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45 COUNTIES SHOW LOSS;
GROWTH OF OTHERS SMALL
Emigration of Negroes to North
and Moveme?t of Tenant
Farmers to Cities Given as
Reason For Decrease.
Unless effective steps are taken 10
check the drift of people, especially
labor, from the farms and to repopu
late the rural sections of the state
with more small farm owners Georgia
faces the possible danger of an actual
loss in population in another decade.
This startling situation is revealed by
a careful analysis of the 1920 census
for Georgia as a whole and by coun
ties as compared with the figures of
1610, says the Sunday American.
Of the 155 counties in the state 45
show actual loss of population running
as high in one case as 2,402. These
45 are exclusive of nine showing losses
due to creation of new counties from
part of their territory.
: Slight Increases.
Of the 101 showing gains, eight in
creased less than 200 each. There are
50 counties of 20,000 or more popula
tion. Ten of these showed losses,
three because of néw counties being
carved out of their area, but the oth
er seven because of actual population
shrinkage.
The thirteen counties of 3,000 to 6,-
000 population show a combined net
loss of 5,275, an average loss of more
than 4000 to the county. Only four
of the thirteen showed gains and
three of those four gained a total of
only thirty-nine.
One congressional district, the Third,
embracing fifteen counties and includ
ing three cities that in 1910 ranked
above 5,000 population each, showed a
total gain for the district of only 1,415‘
ir ten years. It is essentially an ag
ricultural district. Two counties alone
in tnat district lost 4,591 population,
offsetting the substantial gains made
in the three cities.
Negro Migration. ‘
The attention of a business man of
orfe of these counties was called to'
the big loss his county showed. He
was quick to explain 1t was due pri
marily to the migration of negro farm
labor to the industrial centers of the
north and the tendency of the white
tenant farmers to go to the towns
and cities, attracted by the high wages
being paid both men and women in
the mills and other lines of industry.
This wholesale exodus has taken place
in the last two years, he explained,
with no signs of an immediate let-up.
The state as a whole showed the
smallest actual increase of any decade‘
since 1870, even less than during the‘
panic period between 1890 and 1900.
The total gain for the state was 284,- |
481. Twenty-five urban counties have
187,195 of this total to their credit. !
The other 97,286 increase is d:stribut- |
ed over the eighty-five rural counties
that did not show loss, averaging 1,-
141 to the county. This gain of less
than ten a month per county for the
ten-yez * period could be absorbed byl
birth alone, so that the influx of new
people from other localities has just
about offset the deaths in more than
half the state. |
Striking Example.
Here are some striking illustrations
ot how rural Georgia has suffered inl
the matter of populatfon: |
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Troup county, embracing the La-
Grange and West Point cotton mill
industries, gained 9,800. Harris coun
ty, a strictly farming section, Imme
ldiately adjoining Troup on the south,
showed a loss of 2,111. e
Dougherty county, including the city
of Albany, gained 4,028. The adjoin
'ing county of Terrell, an agricultural
\region, lost 2,402, while Randolph, ad
jeining Terrell, also a farming section,
'lost 2,189.
| Elbert, an agricultural county in
' Northeast Georgia, lost 220, while
'Hall, with the Gainesvile and New
Hollang industrial plants, scored a gain
of 1,092,
.~ Washington county lost twenty-sev
en, while the neighboring county of
Laurens, with about the same area,
gained 4,104, largely due to the indus
trial growth of Dublin.
Colquitt, the enterprising South
Georgia county of which Moultrie is
the county seat, scored a gain of
9,543, for which Moultrie’s industrial
expansion is largely responsible,
whereas Brooks, without that indus
trial inspiration, scored a scant 700
increase.
Walker, including Rossvile, Lytle,
Fort Oglethorpe and other suburbs of
Chattanooga, gained 4,678. Dade. on
one side of Walker, lost 221, while
Catoosa, on the other side, lost 507.
Houston, a rich farming county im
mediately south of Macon, lost 1,645.
Pike and Spalding, just north of Ma
con. |
There are many other just as mark
ed contrasts as these. :
: Complete - List. |
A complete list of counties with the
1920 population of each, follows: |
< Countieg 1920 1910, |
Appling ... .. . 9488 12,318
@thkinson ... ... ' 1850 |
Bacon .o sl int ol
Baker -g0 7,973
Beldwin ... . 19709 18,354
Bouks. ... ... US4 Dois
BRFTOW ..o ARIBB o
Bertow ... ... 24897 - 28388
Ben Hill - 14609 11568
Barmen ... ... 15078 11,863
BiEb . T 304 56,646
Bleekley ... "z - 10582
Brooks. ... ... .- 24588 23,832
Bevan- = . 0 -ogBdy 6,702
Bulloch ... - 9gag 26,464
HMurke .. ... . . 91884 27,268
Botts o 0 00l o ARay 13,624
Cathaan: .. . 10929 11,334
Camden . . ..o .~. 6969 7,690
Campbell: .... .2 112900 10,874
Candlep.. - . ' - 0899
Caxroll .= - .. 84 7b2 30,855
Ugraosa .. ... .o 6600 7,184
Chariton . .-....° 4536 4722
hatham. .......... 300,032 79,690
Chattahoochee ... 5,266 5,586
Chattopea,.. ... .. 143%0 13,608
Cherokee ... 18,569 16,661
{Hariee =o L PO 28.278
B aE 8,960
Clayteon .. - 11189 10,453
Clhinel .. ... - . 7084 8,424
Cobb .. - . 30487 28,937
Colfes =o= IBGRB 21,953
Colguitt - ... ... . 208389 19,789
Coek .. - 11980
Colugibla” ... . 5.1 T 8 12,328
Cowelts ... 28047 28,800
Crawlarg ... .8.2938 8,310
telbe- " A e
Pade ... ... . 3918 4,139
N .t 4,686
Peeatuer ... ... 81 78h 29,045
Doßalbh .. . 40081 27,881
Dogive ... ... 226540 20,127
Dowly ... aDoPg 20,554
Dougherty ............ 20,068 16,035
Douglas. L ... 0 10,47 8,953
Haply - - o TRASA 18,122
dochols.. .. -0. BES 3,309
Efingham ... . 9985 9,971
Pibert ... SagNg . 9g)os
Emanuel ... 25,862 25,140
Pranit oo .o cas s SR
[ Ranias - o AR 12,574
Ffvetta. .. 00l 4896 10,966
.F]oyd e s S Roed ] 36,736
oragth ... 00l ¥1,7060 11,940
|Franklin ... ... 19957 17,894
ißaldey - .o . 989808 ¢ 1774983
Gilmer . == == A WOO 9,237
IGlascack -5. 4,192 4,669
iGemm - N BEO 15,702
[Gorden e 17136 15,861
'Grady el s2O R 0 18,457
Greene i 38972 18,512
Gwannett .. 0L 30827 28,824 |
Habersham ... 10,730 10,134 |
[Hall T e IRRDD 25,730
'Hancock oot 2 18,367 19,189
<Haralson oo 14 440 13,514 |
Hares e 18T 17,886
Mert oo o 1T oad 16,216 |
Heard . voo TG 11,189 |
Heare .o s 20490 19,927 |
cHoUston: ... ... 219068 23,609 |
aaEs 0600 10,461 |
Jagkaon 0009 Ay 20,169 |
Jasper .. iRO 08 16,552 i
Jeff Davis =~ v Daos 6.050 |
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Motor Company
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Jefferson ... 22,602 21,379
Jenking ... .. 14,828 11,5620
Johnson ..o 13,046 12,897
Sonen -.oi e 38 200 13,103
Laurens .. ——-- 39,605 35,601
LW s e M 11,679
iberty. o 12,602 12,924
Enoaln i DS 8,714
Lowndes ....oiimas 26,621 24,436
FAmpkin o 5,240 5,444
MeDufe ... 311,609 10,325
Mclntosh ... 4,820 6,442
Muabn oo 17,867 16,016
Madiaon . ... 18308 16,851
SN e TR 9,147
Meriwether ... 26,109 25,180
MsHan s e 900 7,986
oiton o o 688 h 7,289
Mitehell ... . ... 25588+ >9P 114
AMOMPOe: .. e 2088 20,450
Montgomery ......... 9,167 19,638
MOTZAN .....cmiiimicnns 25,148 19,717
MIEERY iit (25890 9,763
Muscogee ..o 44,195 36,227
NEWEOD i i 21,680° 10,449
Qednes ... .o i II,OOT 11,104
Oglethorpe ......... 20,287 18,680
Paulding ... 14,025 14,124
Riokens .oo B.EOP 9,041
Plavage -oo LRSS 10,749
Bilee oo 2120 19,495
Polle o e L SOSTR 20,203
Palaskt ..o o TLENE 22,835
Putnam e 10180 13,876
Gnibman ..o BT 4,594
Waben . i DTS 5,062
Randolph .. 16,152 18,841
Richmond ... 63,692 58,886
Rockdale .........ow. 9,021 8,910
Sehloy .o ieds 5,213
SCYEVEN ..cooecierrimrre. 23,0D2 20,202
Spalding ..omen 21,908 19,741
Stephens ... 11810 9,728
RGOSyt s 308 D 13,437
Sumber o 28,640 29,092
Palbot '.. s EIOR 11,696
Taliaferro ... 8,841 8,766
Tattnall . = 3480 D 18,569
Mavlor =oo AlAle 10,839
Melfainr 000 1H 20T 13,288
Torrell . o 19680 22,003
THhOMAS ...coomvccrrimmrrnnns 385044 29,071
Pt oo 1488 11,487
Noombs: . oied s RBIO 11,206
POWNE b it 808 3,932
Preutlen .ooin it ;008
Troon oo sy 36,097 26,228
TUrNer ... 12:486. - 10,075
TWIZEE o idaeiinior 0,407 10,736
WUnion o s 848 D 6,918
NI . nesinis TOO 12,767
Waller .- - i 28,310 18,692
Walton -= v 24216 25,893
Ware .-- <---~ 28,861 22,957
Rarron . s 11,828 11,860
Washington ... 28,147 28,174
WEIRE ... 14,881 13,069
Webstor ... ..o b 4 . G
Wihepler .. v 28T
Wihite =i olDb 5,110
Whitfield - ... 16,890 15,934
Wiloox. e Dl 13,486
Wilkes . i 28388 23,441
Wilkinson =i 11,376 10,078
Worth &2 o 0 28,862 19,147
A VICTIM OF LAW
|
|
| HAS BEEN REPAID
| ALABAMA MAN, UNJUSTLY CON
-2 VICTED, GIVEN FARM. WAS
{ SERVING SENTENCE.
1 ————
| William Wilson, of Montgomery,
!Ala., a victi mof circumstantial evi
ldence and sentenced to life imprison
|ment in the seate penitentiary for the
;murder of his wife and child, who was
!later pardoned when they returned
[from a northern state, will soon move
lto a nicely equipped farm, purchased
{by the state and presented to him as a
|reward for the miscarriage of justice.
| Arrangements have been made for
'the purchase of the farm from an ap
' propriation of §3,500 made by the state
legislature in 1919 and held in trust
[for thdt purpose by a Blount county
lattorney, who represented the defend
{ant at his trial.
| Indians’ Bones as Evidence.
The Wilson case attracted wide
| spread interest, the evidence presented
|against him being a collection of bones
[found in a cave near the Wilson farm.
| The. Smithsonian institute experts
|were called in but adjudged them the
bones of Indians who had been buried
|many years before the alleged crime,
| Wilson, however, was convicted of
'the murder, mainly on the strength of
‘the evidence introduced in the shape)
‘of the bones. He was serving his sen
‘tence when his family returned to the
'Wilson farm in Blount county, Ala.,
from the north, where they had been|
living. ‘
Family troubles had led the wife t@ |
‘take their child an dgo north, without |
telling her husband of their where
ahouts. Wilson was granted a par-!
don by the state when it was found
that justice had miscarried, and he
will receive the farm as a recompense
for the months he spent in the peni
tentiary.
THE CHINESE WERE THE
. FIRST MAKERS OF BREAD
As early as 1998 B. C. it is said the
Chinese made bread from wheat and
rice, and they probably were the first
bread makers. The first bread made
from yeast was baked in England
about 1634. Aerated bread, which
rises from carbonic acid, gas injected
into thé~ dough, became somewhat
common_ in 1857, X
DALY BABY IS BORN
AN HEIR TO $20,000.000
NEW YORK.—Mrs. Lele von Her
renreich Daly, wife of Marcus Daly,
the millionaire sportsman, gave birth
to an 8 pound son at the Radium hos
pital on Saturday morning by means
of the difficult and dangerous Caesar
ian operation. The baby is heir to
$20,000,000.
What Mrs. Brenninger, of New York,
_ Says About Rat Poison,
“Tried preparations that kill rats,
but RAT-SNAP is the only one that
prevents disagreeable odors after kill
ing. Also like R?\T-SNQ.P because it
comes in handy cakes, no mixing
with other food. You don’t have to
dirty vour hands, it's the best for
household use.” Try RAT-SNAP.
Three sizes, 35¢, 65¢, $1.25. Sold
and guaranteed by Dawson Hardware
Co. and Crouch Bros.
[ ie o |
'DREGS OF U.S. ARMY
I REMAIN IN PARIS
! 5
| o 5
'DESERTERS AND DRIFTERS OF
i AMERICAN ARMY STAY IN
| THE GAY CITY
- Two thousand former American sol
{diers are adrift in Parfs. Most of
them are utterly jobless, while a few
jwork just enough to keep them in food
and clothes. The majority gain their
living by questionable means, follow
ing the races, touting dancing halls and
worse places, while a large number
are living in absolute degradation in
the Apache quarters of Paris as
thieves, accomplices of feminine
crooks and in other criminal pursuits.
Officers of the Paris post of the
American Legion declare nothing less‘
than a regiment of militayy police can
clean this situation up. The French}
police appear to be powerless before
the superior vigor and initiative of the
former Yank soldiers. The Paris post
of the legion, numbering only about
900, can do nothing against them.i
The situation grows worse from day
to day.
Part of Tragedy of War.
These men, left-overs, are part of
the tragedy of the war—the lotus eat
ing sediment of the American army.
Some of them stayed when the Ameri
can army went home. Others went
back to the states but (xifted again
to Paris.
During the war most of the A. E. F.
got a taste of Paris, the uniform be
ing an introduction to any circle. The
‘highest paid army in Europe, -the
tYanks had everything their own way.
Now things have changed and the for
'mer heroes have sunk to the lowest
‘depths of degradation. Men are com
lstantly drifting back to Paris where
they still find some looseness and the
same license, but the life they knew
before has passed and they séon drop
'into the darkness of a life of crime
luntil the prison doors open for thems
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! “I Lost My Best Customers Throagh
Rats,”” Writes J. Adams.
“Used to have the husiest restau
rant in town until news spread that
| the kitchen was infested with rats;
i lost a lot of my best customers until
| I tried RAT-SNAP. Haven’t a pest
i in‘the place now, Restaurants should
’ use RAT-SNAP.” Three sizes, 35c,
. 65¢c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by
Dawson Hardware Co. and Crouch
% Bros.
For Leave to Sell. :
GEORGIA, Terrell County.—To
whom it may concern: Notice is here
by given that W. F. Hayes, adminis
trator cum testamento annexo, having
applied to me for leave to sell real es
tate of said J. H. Hayes, deceased;
and that an order was made thereon
at the Aug-ast term, 1620, for cita
tion, and that eitation issue; all the
heirs of the law and creditors of said
J. H. Hayes, deceased, will take
notice that I will pass upon said ap
plication at the September term,
1920, of the Court of Ordinary -of
Terrell county; and that unless cause
is shown to the contrary, at said time,
said leave will be granted. This the
4th day of August, 1920.
L. € HOYL, Ordinary.’
FOR YEAR'’S SUPPORT.
GEORGIA, Terrell County.—To All
. Whom It May Concern: :
Notice is hereby given, that the
appraisers appointed to set apart and
assign a year’s support to Mrs. Grace
Mcßee, the widow of R. C. Mcßee,
deceased, have filed their award, and
unless good and sufficient cause is
shown, the same will be made the
judgment of the Court at the Sep
tember term, 1920, of the Court of
Ordinary. This August 2nd, 1920.
L. C. HOYIL: Ordinary.
S 5 L)
Sheriff’s Sale. -
GEORGIA, Terrell County.—Will
be sold on the first Tuesday in Sep
tember, 1920, within the legal hours
of sale, before the court-house door
in said county, to the lighest bidder
for cash, the following property:
Fifty bushels ¢f corn, more or less;
two stacks of fodder, one half acre of
sugar cane, ard one set of black
smith tools, <caid property having
been levied on by virtue of a fifa.
issued from City Court of Dawsen
in favor of Mrs. Fannie Polluck and
against B. C. Thompson. Said prop
erty will be sold as the property of
B. C. Thompson to satisfy said fi. fa.
This July 31st, 1920,
E. T. WOODS, Sheriff.
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they overstrain the delicate
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For Guardianship. |
GEORGIA, Terrell County.—To All ‘
Whom It May Concern: ;
Mrs. G. L. Smith having applied
for guardianship of the persons and
property of Donald Young, Dorothy
Young and Smith Young minor
children of Mrs. Bertha Young, late
of said County, deceased, notice is
given that said application
will be heard at my office at 10
o’clock a. m., on the first Monday in
September next. This Aug. 2nd, 1920.
L. C. HOYL, Ordinary. '
For Administration.
GEORGIA, Terrell County.—To All
Whom It May Concern: 2
K. S. Worthy having in proper
form applied to me for Permanent
Letters of Administration on the
estate of G. L. Smith, late of said
County, this is to cite all and singular
the creditors and next of kin of G.
L. Smith to be and appear at my of
fice within the time allowed by law,
and show cause, if any they can, why
permanent administration should not
be granted to K. S. Worthy on G.
L. Smith’s estate.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this 2 day of August, 1920.
L. C. HOYL, Ordinary.
For Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA, Terrell County.—To
Whom It May Concern: Notice is
hereby given that R. A. Harris, as
administrator cum testamento an
nexo of P. L. York, deceased, having
applied to me for leave to sell thej|
real estate of said P. L. York, deceas
ed; and that an order was made
therecn at the August term, 1920, |
for citation, and that citation issue;|
all the heirs at law and creditors of |,
said P. L. York, deceased, will take |,
notice that I will pass upon said ap- |
plication at the September term,|
1920, of the TCourt of Ordinary of |
Terrell county; and that unless cause |
is shown to the contrary, at said time, |
said leave will be granted. This the|
4th day of August, 1920. |
| T (G, HOYL;, Ordinary. |
For Leave to Sell Land. |
GEORGIA, Terrell Cohinty.—To{
Whom It May Concern: Notice isj
hereby given that Mrs. Leila M. Jen- |
nings, as administratrix- of J. W.|
[Jermings, deceased, having applied to
'me by petition for leave to sell the|
real estate of said J. W. Jennings, |
deceased; and that an order was l
made thereon at the August term,
1920, for citation, and that citation ||
issue; all the heirs at law and cred
itors of the said J. W. Jennings, de-1
ceased, will take notice that I will|
pass upon said application at the|
lSeptember term, 1920, of the Court|
'of Ordinary of Terrell county; and |
that unless cause is shown to the con- |,
trary, at said time, said leave will be |
granted. This the 2nd day of Aug-|
ust, 1920. L. C. HOYL, Ordinary. ||
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|
Notice to the Voters of thel.
Pataula Circuit. |
| With sincere appreciation of your|
support in the past, I hereby an
’nounce my candidacy for re-election |
ito the office of Solicitor General of |
ithe Pataula Circuit, subject to the|
\Democratic primary to be held in|
‘ September. ‘
If elected I promise a continua-|
'tion of my best efforts in faithfully
]discharging the duties of the office.|
; Yours very truly, |
|‘ B. T. CASTELLOW. |
R JOHN HOLDER
On the issues in the
Campaign for
GOVERNOR
At the Court House at Dawson, Ga.
On Saturday, Aug. 28th
. AT 11 OCLOCK A. M.
John Holder will tell you face to face what he
stands for. His record is clean, clear and
above board. He is able, he is FAIR and he
has the experience. He will discuss ALL the
issues in the contest for Governor. .
Come out and hear him, and when you do,
you will -
Vote for John Holder on Sept. Sth.
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