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GEORGIA ASSUMES
TITLE TO PRISON IN
TATTNALL COUNTY
Georgia assumed title recently
to the new Tattnall County Prison
built near Reidsville by the Public
Works Administration.
Chairman G. A. Johns, of the
Prison Commission, tendered the
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta a
check for approximately $58,000 as
the state's first payment, to receive
keys to the prison. The remaining
debt will be $1,000,000, to be repaid
over a period of fifty years at 4 per
cent interest.
Georgia will have the option of
retiring the debt sooner if they Leg
islature appropriates the money.
Representative John D. Bradley,
of Tattnall County, and Senator
Paul Lindsey, of Decatur, members
of a special legislative committee
which closed the purchase deal, ac
companied Judge Johns to the bank
for the informal ceremony in which
the state took over the institution.
Judge Johns said detailed plans
for using the prison will await con
ferences with Governor Rivers, who
is now on the west coast recovering
from an illness.
The general plan is for the state
to install machinery for operation of
several industries to produce sup
plies for state institutions. Prison
ers will be placed in the jail to op
erate the machinery as soon as it is
installed, Judge Johns said. He de
clined to predict when the first pri
soners would be moved in, pending
discussion of the problem with Gov-
ernor Rivers.
The Prison Commission will have
a fund of approximately $40,000
which can be used for equipment,
and it has been suggested that state
departments benefiting from oper
ation of the industries supply addi
tional money for machinery installa
tion.
The Prison Commission also has a
separate fund of SIOO,OOO for main
tenance of the prison for the fiscal
year starting Thursday.
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Last Week’s Locals.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. F. Kesler will be glad to kiij\v
they are much improved at this
writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Arigus Kinzey and
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Venable of
Atlanta spent the week-end with
relatives here.
Mrs. C. O. Brock of Jefferson, and
Mrs. Rufus Groover of Atlanta,
spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. G.
L. Potts.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Thurman of
Commerce spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Massey ard other
relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Mealor and
baby of Commerce spent Saturday
night with Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Kes
ler.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Venable and
children were guests of Mr. and Mis.
Mack Anthony of Nicholson Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kesler, and Mr.
and Mrs. Quillian Brown and son, of
Toccoa, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. F. Kesler.
Aubrey Potts of Atlanta spent
Saturday night and Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Potts.
His mother, Mrs. G. L. Potts, re
turned to Atlanta with him Sunday
p. m. for a few days visit.
Mrs. S. T. Hood and daughter of
Cabin Creek spent one afternoon
last week with Mrs. J. A. Thurman.
Mr. and Mrs. Stype Venable of
Atlanta spent the week-end with
relatives here.
NO EXTRA SESSION SAYS
GOVERNOR
Los Angeles.—There will be no
special session of the Georgia gen
eral assembly before fall unless an
emergency not now existing arises
between now and then, Governor
Rivers announced.
The Governor made his announce
ment in a formal statement issued
after he had conferred briefly with
Senate President John B. Spivey,
Speaker of the House Roy V. Harris
and Chairman Charles S. Reid, of the
state Democratic executive commit
tee. The Governor’s secretary,
Dowming Musgrove, also participat
ed in the conference.
The conference was held in the
Governor’s room at the Cedars of
Lebanon hospital where he has been
confined for the last week.
Two tablespoons chopped sweet
pickles added to sauce served with
fish gives a piquant flavor.
BEES DON’T WANT TO STING
Professional boo-keepers were
somewhat upset by the recent story
of a farmer whose two mules were
made to run away, and were stung
to death by a swarm of bees.
“Bees never sting except in self
defense,’’ said one experienced bee
keeper.” The man in the wagon
must have fought the first bee that
lighted on him, and this caused the
bee to sting him. The sting injects
the same kind of acid poison that is
contained in an ant’s sting, and
other bees can smell it. When they
smell it they know a war is on, and
they also begin to sting. People
who under.- ; nd bees can lift a whole
swarm of th i and put them in a
container. wherever desired, and
not one will attempt to do any sting
ing. They don’t tart out to do any
fighting when they are trying to
swarm; they are filled with honey
and are quite happy. They are fol
lowing the queen bee, and arc seek
ing anew home.
“They are very sensitive to bail
odors, and may become excited
when they get too close to sweat
■ ing and unwashed mules. A team
ster should never drive into a
swarm. The bees are not flying
close to the ground, they are circ
ling as high in the air as possible,
but they are following their leader,
and the queen is the leader. Where
ever she lights they all try to light.
If the driver of the wagon had stop
ped when he saw them circling in
the distance he would have escaped
his troubles, but he probably drove
among them and excited them.
“Bees are the gentlest creatures
in the world, and the least warlike,
except when they are attacked and
are forced to sting in self-defense.
They are the most cooperative of all
creatures. An offense against one is
an offense against all, but people
who understand them know how to
avoid giving offense, and workers
among them can deal with them for
years without being stung.
“It is sad to note how little the
average Georgian knows about the
bee and its usefulness. I do not
say ‘his’ usefulness, because the
male bee is not of much conse
quence; the females do the work,
and are important. They will travel
for five miles hunting for good pas
turage. Georgia has a few people
who appreciate the usefulness and
the value of bees; but only a few.
This is the best bee state in the
Union, but its people need to be in
formed. Nowhere on earth is there
a finer nectar for the making of
honey than the bees can gather in
the gallberry thickets of Georgia;
and yet Georgians are eternally at
war with the gallberries, seeking to
destroy them, and to keep them
from getting anew start The
bushes grow in low, wet places, but
if they are watered they will grow
and put forth blossoms on almost
any terrain, even including the brok
en hillsides.
“If Georgians knew the value of
bees the state’s income from that
source would be, not two million
dollars a year, but many millions;
and those of us who have been
studying the subject, and seeking to
promote bee culture, deeply deplore
such tragedies as befell the Geor
gia farmer whose mules ran away
and were killed. If the owner of
the mules had known anything about
the nature of bees the tragedy would
not have overtaken him.”
NO CHEESE HANDY,
SHE CATCHES RATS
WITH ZENNIA BAIT
Statesboro, Ga.—There are more
ways to kill a cat than choke him
on cream, and there are more ways
to catch rats than bait the trap with
cheese, according to Miss Ruth Bol
ton, head of the domestic science
department of the South Georgia
Teachers’ College.
She had been away from the
campus for two days. While she
was away work had been done on a
radiator pipe and a small opening
was left in the ceiling of her room.
The first night home she saw two
rats climb down the pipe. Most wo
men teachers are afraid of rats and
Miss Bolton is no exception. She
saw the rats run over to a fresh
vase of zennia flowers and begin to
nibble.
Miss Bolton left her room in a
hurry and went for traps and
cheese. She borrowed traps from
the dean of women, but the dean
was out of cheese. Miss Bolton saw
the rats were very much interested
in the zennias and she set each trap
with a flower. The next morning
the traps held tight two large rats
with the bait in their mouths.
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SIRMON IS GIVEN PLACE OF
ALLEN
Washington.—William A. Sirmon
of Atlanta received appointment as
Federal Housing Administration di
rector for Georgia.
He had been associate director
for the state.
Sirmon succeeds Marion H. Allen
of Milledgeville who was appointed
recently by President Roosevelt as
internal revenue collector for Geor
gia. Allen succeeded W. E. Page,
Columbus, Ga., publisher, who re
signed.
Stewart McDonald, federal hous
ing administrator announced Sir
mon’s promotion and at the same
time named R. E. Matheson of Hart-
well to succeed Sirmon.
Matheson was the choice of Sena
tor Walter George for Page’s post,
while Allen had the backing of Geor
gia’s junior senator Richard B. Rus
sell, Jr.
Itemize the different articles of
furniture and clothing in your home.
In case of fire such a list would be
invaluable. ;
It was Mark Twain who once
beautifully fooled a dinner audience
by rising from his seat at the speak
ers’ table during the serving of the
meal. It had previously been an
nounced that he had accepted the in
vitation on the strict understanding
that he would not be called upon to
speak. Deafening applause greeted
the humorist as he got on his feet.
After silence had been obtained,
Mark drawled out:
“Waiter, please pass the bread!”
Then he sat down.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1937.