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. mother proud of her son ond a general proud of his new soldier
fleet their thoughts in a pleased smile and a handshake. The news
P nhoto above, made by an Army photographer, is said to be one of the
t remarkable studies in human interest photographed in 1949 be
os clearly depicts the evident pride of soldier, standing
use it so a young
toll ond ramrod straight, as he introduces his mother to his commanding
oeneral. The recruit's mother, Mrs. William Dowd, of Cincinnati, was
welcomed to Fort Knox, Ky., by Maj. Gen. Roderick R. Allen, command
. general of the famous 3d Armored Division, when that crack
outfit invited the parents of treinees to see at first hand how their sons
ore being schooled ond trained.
The photographer captured not only the evident pride of his three sub¬
jects, but also the attitude of common understanding and mutual aware¬
ness of the mother's and the general's responsibility ta the young soldier.
The picture actually seems to say ". . . America will always be ell right
w long as we have mothers and generals and soldiers, like these, de¬
voted to the common cause of preserving the peace."
G EORGIA CAVALCADE
Early Colonization Plans For
Ga. Was Utopian Garden
General James Edward Ogle
thorpe’s humanitarian enterprise
which led to permanent settle
ment of the Colony of Georgia
was not the first effort to colo
nize the region. Spaniards,
Frenchmen, and Englishmen had
visited the territory of
Georgia before 1732. The Spanish
had built missions and presidios;
and the ruins may still be seen
along the Georgia coast today,
Premature plans for settlement
made public in England be- '
were
fore the successful attempt by
Oglethorpe. One of these plans
is especially worthy of historical
attention.
A Scotchman named Sir Ro- j
ter* Montgomery, in 1717, fifteen
years before Oglethorpe’s venture,:
had utopian plans for coloniza
tion upon a grant of land between
the Savannah and Altamaha !
Rivers. Montgomery issued a |
pamphlet on the subject, printed '
in London. It was entitled “A
Discourse Concerning the design
ed Establishment of a New Colony I
To The South of Carolina In The
Most Delightful Country of the
Universe”. According to this
treatise Georgia was to be a fu¬
ture Garden of Eden called the
Margravate of Azilia. The set¬
tlements were to commence on the
south side of the Savannah. All
of the plans were modeled upon
things of grandeur. It was to
^ a perfect thing when and if j
completed. The thing lacking
was a practical way to put the
idea into effect. In the realm
of thought it compared with the
°uth Sea Bubble, a financial
scheme of unsavory flavor. The
Margravate of Azilia was one of
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Eighteenth Century.
similar Montgomery’s pamphlet was
to many of the modern
Propaganda publications of the
Present day in favor of certain
Political ideas that will not work.
t extolled only the vitrues of
je s acles plan that without mentioning the
would be faced. The
or ships of the wilderness
® course, were,
Id played down and the
ea of the Paradise and Garden
( Eden
was emphasized. There
"^highest praise of the Geor-
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a field with a future—avia- story today — see your recruiter.
U,s - ARMY and u. s. air force recruiting service
316 s. Br °ad Thomasville, Ga.
St
gia countryside: its woodlands,
! streams, game, soil, climate,
plants, agricultural prospects, etc.
The Lords Proprietors of Carolina
who made the grant to Montgo
mery were scheduled to get a
goodly share of the fruits and pro
fits of the anticipated mercan
tile and treasure-procuring acti
pities. Sir Robert would bear
the cost of transporting families
and supplies for settlement. It
was mutually agreed that if such
settlements were not effected
within a three-year period from
the date of the grant it should
become void,
The settlements were to be ex
tensive and thorough. The Plan¬
ner would not be content “with
building here and there a fort,
the fatal practice of America”,
and especially of unsuccessful;
Spanish and French colonization
attempts. On the other hand, Sir
Robert Montgomery would place
“the inhabitants and divisions of
the land that not only out-houses,
but whatever else we possess will
be enclosed by military lines, im¬
pregnable against the savages,
and which will make our whole
plantation one continued fortress
. . .” The author and planner saw
prospects of the Georgia country
furnishing the best of raw pro¬
ducts of almost every kind for
British and European markets,
Such goods as furs, rice, lumber,
silk, cochineal, tea, figs, raisins,
currents almonds olives, were all
to be expected from the North
Temperate climatic * region of
Georgia. Offers to prospective
settlers were flattering; and
guarantees of protection from the
Indians were made with abandon.
Sir Robert was scheduled to be
Governor of this new Promised
Land.
Despite a fine propaganda send
off, the efforts to persuade immi¬
gration failed. So Montgomery’s
too idealistic plans for a Georgia
soon died. About seven-eights of
this territory was sold to the
crown for a few thousands pound
sterling. The territory was later
ceded to the Trustees of the suc¬
cessful Georga. The other eighth
was deeded to them by Lord
Carteret, Baron of Hawnes, who
THE CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1950
had not joined the other proprie¬
tors earlier in surrendering their
portions to the crown. Hence¬
forth, those who would found a
Georgia dealt more in the realm
of the possible and painted no
quickly-made promised land with
great places and royal gardens for
the asking. General Oglethorpe
and his followers were more suc¬
ucness
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cessful principally because they
had an English prison crisis to aid
them (though Georgia was not
settled by ex-prisoners to any
appreciable degree) and because
the Oglethorpe group trimmed
their sails according to the les¬
sons of experience and the attain¬
able. Through the trials and
stuggles of the centuries Georgia
was to be built ’upon more and
more practical lines. In 1950,
Georgia appears to the world as a
paradox. Such is not surprising
in view of the diverse elements
of mankind and the peculiar plans
which went into the genesis of
the State, How contrasting
among themselves are the people
and statesmen who have appear¬
ed on the stage of Georgia’s long
colorful history!
FARM SURVEY
According to a recent survey
by the U. S. Bureau of Agricul¬
tural Economics, more than three
fourths of all farnj families in
the nation now have radios and
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