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AMERICUS. GEORGIA WEDNES DAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 30, 1915
CONDITIONS IN DIXIE APPROACHING NORMAL
The Industrial Index says in its issue for this week.
“The Southeast enters upon the second half of the year with busi
ness conditions and prospects so much better that there can hardly be
comparison. With the beginning of the year, conditions were very far
from good, and the outlook was uncertain, to say the least of it. There
iwas that uncertainty which demoralizes effort to a large degree, and
makes capital wait a while. Many manufacturing plants were idle with
the necessary attendant lessening of the general volume of business.
“But in the six months, the con ditions have changed very materially. It
has developed that the very worst troubles were those which never hap
pened. The volume of trade has increased steadily though slowly. In hun
dreds of manufacturing plants wheels that were idle again are whirring
im a song of plenty, if not yet of prosperity. Capital Is venturing out again
and is seeking employment. People have lived more economically than
thgy ever did before, perhaps, and despite the business depression, money
has ibeen piling up in the savings banks.
“Here are some of the evidences, contained in the news for the week,
of improvement and progress in the Southeast:
"A lumber company with capital stock of $2,000,000 has been organiz
ed at Jacksonville, Fla., Eastern and Southern capital being interested.
“A contract has been awarded for the construction of a 60-mile rail
way in Mississippi.
, “An Alabama lumber company h as received an order for 1,500,000
white oak and post oak crossties, which will be sent abroad.
“A gain of 100 per cent., or more, has been made in the past month
by the phosphate industry in Florida.
“A company operating a railroad in South Carolina to the Georgia
line has increased its capital stock from $1,500,000 to $2,250,000. A com
pany operating an electric railway in St. Petersburg, Fla, will build an
interurban line, for which purpose it has increased its capital stock to
$1,000,000a nd secured authority to issue $600,000 of bonds, $200,000 of
which have been placed.
“Tract of 18,000 acres in Florida has been purchased by Eastern in
vestors, who will develop it.
“A sevevn-story hotel building to cost $250,000 will be erected in Spar
tanburg, S. C.
, “A $50,000 hosiery mill will be established at Valdosta, Ga.
“Contracts, for costly school buildings have been awarded at Atlanta,
Ga., and Tampa, Fla.
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“The establishment of a cast iron pipe plant, which, it is stated, will
be the largest in the world, has been begun in Birmingham.
“The operation of a brick plant at Selma, Ala., closed since soon af
ter the beginning of the war in Europe, is to be commenced in two
weeks. |g{jf'fjf!ijf. || *.# ?.* #«»V* 4.
Plans have been perfected for the erection of a seven-story office
building in Anniston, Ala,
“A SIOO,OOO hosiery mill will be established at Athens, Ga., and Mer
idian, Miss., will have a cotton bleachery. ,
“Announcement is made that steel rail orders are sufficient to war
rant the operation practically every day of the last half of the year of
the big steel works at Ensley, Ala., of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail
road company. •
"One company has placed an order in the Birmingham district for
300,000 tons of coal. ,
“Twenty-two new corporations have been formed with minimum
capital stocks aggregating $2,271,000.”
Pay as you go and when you get there you have uo regrets.—Moultrie
Observer.
Buzz—chatter—yow, yow—Burwell—prohibition—locker clubs —uew
. county. The Gtorgia legislature is tn session.—Nashville Herald.
Another thing that hurts is that hollow sound which comes from the
depths of the Mexican national treasury. — Atlanta Constitution.
The department of agriculture recommends hellebore to prevent fly
breeding. Sounds like it should.—Greenville Piedmont.
Can, a dog without teeth fight? Can a cat without claws scratch? And
isn’t the United States just about ii| the position of the toothless dog and
the claw less cat?—Darlington News and Press.
i Our idea of superfluous stuff is that added to the report that Mr.
Bryan is going across the country and that in the course of his trip he
“expects to speak and write much. ’—Spartenburg Herald.
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER
EEDREIA, IDE EMPIRE STATE OF THE SOUTH
7 his is the First of a Series of Articles From the Pen of
Commissioner of Agriculture, Hon. James D. Price
Fourth in rank among the agricultural States, as shown in census
figures of 1910, Georgia occupies first place in the production of peache3
and sweet potatoes; she ranks second among all the States in cotton,
sugar cane and peanuts; she holds third place in the yield of watermelons
and canteloupes, for which markets are never lacking; she is ninth in
corn production and tenth in raising swine—figures which today are un
dergoing rapid revision in the direction of still further attainment.
Illinois, lowa and Texas, only, lead
her in total value of annual farm pro
ducts her 291,027 farms produce every
year more than a quarter of a billion
dollars In staple products. Her 1911
cotton alone, including seed, was worth
$147,000,000; one year of Georgia corn,
richer in protein content than the fam
ed western grain, will sell for $52,000,-
000; she makes $8,000,000 worth of
wheat, oats and rye and $2,000,000
worth of hay; her peaches, pears and
apples, unexcelled by those of any
State, bring $5,000,000 more; sweet
potatoes bring another $5,000,000, and
white potatoes, the entire output con
sumed at home, means $1,000,000 more;
meats bring $6,000,000, poultry and
eggs $7,000,000, and milk, butter and
cream, $10,000,000; cane and sorghum
crops yield close to $2,000,000, while
peanuts, chufas, tobacco, pecans,
watermelons, canteloupes, vegetables
and a few minor crops bring in an
other $5,000,000 every year.
Agricultural Opportunities.
In 1914, Georgia produced more than
9,000,000 bushels of oats without half
trying, and then bought more than 4,-
000,000 bushels from outside States.
And yet oats may be made and her
vested in time to put another profit
able crop upon the same piece of land,
the same year. What an opportunity
here for the energetic and resourceful
plajiter!
The same story may be told of corn
and wheat and hay there is money
awaiting every man with the ability t
and energy to make Georgia ground 1
do what it can do. There is a market <
for every Georgia product; her fruit <
vegetables and melons have attained i
national and even international fame. '
Two and Three Crops a Year. 1
With an equitable climate, with tem- !
peratures which make agriculture i
possible almost the year round, with <
a rainfall favoring abundant produc
tion, ranging from 45 to 60 inches a :
year, the record of production is far :
ahead of that of the colder northern 1
and western States. In many parts of :
Georgia two crops a year are easily :
made; while on some of the better
South Georgia lands, three erops an
nually are not uncommon.
In addition to this brief preliminary
mention of agricultural possibilities,
Georgia now has more than 5,000 man
ufacturing establishments, turning out
hundreds of different kinds of products
with an annual value of nearly $250,-
000,000. She has millions in mineral
resources, developed and undeveloped.
There are coal and iron in her moun
tains to serve generations; and, in
fact, it has been truly said that if a
wall were built around Georgia, and
the State closed to outside communi
cation, she would still be self-support
ing, with almost ten times her present
We have a full stock of
Electric Light Bulbs, priced
27c to $2.60. Delivered
anywhere in the city . . . . .
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population.
Population Well Distributed.
The largest State east of the Mis
sissippi river. Georgia has 59,475
square miles, and less than one-third
of her 34,000,000 acres of tillable land
are now under actual cultivation. It is
320 miles from her northern to her
southern, line, and 254 miles across the
State from west to east.
Georgia’s population at the close of
1914, as estimated by the United States
Census Bureau, was 2,776,513, an in
crease of 167,392 over the census fig
ures of 1910, and a growth of 560,182
since the census of 1900. Georgia’s
rural population, including that living
in cities and towns of less than 8,000
inhabitants, is 2,338,283; while living
in cities of more than 8,000 are 438,230
Georgia’s white population is increas
ing more rapidly than that of the
negroes, the proportion being about
22 per cent for whites to 14 per cent
for colored.
Georgia has 152 counties, each con
stituting a separate and distinct polit
ical unit. Four of these were created
in 1914. County populations vary from
8,000 to nearly 250,000 for Fulton, in
which is located Atlanta, the capital
city of the State.
Climate and Rainfall,
Georgia’s altitude above sea level
ranges from zero at the coast to 4,000
feet or more am the highest mountains
of the Blue Ridge. The average an
nual temeprature for the southern sec
tion of the State is 67 degrees Faren
heit, and for the northern section 60
degrees. The lowest mean annual
temperature is 57 degrees at Clayton,
in Rabton County, the extreme north
eastern mountain section, while the
highest is at Waycross, 67 degrees. The
lowest normal monthly temperature
recorded in the State is 40 degrees, in
extreme winter.
Such a thing as zero weather is
almost unknown, even in the higher
altitudes, and extreme or excessive
heat and cold, such as occur in the
north and w r est, are unknowm. The
average annual rainfall varies from
45 inches in one or tw r o central and
southern sections ,to 60 inches in the
extreme northeast, the average for the
State being approximately 50 inches.
Climate and rainfall are most con
ductive to agriculture and general
health, moreso, the United States
Weather Bureau points out, than, per
haps, in any other State of the South.
There are seven recognized climate
belts in which grow well everything
from the hardiest plants to subtropical
fruits.
Good Agricultural Altitudes.
Georgia Is not a State of sw'amps
and lowlands. Only 540 of her 59,475
square miles of territory are unde”
water, and provision is being rapidly
o
Summer’s
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and drives aw ay tatigue
Sparkling, refreshing,
wholesome. It is Ameri
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Nothing like it in hot
weather. Keep it in the
house.
The Best. 5c
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mode for the drainage of this small
area. More than half the State is in
the costal plain region with an altitude
averaging 500 feet. Altitudes In the
Piedmont Plateau, extending across
the central section toward the north
east and into the Carolinas, vary from
350 to 1,200 feet above sea level, while
in the northern section altitudes range
from 750 to more than 4,000 feet.
In a direct line Georgia has 100 miles
of coast on the Atlantic Ocean, while
following the shore line the distance is
approximately 170 miles, exclusive of
islands; and upon this coast are locat
ed the three first-class harbors of Sa
vannah, Brunswick and St. Mary’s,
with an annual shipping that runs in
to many millions.
Georgia laws are made for the se
curity of the individual and the pro
tection of his right to the enjoyment of
life, liberty and property. Georgia
voters name their own judges, and the
laws are everywhere well enforced.
OPERA HOUSE OPENS
TONIOISW NIGHI
Manager Dudley will have every
thing in jam-up shape at the Opera
House, new machines for projecting
fiilm without flicker, electric fans to
keep the breezes bblowing, suction fan
to eliminate all the hot air, and com
fortable seats. ’One of the features of
the show will be the $500.00 talking
machine which will render all the lat
est instrumental as well as vocal mu
sic. This machine runs on the pipe
organ principle, and will play Col
umbia or Victor records with about
five times the volume of the small
machines, making it possible to hear
every note distinctly in the remotest
corner of the house. Another sea-.
ture which will prove amusing and
instructive will be the local pictures
of interesting events happening in
and around Americus at times. Mr.
Dudley .has a moving picture camera
and will be in a position to make
] pictures of interesting events, taking
them in the afternoon and throwing
them on. the screen at night. advt
Hops for Success.
As to being prepared for defeat, 1
certainly am not. Any man who is pre
pared for defeat would be half defeat
ed before he commenced. I hope for
success, shall do all In my power to se
cure it, and trust to God for the rest.
—Admiral Farragut,
Stove Wood
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Wheatley Bros.
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give the borrower the privilege of paying part of
principal at end of any year, stopping interest
on amounts paid, but no annual payment of
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