The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, August 19, 1923, Image 14

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rag BAT TfgfMTEBALP, ATHETfg. GEORGIA •fforts to im Isay, basins the rf eased so thn* J circumstances thai ptay in j mer the lowlands liefied to make rather th; North to| water which is U I * report said land insects il methods of | sassy on the fi 1 were: when the close so - pectatlon on thr during the id the Ink overflowed; tho fh in the shallo vegetatic i ill be "fat an f Septemb* B!0B CfliiTHFTER MORE SETTLERS Kiria in ciut Organization 1 leing Per fected to Advertise Ad' vantages Awaiting New- Comers to Th;it Section. (By Associated Press.) MACON', fca. — Co-operating with tho Macon Char iber of Com raerce, which is ifomoting the Middle Georgia Development Cam paign, land settlerfient commit- Paint and Varnish Products Prevent Destruction Of Lake Of echobee Sets Them Astir WEST PALM thousand commei ; the shores c In a fevery for the opening son on the first Fishing I Ilhood of about the population of )keehobee, Cilade aim Beach ountles and is rco of auxllia y income to still Not all re men of fa ml f fishermen ficlent to bring fishermen's faml ie: ake three thoi sand persons do the counties within p j mile radius of Mcaoi are eatively nt for j engaged in obtaining photograph: gro farmer and compiling data tiertaining to as stressed (farm lands in mil die Gcorgi; irkotlng oil which are available for sale j lease to middle west rn farmers whom the developmc it association " ill solicit to come t» Gerogia. A number of coui ty units ha: been organized. 01 lers are process of organizaf ion and it hoped that within . few week: each county committee in middle Georgia will be functioning important unit in tli development program, according (o official Inquiries from tho Middle West are being received daily by the Macon Chamber df Commerce, asking for detailed Information as to lands available, climatic condi tions, marketing facilities, etc. As rapidly as these inquiries they are answered 'and sired data about Middle Georgia is forwarded. Many farms have been listed with the county organizations. Some of the most i lesirable land Middle Georgia rill be offer ed, much of which i greatly im proved, with every modern con venience known to th » farm. The successful c ilmination of the land settlement program will be the solution of tie farm prob lem in Georgia, in ttie opinion of the promoters of the campaign. Three million acres :>f idle farm land within a 60-milp radius of Macon, which is available for cul tivation, will be tem nted and in- tensinvely cultivated, thereby greatly curtailing the $75,000,000 annual expenditure by citize the state of Georgia for necessary commodities bought; beyond borders. rishing Sea- la on Shores ORACH, Fla Ini flahcrmei Okechobec tlvlty, preparing the fishing f September. Ie source of llvc- thou.H.and of the fiaherme.! s the proportion single la suf- he average ‘of the to three ami orth of ent- mullct fish will ko Okechobec In the fishing sea - •I by the pro* stores In Okecho* tho fishermen buy lbout half of this repairs, gasoil er supplies u living about itrlbuted among ged In the husl Roumanian Priitcc May Asccad Throne VALONA, Albanla.-J-Tho support which Albania Is Thriving from Iloumanla for ndmissi n to the Lit tle Entente at the < onferoaco nt Sinaia, in Roumanln has given new Imtictiis to the mndldncy of rrinco Nikolai of H rmmanla for tho throne of Alban! . which the Prince of Wled vacnti d at the be ginning of the world war. Several of tho not ibles of the Albanian tribes hav< announced their support of Prii ce Nikolai’? aspirations, on tho g ound that a relationship with tho Roumanian rnurt would greatly r isjst Albania to achieve Its roconffmotion. Prince Nikolai Is tho younger son or Queen Mario f Roumanln, and Is once removed f om the Rou manian throne 'by ils brother, Prlnco Carol, the eld st son. It Is known that Queen M rle Is back ing her younger son’s endeavors to become prince of A1 ania. AUTOMATIC AGE LONDON.—'‘Hello# girls” are to pass out of existence in London ind many other parts of England. Two large automat* telephone ex- "hanges are to be Installed in cen tral London as atam as possible, and then this typa of service will he placed In operation as quickly as the change caf be made. THE VETERIN Georgia State Col will Res pom VETERIN AR A moderate chai Phone 225-R, Five Disc Wheels and Nash Self-mounting Carrier, Standard Equipment They've Come! TheNEWFour-i Our first shipment of these outs models is here. Only a fe will take them quickly, j the important new Nasf neering refin^frfenqfiody craftsj rious equipn out as the market’^rea note this-*- despite all tl and added attractions Na/ FAR NORTH ELECTRIC ROAD OPENS VAST IflON FIELDS STOCKHOLM—Tht electrifica tion of the most nart icrly railroad In the world has Jus pteted and Inauuuratt t trl railway hns a miles, and Is the ie world, being surf i i electrified stretch i Milwaukee, and nid in the United The Swedish rond e mining districts with the Hvnrtnen an In tho North, and, completely electrifie<, 7^,000,000 tons of ir n nt nearly $260,000,00 Tills elec- nfth of 285 id longest In s.sed only by f the Chlen- It. Paul Rail- ites. Inks tho lror < f the Lnplnnd Narvik ports efore being had carrier’ lued Karl A. Blok I. president of the United Pre.n, and Sin. Bickel wave farewell to frit td.t a, the Olympic pulls oat for Europe where Bicke! • ““ V. P. offices.