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10 SOUTH GEORGIA FIRST
Farmers' Train Will Come lo This
Section ol State First. Six or
I Seven Exhibition Cars.
Atlanta.—Permission from the rail
road comission has , been granted
the railroads to extend the courtesy
of equipment and transportation
for the agricultural train to Georgia,
and the final obstacle has been re
moved.
The railroads have agreed to sup
ply the agricultural college, under
whose auspices the fifty day tour
will be conducted, with six or seven
necessary cars to transport the train
from point to point over the state.
About the only expense in connec
tion with the equipment of the train
now will probably be the Pullman
car in which the officials, lecturers
and demonstrators will sleep while
en tour. It is not improbable that
the Pullman company will even con
sent to supply this free of cost, or
at least a nominal charge.
All arrangements for the train
and tourare in the hands of Dr. A.
M. Soule, dean of the state agri
cultural college, and he is now busy
working out the itinerary for the
fifty day tour. It has been deter
mined that the start will be made
from Athens on Jantary 22, and
South Georgia will be first visited.
It is the intention to cqver the en
tire state completely, and to make
longer stops at each point. In
most cases a day will comprise two
or three stops all told. The ex
hibition cars will be the most com
plete a state has ever sent out.
There will be all the latest farming
implements, live stock, agricultural
products and demonstration of soil
surveys. It is desired to make this
one of the greatest educational move
ments in the history of the state.
, Sumpter’s Lessons to
Developers.
these facts to the nation. Second,
the desirability of securing for the
development of idle or insufficiently
cultivated lands either people with
whose viewpoints and cuatomB we
are thoroughly familiar, as in the
case of these two South Carolina
buyers, or purchasers from other
parts of America who can readily
assimilate with our own people.
It will also be of aid to bear in
mind two additional facts—that
the records shown in Sumpter can
be duplicated in the majority of the
counties in Georgia, and that
Sumpter’s record itsself is largly
due to that goes systematically about
the improvements of the county’s
highways.—Atlanta Constitution.
SYLVESTER ORGANIZES
TRADE BODY
Booster Meeting Held Friday
Night and Sylvester Board ol
Trade Organized—List ol Oill
cers.
'I
Sylvester, Ga,, ’Jan. 28.—About
Trade bodies or other organizations
engaged in the development of Geor
gia would do well to study the sig
nificance of two recent successive
events in farm sales in Sumpter
county.
A day or so ago The Constitution
published a story of the sale of a
large Sumpter county farm at a
healthy price to a South Carolinan,
who expected to introduce upon it
the latest mechanical aids to culti
vation.
'The following day was published
the account of the sale of another
farm, by curious coincidence, to an
other South Carolinan, but under
conditions more unusual than those
attending the first.
L. Luther, Mayor, of Newberry,
S. C., is the latest purchaser, and
he bought 1,500 acres from L. A.
Thomas for an aggregate of $40,000—
a fortune not to be sneezed at even
in prosperous South Georgia.
The main point of the most recent
sale turns upon the enterprise, in
dustry and perspicacity shown by
Mr. Thomas. He made a start
eighteen years ago with relatively
little capital. Since then he has
accumulated 3,500 acres in to.to. He
has lived well, watched the steady
enchancement of his property, and
now sells less than half of it for a
sum that will make him independ
ent the remainder of his
That is not to recon with the income
from the 1,900 acres he retains
The news dispatch containing this
information concludes with the
statement that land.sales in Sumpter
have aggregated a million dollars
for the past year, and that all of
the money has been kept in the
county,
The lessons Sumpter offers from
these two instances are valuable.
They are: First, the richness,
attractivnesB and steadily enhancing
value of Georgia farm lands, and
the necessity of publicity in carry
one hundred and fifty of the high
spirited citizens of Sylvester gathered
at the county court house last even
ing for the purpose of organizing :
Board of Trade. All present were
highly enthuastic and eager to take
part in perfecting this organization
and many boosting talks were made,
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: J. H. Hill-
house, president, T. C. Jeffords,
vice-president; J. L. Tipton, secre
tary, and P. Brooks Ford treasurer
Sylvester has'yecently taken on a
new spirit of progressiveness, and
its citizens are awakening to the fact
that they have one of the best towns
in the state, being surrounded on all
sides by some of the best farm lands
in the country. Its growth for the
past few years has been phenomenal
and this movement on the part of
the enterprising citizens promises
many great and good things for
Sylvester in the future.
With Vigor Which WlUNot Aba'e
During Next Few Months.
The campaign in Georgia against
the sale of near-beer, which was re
cently commenced by the Anti-Sa
loon League, under the direction . f
Dr. George W. Young, assistant su
perintendent and treasurer of the
American Anti-Saloon League, will
continue to be waged without the
sign of a let-up.
On Thursday night Dr. Young
delivered an address at Chipley to a
large audience. He was accompan
ied by Assistant Superintendent
Richards, who is also secretary of
the Georgia League. On Friday
Mr. Richards returned to Atlanta,
and so did Dr. Young, but on Sun
day they were out and at it again
A moss meeting in Columbus will
be addressed by Dr. Young on that
day, and Mr. Richards will again
be with him. A very large audience
is expected. A week from Sunday
Dr. Young will be at Hawkinsville
and Dublin; and three weeks from
Sunday he will be at Milledgeville.
Mr. Richards will accompany him
on all these trips.
In Atlanta the campaign is be
ing waged as actively as elsewhere,
and great enthusiasm has been
aroused.
Don’t Blame Him.
The newspaper man is blamed for
a whole lot of things he can’t help
such as using partiality in mention
ing visitors, giving news about some
folk and leaving others out, eto
He simply prints all the news he
can find. Some people inform him
about such things and others do
not. An editor should not be ex
p :cted to know the names and resi
dence of your uncles, aunts and
cousins even if he should see them
get on or off the train. Tell
about it. It’s news that makes the
newspaper, and every man, woman
and child can be associate editor if
they only will. Never apologize
when you give this bit of informa
tion to an editor, for if there lives
one so dead that he has lost his ap
predation of such favors he is dead
indeed, to every virtue that imparts
value to a paper.
Owing to the fact that we find
that small pox has broken out
quite a number of places in Grady
county we wish to ask our citizens
to co-operate with the county phy
sician, Dr- Arline, and the county
board in an effort to stamp out the
disease. We want to ask every per
son who may contract the small pox
to remain indoors as much as pos
sible and not allow anyone to go
near them who has not.been success
fully vacinated or who has previous
ly had had it until they are entire
ly well and finished scaling off as
the scales may be carried by the
the wind some distance, and we
wish to ask that every one who has
not been successfully vaccinated to
call at Dr, Arlines office and he
wilLvacinate them free of charge.
Respectfully,
29 4t Thos. Wight, Chairman.
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Price for Planting Seed, selected
with great care, is $2.50 per bushel.
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