!**
men will meet you at the train. We will /j
close our stores, issue circular letter*,, ;
publish in newspaper, close the doors of, , s
every school in the County arifi bring ev
ery farmer here on tlte 28th of February- ,
Our people are more interested in the
matter of intelligent and intensive farm
ing than they have ever been, and we ar*
anxious for the agricultural train to ,
come.”
John D. Walker, of Sparta, write*: ‘1
am glaa to know that you intend to have
the educational train stop at Sparta on
March 9, and It will give us pleaaure to
do our utmost to make the occasion prof
itable in every way.”
MACON BOYS TO SEE IT. .
C. B. Chapman, superintendent of pub
lic schools of Macon, writes: “We will
take pleasure in dismissing the boya,
seventh grade up. to meet the educational
train when it reaches Macon. We fully
appreciate the great work you are dolngfX
and from a personal standpoint I already
perceive that it is bearing fruit In awstfc- .
enfng an interest in agriculture, not only j
in rural districts but in the cities and
towns. The young people are becoming J
convinced that there is money in farnj- Ji?
ing."
Mayor William Stallings,* of Soperton,
gives his opinion: "We heartily indorse
this movement and believe it will be pro
ductive of much good to the farmers and J
citizens of our state, and we shall wel
come an opportunity to co-operate with
you in this work.”
From Washington, Boyce Ficklen, Jr., |
writes: "We shall deem it not only a
duty but a privilege and a genuine pleas- ,
ure in co-operating with you in any man- J
ner possible in the promotion of the fl
cause for which this commendable enter
prise was initiated. The writer recall*
wiffi pleasure the occasion of your first
visit to Washington with the agricultural
train and feels confident that the benefits ■>
to accrue to Georgia as the result of
your ivork along broader, line* thjs year
will be of inestimable value,” ■ -
J. E. Mercer, of Fitzgerald, indorses I
the movemeXt. "I am much pleased
at the idea of again having the
lege on wheels' with us,” he gays, “and
shall do ail that I can in a perscinal
and editorial way to Insure the. com
plete success of the visit with uq.” ’
GLAD TO i'O-OPERATE.
County School Commissioner J. S.
Weathers, of Grady county, says: “I
shall be very glad to co-operate with
you in every possible way in regard
to this matter. -
Hon. Theodore Brewton, principal of
the Stillmore High * school, writes:
"We will be pleased to have you stop
over with us and will do everything
in our power to co-operate with you in
your work. Our school will adjourn so
that all students who may profit by th*f
lectures can attend. We will
every possible effort to advertjet!
•college on wheels' so that farm-
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