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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. | u _ 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 r« r FARMERS’ CROPS WORTH EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS Annual Report of Secretary of Agriculture Will Show Record Breaking Year for the Farmer. W l ■■ Illi ■■■■'■ • 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 ’ /XbSl SBB3S' . r PROMPTLY FILLED; Satisfaction Guaranteed The quality of our goods and our reputation for business integrity assure you of the most complete satisfaction in confining all your orders for Whiskey to us. We prepay Express charges on four quarts or over, to any office of the Southern Express Company. CORN , „ , „ 4 Qts. 12 Qts. 1 Gal. . 2 Gal. North Creek Corns2.2s $ 6.00 $2.00 t 53.65 Mountain Coml 2.50 6.50 2.25 4.15 White Rock Com 2.75 7.35 2.50 4.65 Old Hickory Corn 3.00 8.00 2.70 5.05 5 Fowler’s Cora 3.25 8.75 3.00 5.65 ■’* Silver Springs Corn 3.25 8.75 Cheatham’s Silver Hill Cornl 3.25 8.75 3.00 5.*65 Cheatham’s Indian Com 4.00 11.00 4.00 7.65 Malt Cora 3.25 8.75 3.00 5.65 RYE 4 Qts. 12 Qts. 1 Gal. 2 Gal. XXX Rye ..— ; $2.25 $ 6.00 $2.00 $ 3.65 XXXX- Cheatham’s Magnolia Rye 3.25 8.75 3.00 5.65 Cheatham’s Liberty Bell Rye 4.00 11.00 4.00 7.65 Old Hamilton Rye .. 4.00 11.00 ** Cheatham’s Gold Band Rye 6.00 15.00 5.50 11.00 Deep Spring Tennessee Whiskey 400 10.50 ... I White Oak Tennessee Whiskey. 4.00 10.50 Cascade Tennessee Whiskey4.oo 10.50 4.00 7.15 Cheatham’s Lincoln No. 6 3.25 8.75 3.00 5.65 I Cheatham’s Lincoln No. 8. .. 4.00 11.00 4.00 7.65 Cheatham’s Old Bourbon 6.75 6.50 ... . I White Rye- 3.25 8.75 3.00 5.65 | For prompt and satisfactory handling of your orders, patronize us. K C. D. CHEATHAM UQ 'Ws'and*WlNES I 1331 Market Street, Chattanooga, Tenn. t 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. —■ 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 a 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. 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