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- BIG COMPANY TO DEVELOP
> GREAT OKEFENOKEE SWAMP
Undeterred by Previous Failures by Canals, They
Will Take Lumber Out by Building Railroads.
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St. George, Ga., Nov. 20. —[Spe-
I cial.J—A strong company of Penn-
sylvania capitalists will spend $1,000,-
000 in developing the Okefenokee
swamp, which lies mostly in the
| southeast corner ot Georgia and ex
iJßtends into Florida. The swamp con
tains a wealth of fine cypress timber,
| and it is for the purpose ol cutting
this timber and converting it into
merchantable lumber that the com
pany will develop the property. It
is generally known that a quantity
* of the very finest cypress timber in
I the swamp is in Florida territory,
and it is therefore possible that much
I of tne improvements to be made by
i the company will be in this State.
Relative to the big project, the Sa-
Morning News ot yesterday
< contained the following:
“W. F. Oakford, an extensive tim
» her operator, and Henry Belin, Jr.,
I the owner of vast antracite coal inter-
Jp(ests of Scranton, Pa., ai rived in Sa
| vannah last night en route to Ssouth
? Georgia, where they have planned
the development of cypress timber
properties on a large scale. They are
| stopping at the DeSota.
“These gentlemen have assoeiatad
with them other moneyed men of
Pennsylvania in the Hebard Cypress
Company, which is capitalized under
• the laws of West Virginia at SI,OOO,-
| (MM). They propose to succeed in the
w development of the great Okefenokee
swamp of South Georgia. This scheme
> was undertaken about fifteen years
ago, |>ut it failed, Mr. Oakford says,
l ee inse the promoters tried to get the
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FARMERS’ CROPS WORTH
EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS
Annual Report of Secretary of Agriculture Will Show
Record Breaking Year for the Farmer.
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Washington, Nov. 20.—[Special.]—
; The annual report of the secretary ot
■ .agriculture will show a record-break
|flßing year lor the fanner. The value
’ w of his crop will be in round numbers
$8,000,000,000, au increase ot about
$500,<>00,000 over the preceding year.
Even at the rate at which congress
is now appropriating money, 1*
would take that body eight years to
•disposeof it. In other words, enough
* money is now being extracted out of
the farms of the country in a year to ,
pay tor running the government for .
eight years. Last year the total val- j
ue of crops was under $7,500,000,114. ■
Secretary Wilson now has experts ;
engaged in figuring out the value of|
the farm crop. He is getting ready ■
to incorporate the facts in his annual '
report. In recent years Secretary
- Wilson’s annual reports have attract
ed wide notice because of the peans
they have sung to the prosperity of
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timber out of the swamp by the canal
route. His company will build fifty
miles of railroad and use the steam
skidder proeess, he says.
“The fact that these capitalists are
willing to come South and finish an
enterprise of this magnitude now in
dicates a strong confidence on their
part In the immediate future ot the
country. Mr. Oakford says there is
no question about there having been
a very marked improvement in the
lumber business during the last sixty
days. ‘The change for the better has
been universal in this line,’ he said
with emphasis. He is also interested
in the coal trade.
“ ‘We exjiect to begin in earnest
the development of the great Okete
nokee swamp this winter,’ he said.
‘Everything io in readiness for the
work to begin. Mr. Belin and I are
on our way down there now to look
after a few preliminaries. Aside
from the value of the timber land the
project will have about $750,-000 in
volved in it. We will build fifty
miles of railroad and construct the
most modern facilities for getting the
cypress timber out of the swamp and
shipping it to market.
“‘I have heard about the failure
years ago of an undertaking to de
velop the Okefenokee, but that doesn’t
discourage us. We may profit by
their mistakes and failure, but there
ik no danger of a fluke in our enter
prise* From an engineering stand
point we have solved the problem
and we have the money. There is a
market for the timber, and there you
[ are.’ ”
■ is*
the farmer; of the almost fabulous
presentations they have made of the
output ot corn and May and cotton
and other crops.
This year will not be an exception.
In fact, the secretary will be able to
tell a story of prosperity, of wealth
and riches in the lands of the United
States that will read like a chapter
from the Arabian Nights. Not only
will it overshadow* past reports, but
it will set forth the factsalxmt a farm
, production that lias no parallel in
any other country.
Broadly speaking, the farmers of
the country are better . off this year
' than the average, and the prices are
: much higher. It is not so much,
1 however, by reason of increased pro
' duction this year that the farmers are
I better off as it is because of the high
I prices.
| The corn crop will head the list
around the billion .and a half figure,
ATLANTA’S REPRESENTATIVE |
CITIZENS CLAMOR FOR MAYOR
Mass Meeting of 5,000 Want Woodward and He
Respjnds to the Call.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 19.—James G. 1
Woodward is track in the race fur
mayor of Atlanta. A crowd of more
than 5,000 men last night forced him
to re-enter and pledged themselves
to see that he wins.
The meeting was held at the
Lyceum Theatre, which was packed.
More than a thousand were turned
away and an overflowing one had to
be held on the outside.
Walter R. Brown presided over
the gathering. J. D. Kilpatrick and
others spoke.
Cries For Woodward.
From the beginning the audience
cried for Woodward, and a committee
was dispatched to the home of the
former mayor, instructed to force him
to attend.
When Woodward entered the
theater, the audience rose and cheer, d
for three minutes. He spoke briefly,
declaring he had been sincere in his
letter of retirement.
Conditions of His Candidacy.
“The name of no other person can
be placed on the ballot as,the official
nominee except my own,” he de
clared. “I will permit it to be there
on one condition—for you to rise and
say you will act as a campaign com
mittee in my behalf.”
As one man the audience arose and
applauded for more than a minute.
Spohe for Several Minutes.
Mr. Woodward spoke for several
minutes, declaring that if within the
next year there was cause for criti
cism of his personal conduct he would
resign the office if elected thereto.
The crowd was made up in large
part of working men. The enthu
siasm Wns intense. Alter the meet
ing hundreds remained in the street
cheering for the candidate.
GEORGIA FRUIT GROWERS
PLAN BIG MEETINGS
Unetobe Held in Jones County Tuesday and Another
in North Georgia Next Friday.
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Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 21.—[Special.] —
Meetings of peaeh growers under the
auspices of the organization committee
of the Georgia Fruit Exchange were
held last week at Home, Haddocks
and Marshallville, and two more meet
ings will be held this week. The first
will be at Round Oak, in Jonescounty,
on next Tuesdaj’; and the other at
Summerville, near Rome, in North
Georgia, on next Friday.
The Round Oak meeting will be
addressed by H. C. Bagley, chairman
of tne organization committee, and by
1. M. Fleming, who resigned his posi
tion with the Fruit Growers’ Express
to aid the Georgia fruit growers in their
fight for better prices and a more
thorough organization. Both these
gentlemen will explain the purposes
of the exchange, and will enlist the aid
of local growers. Round Oak is a
peach-growiug center of importance,
and John H. Baird, of Fort Valley,
who owns a large orchard there, will
be present to aid the movement.
The Summerville meeting will be
attended by Messrs. Bagley and Flem
ing, who will be assisted by John
Graham, of Rome, and by J. Scott
Davis, of Cave Spring. A large attend
ance of peach growers is expected at
both gatherings.
In addition to explaining to the
growers the general scope and purpose
of the exchange, Mr. Bagley will tell
of the results already accomplished at
Rome, Fort Val’ey, Marshallville,
Macon and other peach-growing cen
ters.
Although its charter was granted
barely a week ago, the exchange has
secured pledges of 2,500 cars, or ap
! proximately 45 per cent, of a full crop.
I Subscriptions to the >IOO,OOO capital
; stock in the exchange are in proportion.
| Another feature of Mr. Bagley’s talks
' at the meetings will be the plan of the
exchange to widen the peach markets.
Under the old plan, shipments went
almost exclusively to the big cities,
such as New York, Boston and Phila
delphia. Now it is proposed to develop
smaller markets. There are many
citiPs say 100,000 population that
heretofore have had. to depend on
second-hand shipments from the large
cities.
» The acquisition of Mr. Fleming
I means much to the exchange. He has
’ the confidence and friendship of both
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I Maddox's Candidacy Criticized
The candidacy of Robert F. Mad
dox was criticized as having been
patched up by the Capital City Club
people and put forth in a back room
of the Kimball House.
Crowd Marches Through Peachtree.
After all the speaking had ceased a
crowd of nearly a thousand marched
through Peachtree street, with a big
picture of Woodward hoisted from an
automobile in the lead, yelling for the
candidate.
They went as far as the Capital
City Club, where they thronged the
lawn and porch of the club bouse,
shouting and waving hats at the few
clubmen who fled to the porch on the
second floor.
Some enthusiastic ones ventured
into the open doorway of the club.
No resistance was shown and the
serenade was given and received in
good natured spirit.
Bets Favor Woodward,
The betting today is in favor of
Woodward. It is said that his habits
II were known before he was nominal
• ed, and that therefore there is no rea
' son to go hack of the nomination,
I which was won by a clear majority
J over two other candidates. His
■ friends say that his habits, at worst,
1 are no worse than those of mayors of
many other cities, thia he has been
persecuted at all times since his en-
1 try into politics, and yet that At
.! lanta has had mo’e progress under
. his two administrations than at other
I times.
While an early victim to drink,
1 he has been sober, in spite of a few
. lapses, during all his recent years he
. has been sober most of the time and
t has devoted splendid energies to
Atlanta.
the growers and the railroads, and, as
manager for the last ten years of the
southeastern tcrritcry of a great trans
portation aud refrigerating company,
he has mastered every detail of traffic
aflecting fruit shipments.
The railroads are in accord with the
movement, because through the pro
posed Exchange all adjustments of
claims can be settled in a prompt, just
and businesslike manner. They will
also have the advantage of dealing
with a practical transportation man in
the person of Mr. Fleming. The latter
has dealt with the growers so long
that the new arrangement will amount
only to resuming an old relation.
Tfie Exchange, through its organiz
ation committee and Mr. Fleming,
has covered many of the i>each-grow
ing sections of the State. The meet
ing at Rome last week was represen
tative of the growers of North Georgia,
and the meeting at Summerville next
Friday will arid many more growers
of North Georgia to the list.
The meeting at Rome was most suc
cessful. Men like John M. Graham,
president of the Griffin Hardware Co.;
President Reynolds, of the First Na
tional Bank, and others of Rome were
present and commended the move
ment. The meeting was also attended
by W. F. Summerour, of Dalton, J.
Scott Davis, of Cave Spring, A. J.
Showalter, of Dalton, and others.
Talks were made by these, and by
Messrs. Fleming, Bagley, L. A. Dean
and J. L. Bass. Every one present en
dorsed the plan, pledged their ship
ments for 1909 and subscribed liberally
to the capital stock.
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GINNED 1908 CROP
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growth of 1908 to November 14, com
parer] with 7,300,665 for 1907; 8,563,-
246 for 1906 and 7,501,180 for 1905.
The proportion of the last three crops
ginned to November 11 is 66 per
cent, for 1907, 65.09 per cent, for
1900 and 71.5 for 1905.
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