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Spend Dawson
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By E. L. RAINEY
SOUTH GEORGIA IS PRODUCTION END OF GREAT STATE
RESULTS OF WAR TO BE LOST
UNLESS RACIAL ANTAGON
ISMS CEASE, HE SAYS.
(IVIL AUTHORITY IS SUPREME
president Given Remarkable Ovation
By World War Veterans. He and
Wwife Travel West as Ordinary Pas
sengers on a Regular Train.
OMAHA, Neb.—Demobilization of
racial antagonisms, fears, hatreds and
«spicions are necessary if the world
i 10 avoid another war, President
(oolidge declared here ir a speech be
jore the American Legion convention.
Ihe president made a plea, which
wae indirectly intended for the whole
world, for tolerance.
Intellectual demobilization is as
neccssary as military demobilization,
ihe president said, and he pleaded with
ihe legionnaires [to take the lead in
wiping out “na{ional bigotry.”
Ihere were 12,000 wildly enthusias
e delegates in the city auditorium
.nd they gave the president a remark
.ble welcome, it being nearly a quar
«er of an hour before their demonstra
von subsided sufficiently for the pres
ident to speak.
[he president scored the American
iend toward religious intolerance, and
condemned the efforts of the military
1 usurp the powers of the civilian
to dictate in the matter of national
gerernse,
Purpose of World War.
He opened his address with the
declaration that the real purpose for
which the world war was fought and
the results of that conflict would be
entirely lost and the great nations of
the world will enter another death
grapple unless the bitter racial antag
onisms and prejudice and hatred are
demolished and a world-wide attitude
of brotherly love and toleration is
manifested.
“It is a high privilege to sit as a
member of this convention. Those
vho exercise it have been raised to
the rank of a true nobility. It is a
mark of merit which did not come by
birth but by right of conquest. No
e mav ever question your title as
satriots, but if our country is to have
and to maintain any position of lead
grship 1 trust it may be in that direc
tion and I believe that the place where
it should begin is at home,” he de
clared.
‘You saved civilization from a gi
gantic reverse. Nobody says now that
Americans can not fight. Our people
were influenced by many motives to
mdertake to cafry on this gigantic
struggle, but we went in and came out
singuiarly free from those question
able causes and results which have of
ten characterized other wars.
We were not seeking to gratify
the ambitions of any reigning dynas
ty. We were not inspired by trade
and commercial rivalries. We harbor
¢d no imperialistic designs. We covet
ed no territory. But the time came
when we were compelled to defend
our own property and protect the
rights and lives of our own people.”
Mobilize Mankind’s Conscience.
His speech was frequently punct
vated by deafening applause and he
was forced often to wait until the tu
mult and the shouting had died down
before continuing his address.
In closing his address the president
sdid:
“It would be impossible to come in
to this presence, which is a symbol of
more than 300 years of our advancing
civilizafion, which represents to such
@ degree the hope of our consecrated
living and the prayers of our hallowed
dead, without a firmer conviction of
the deep and abiding purpose of our
country to live in accordance with this
vision. There have been and will be
lapscs and discouragement, surface
storms and disturbances. The shallows
will murmur, but the deep is still. We
shall be made aware of the boisterous
and turbulent forces of evil about us
secking the things which are tempor
al. But we shall also be made aware
of the still small voice arising from
the fireside of every devoted home in
the land seeking the things which are
eternal. To such a country, to such a
cause. the American Legion has dedi
cated itseli. Upon this rock you stand
ior the service of humanity. Against
it no power can prevail.”
Uses. Ordinary Sleeping Car.
On their trip to Omaha President
and Mrs. Coolidge used an ordinary
driwing room of a regular train. This
policy developed when he went as an
ordinary passenger to Chicago last
Uecd nber. :
Railroad officials always are anxious
thet everything shall go right when
ey are carrying the president ot the
United States. They work like mad
0 get the business, transact it at a
os¢. and heave huge sighs of reliet
when he is safely off their lines. |
I president has abandoned the
private car idea for all time. Even
when he orders a special train, as he |
@il to rush up to Plymouth last sum
mer when he feared his father was
Gyig he specified no private car. |
Given Tremendous Ovation. |
~ Ihousands of citizens massed in andl
about the union station since daybreak
broke into a tremendous ovation as
e presidential train, coming 1,300
niies that Mr. Coolidge might address
the war veterans assembled here 1n
Convention, ghulled in. “Twenty-one
guns, drawn up outside the station
by the Ninth Field Artillery, crashed
out the presidential salute. |
THE DAWSON NEWS
NEAR-BLuUL . \RNATION IS
ON DISPLAY IN LONDON
What is said to be the nearest
approach to a blue carnation ever
grown has been on exhibition at
the autumn show of the Royal
Horticultural Society in London.
When viewed from certain angles
the flower has a distinctly bluish
tinge, but on closer inspection it
is found to possess a ray of purple.
It is expected the bloom will be
christened “nearablue.”
Among the other carnations at
tracting attention was the “white
pearl,” which King George has
chosen as his favorite for button
hole wear. “
BONDS AND STOCKS WRAPP
ED IN AN OLD NEWSPAPER
AND CHUCKED AWAY.
ROCKMART, Ga—After an ex
haustive search, extending from Geor
gia to the financial centers of New
York, approximately $1,000,000 worth
of stocks and bonds, belonging to the
estate of Thomas J. Flournoy, have
been found wrapped in an old news-.
paper chucked away in the cement
vault of the Southern States Portland
Cement Company, of which he was
president.
Mr. Flournoy came to Rockmart
about 25 years ago_ from Kentucky.
He died here September sth. The Fi
delity and Columbia Trust Company
of Louisville in administering the es
tate found that he was worth about
S_’.OOO‘OOO in securities, although only
about half of that amount could be
located.
An extensive search was begun in
an effort to locate the remainder of
the fortune which led to a close scru
tiny of the fireproof vault of the plant
here used by the company in safe
guarding books and valuable papers.
The examination of the package,
wrapped in a newspaper, revealed the
much sought treasure. Mr. Flournoy,
who was more or less a recluse, died
at the age of 66 years. He was un
married and his estate will be divided
among a number of nieces and neph
ews living here and in Kentucky.
NOTED NEW YORKER, BACK
WITHOUT HANGOVER. MAKES
SOME OBSERVATIONS.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Cap’n Til
Huston, soldier, engineer, millionaire
and the most beloved sportsman in
New York, returned Wednesday from
‘a tour of Europe undertaken with the
}avowcd purpose of doing a little se
rious drinking before his time comes
}t() die.
~ “I accomplished my purpose and
‘had a whale of a time,” said Cap'h Ll
“and I haven't got a trace of a hang
}over. I drank somé in London, some
in Dublin and some in Paris, and as
one who has had some experience I
make bold to say that Paris drinks
in a more accomplished and more at
tractive way than any other city on
earth. The town is wide open and I
saw only one drunken person in the
whole time I was there, He was, I re
gret to say, an American, who may
have been out of practice in drinking.
No Trace of War.
“You know, during the war, my
outfit of engineers built some railroad
from Verdun to Sedan and I went out
to look over the old ground. My, my,
there isn’t a trace of the war left.
“The place doesn’t look like home
any more. No man’s land looks like a
putting green all through the Argonne.
“It was really a sentimental trip
with me. I wanted to look over the
old war territorv. What I said about
going over to do my bit for the wine
industry was intended as a josh, but
I'll let it go as it lies anyway. Prohi
bition is bunk. Everybody I know
drinks and the only difference prohi
bition has made is that we get terri
ble stuff to drink and pay outrageous
prices for it.” |
Cap'n Til formerly was half owner
of the New York Yankees and was
the one who made the deal whereby
the Yanks bought Babe Ruth for
$137,000 as the price was stated at the
time.
He reached the rank of colonel of
engineers in the war, but insists upon
being called cap'n.
Hu'r;dred Mifi;;Being Invested in
New Churches in Americg_ I{z—is Year
Greatest Period of Building in History
Of Christianity, Church Officials
Declare. Many New Edifices.
A hundred million dollars will be
invested in new churches in the Unit
ed States before the present year
comes to a close, according to a cen
sus of church building * bureaus
throughout the country. Many of the
churches which will be, or which now
are being, erected will cost millions
themselves.
Three new churches in New York
city will cost $18,000,000. One is the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 2
RAPID PAGE IN UNITED
STATES A MERE CRAWL
SURVEY SHOWS THAT WITH
ALL OUR RUSHING WE DO
NOT GET VERY FAR.
GOVERNMENT MAKES SURVEY
Pedestrians Travel 3.7 Miles an Hour,
Motor Passengers 5.7 Miles. The
Cost Per Mile of Various Modes of
Travel Are Strikingly Shown.
The supposedly killing pace of the
modern American city actually comes
down nearly to a crawl, if the travel
habits of Washington citizens, as
shown by a transportation survey, are
any criterion, says the Washington
Post.
According to data cards collected by
the United States survey engineers
from 90,000 individuals the effective
overall average speed of travel be
tween residence and business is as fol
lows:
For those whose daily trips between
home and office are two miles or less
the walkers average 3.7 miles an hour,
street car riders go 4.1 miles, motor
bus riders 4.5 miles, and automobile
passengers 5.7 miles.
For those who travel from two to
six miles between home and business
the average pace is 7.2 miles an hour
for the street car riders, 7.5 miles for
the motor bus passengers, and 10.6
miles for the private automobile user.
“These averages represent the day
in and day out experience of approxi
mately one-half of the working popu
lation of Washington,” said Major
William E. R. Covell, assistant engi
neer commissioner of the public utili
ties commission, District of Columbia,
under whose supervision the traffic|
and transportation survey has been!
made by McClellan and Junkersfield,
Inc., New York, at the expense of the
North American Company. 1
“By means of questionnaires, dis
tributed to 125,000 persons ‘and an
swered by 90,000, many interesting and
surprising facts have been learned
about the travel habits and transporta
tion requirements of Washington citi
zens.
Only 20 Per Cent Walk.
“We learn that 40 per cent of the
workers in this city of half a million
population have no regular use for
public transportation facilities, 20 per
cent walk to and from their work and
20 per cent use private motor vehicles.
Another 20 per cent of the wage earn
ers use suburban lines, which leaves
40 per cent to be provided for by the
street car systems and motor buses.
The survey included a comprehen
sive analysis of costs to the public for
|various kinds of transportation. The
analysis shows that regular street car
riders, who use tokens at less than the
cash fare, pay the street car compa
nies 2.44 cents for every mile they
travel; regular bus patrons pay 3.60
cents a passenger mile, while the
Washington taxi rate averages 23.90
cents a passenger mile. i
The cost of driving a private auto
mobile, assuming an average load oi‘
1.9 passengers a vehicle as shown hy‘
a vehicle check, is estimated by thc‘
engineers at 5.85 c a passenger mlie.
| One of the things brought out by
the survey, which presumably is® ap
‘plicable in every American city, is the
amount of room required on the
‘ustreets for each passenger carried by
iprivate automobile and by street car.
‘Based on average load throughout the
‘day the automobile needs forty-six
square feet of space on the city streets
for each passenger, as against ten
square feet a passenger for the street
car.
During rush hours the automobile
takes up fifty-one square feet of space
a passenger, against seven square feet
a passenger for the street car, as au
tomobiles average fewer passengers
and street cars average more passen
gers a vehicle during rush hours than
throughout the day.
Streets Used as Garages.
The extent to which Washington
automobile owners use the streets as
all-night garages were brought out
during the survey by a careful count
made by the police department. Warn
ings that such a count was to be
made were first published in the news
papers so that most of the cars which
had homes were placed under cover.
On the night of the check-up no
less than 18,000 of Washington’s 85,
000 registered cars were found to have
no other roofs than the stars. Police
estimate that on ordinary fair nights
during the summer months between
25000 and 30,000 motor vehicles are
parked'on the pavements.
second a Baptist church, and third a
Methodist combination of church, ho
tel, public hall, apartment and stores.
This year, church officials on all
sides agree. is the greatest church
building one Christianity in America
yet has known as a result of these
plans. s
e el
$32,980 FOR ONE BOOCK.
A single copy of the first 1664 edi
tion of John Elliott’s translation of
Baxter’s “Call to the Unconverted” re
cently brought $32980,. the highest
price ever paid for an American book.
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, OCT. 13, 1925
527-YEAR-OLD LOG NETS
OWNER MORE THAN $3,000
Finding a California redwood log
is almost as good as finding a gold
mine, or so says George Walker,
of Cannon Beach, Ore. He dug up
a redwood which was partly buried
by the sand. He worked two days
with a team and scraper and then
began sawing it up into lumber
lengths. He estimates that he has
taken $3,000 worth of lumber out
of the log and has cut 30 circular
dining table tops worth $75 each.
The log was eight feet through
and 50 feet long. The rings show
that it was 527 years old. It had
laid in the same place for many
years and no one realized its value.
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TAGGED CHILDREN
" TAKE 1,750-MILE TRIP
RAILROAD OFFICIALS AND
AND PASSENGERS AID THEM
IN REACHING ARIZONA.
RICHMOND, Ky.— A telegram
here apprised relatives that Ronald,
Umbra and Stella Shoun, five, six and
eight respectively, had reached Phoe
nix, Ariz., after having been conduct
ed, approximately 1,750 miles, by the
“tag route.”
The children’s father had gone to
Phoenix, leaving the youngsters with
relatives here. Recently the father had
asked that the children come to him,
but none of the relatives were able to
take the trip. The railway company
solved the problem.
The telegram received here said a
representative of the railroad met the
youngsters at St. Louis, gave them
their breakfast and placgd them aboard
a train for Kansas City, where they
received similar attention. Thence they.
went to Santa Rosa and from there
to Phoenix. |
I
7 NEW MILLIONAIRES
GENERAL WAVE OF PROSPER
ITY IN 1923 SHOWN IN THE
INCOME TAX RETURNS.
| —————
‘ Millionaires are inecreasing in the
| United States, slowly but surely.
At least 74 admitted to this state
in their income tax returns fer 1923
filed in 1924, which was seven more
than for the preceding year, and over
three times as many as in 1921 when
the business depression was reflected
generally in income tax returns. There
iwcrc only 21 reported milliopaires in
that year,
The peak for millionaires was in
1916, when munitions and other war
supplies were a source of heavy reve
nue. There were 206 who admitted
being millionaires in that year. From
'that point the number gradually de
creased, hitting the low mark in 1921,
and is now climbing again. The fig
ures are given in a detailed report is
sued by the treasury.
Returns of $5,000,000.
There were four returns of incomes
of five million and over in 1924 for
1923 taxes; one between four and five
million; six from three to four mil
iion; 12 from two to three million,
and 39 from a million to a million and
a hali.
The general wave of prosperity in
1923, the recovery from the depres
sion of 1920-21, is reflected as well .in
the general returns as in those from
millionaires.
The total number of returns for
1923 taxes was 7,698,321, as compared
with 6,787,481 in the previous year, a
gain of 13.2 per cent. The total net in
come showed an increase of 16.2 per
cent, advancing from $21,336,212,364
to $24,840,137,364. There was a de
crease, however, in the total amount
of tax collected, which was 22.93 per
cent less.
Corporation taxes showed a gain,
with 398933 returns in 1923 as com
pared with 382,883 in the previous
year, and total taxes jumping from
$783,776,268 to $937,106,798.
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TWO BOYS WALK 175
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SOUTH ALABAMIANS LEAVE
HOME WITHOUT MONEY AND
WORK WAY EN ROUTE.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Exemplify
ing the adage, “Where there’s a will
there’s a way,” two boys entered
Howard college at the opening of the
school year after walking 175 miles.
These youths hail from the same
town—Florala, on the southern boun
dary of Alabama—and have long been
neighbors. One of them, Samuel Hart,
is preparing himself for the ministry;
the other, Edwin Doster, is pursuing
a pre-medical course.
The boys started on foot from their
homes six days before school opened
with less money than is required to
see a couple of good movies. They
worked en route to Birmingham,
thereby securing sufficient funds for
food and lodging. They neither asked
nor accepted charity. They arrived at
the college in fine fettle and entered
upon their studies with zeal
Both boys are graduates of the Cov
ington county high school. In modest
circumhances, they found it necessary
to walk to Birmingham and to depend
upon theit own efforts if they were,
to attend college. . :
A SURVEY OF THE PEAGH
INDUSTRY 1S PLANNED
GOVERNMENT ARRANGES NA
TION-WIDE MOVEMENT TO
INCREASE PROFITS.
Many Go Into Buisness Blindly, Is
Claim. Co-Operation of Farmers
Sought in Taking a Census of Fruit
Trees by Agricultural Department.
The United States Department of
Agriculture is engaged at present in
a nation-wide survey of the peach in
dustry, the object being to supply
growers with the information they
]ha\'c needed in the past to make reas
onable profits growing peaches,
Much difficulty has arisen from the
fact that plantings have been made
lwithout a knowledge of the'amount of
icompctition in the markets between
varietics in one area and those in an
other and without sufficient in‘forma—}
tion as“to the buyers’ likes or dislikes
in the matter of variety and quality
of peaches.
Going Blindly.
In other words, growers planning
new developments have often been
going it blindly. This, 1o a consider
able extent, has been unavoidable be
cause the necessary iniormation \\'asl
not to be had.
With this in view the department
of agriculture, in co-operation with
state experiment stations, state depart
ments of agrculture, state hortcultural
societies, various marketing agencies,
railroads and individuals, has started
a thorough study of the entire peach
industry. ’
A good measure of support has been
given by all organizations, but the
success of the survey will depend up
on how carefully and promptly the
growers lend their support.
A part of this study is a complete
census of all peach trees on farms of
100 trees or more, and an inquiry has
been sent to all commercial peach
growers calling for a classification of
their trees according to their age and
varieties,
Solely for Grower.
This study is to be completed at an
early date. Prompt reports from all
growers will save much time and ex
pense for follow-up work.
The survey is intended solely for
the growers' benefit and the depart
ment of agriculture requests the co
operation of all peach growers.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON AU
TO SENT THROUGH SOUTH
BY TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE.
Effective work of a caravan type of
automobile known as the “Booker T.
Washington Agricultural School on
Wheels,” was described recently by
the Hampton-Tuskegee Endowment
Fund. The car operates out of Tuske
gee Institute, and was inaugurated last
vear for the first time.
Its purpose is to teach the negro
farmer how more efficiently and prof
itably to cultivate his crops, sharpen
tools, pipe water through his houses,
inoculate stock against disease, prune
and spray fruit trees, make ventilated
pits for preserving vegetables, build
sanitary out-houses, screen porches
and do anything else the progressive
farmer should do. )
It also teaches the negro women
how to prepare nourishing meals, pre
serve fruit, care properly for the baby,
dress wounds, make curtains, rugs,
‘bed spreads, clothing and do better
many similar tasks involved in good
home-making. And upon both the ne
gro farmer and his wife are impressed
the practice of economy, industry and
the upbuilding of character.
During the past year the Bocker T.
Washington Agricultural School on
Wheels has devoted itself largely to
communities in Alabama.
In Dallas county alone it reached
10,000 negroes during two weeks of
travel. The school on wheels has in
variably had the effect of improving
farm conditions wherever it has gone.
Negroes are hettering their homes, ad
vancing crops, putting money aside.
Now it is hoped to increase the
number oi these schools on wheels so
that automobiles will penetrate into
every community in the south.
George Washington Home Brew
Plans Are Revealed in Old Letters
Collection of Relics Sold in N. Y. In
cludes Notes for Concoction From
500 Rarrells of Corn a Year.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—A collection
of Washingtonia, including 150 letters
in the handwriting of the first presi
dent. has been sold to the Rosenbach
Company, it became known today.
The collector who disposed of it is a
New York banker, whose ancestors
were contemporaries of Washington.
The collection which included be
tween 400 and 500 papers relating to
Washington’s activities during the
revolutionary period, has been valued
EIGHT THOUSAND MISERS
IN THE UNITED STATES
There are 8000 misers in.the
United States, officials of the fed
eral treasury have estimated. These
misers are hoarding up $50,000,000,
it is figured.
Money hoarded adds little to the
wealth of the nation and means
nothing to the government, officials
point out, so an effort is being
made to persuade these misers to
invest their millions, Most of the
misers, it is estimated, are foreign
ers who are not familiar with bank
ing methods. Others are native
born Americans who are suspicious
of banks.
TWICE AS LONG TO DELIVER
LETTERS FROM CHICAGO
TO NEW YORK CITY.
The air mail between Chicago and
ll\'ew York is both a waste of time and
| money, according to an experiment
|conducted by the Chicago Tribune last
week. Letters carrying the extra 10
cents postage and deposited in the
special air mail boxes took from two
'to three days in transit. Letters post
-1(-(1 on the Twentieth Century and the
Broadway Limited trains were deliv
ered in 24 hours.
A typical example of air mail de
lay may be folind in the case of one
|]etter/ posted at 5 p. m., October 1.
The envelope is postmarked “Chica
‘go air mail, October 1, 8 p. m.; New
York, October 3, 8:30 p. m.” The let
ter was delivered to its destination on
October 4, 8 a. m.
Another letter was posted in Chi
cago October 2, at 2 p. m. It was post
marked “Chicago air mail, October 2,
6 p. m.; New York, October 3, 6:20
p. m.” It was delivered October 4, at
8 a. m,
Both letters bore the handsome
stamp of a flying machine—"“air mail
saves time.” It does not say for whom
it saves time.
M
MAJORITY OF SCHOOL SUPER
INTENDENTS OPPOSE RE
STRICTION OF TEACHING.
What is the effect of science courses
on the religious life of pupils? Grant
ing that the school authorities must
make a curriculum, thereby prescrib
ing certain subjects of study and
omitting others, shall the theory of
evolution be taught to our school chil
dren?
A few years ago certain economic
doctrines were held dangerous for the
minds of pupils. Now certain scientific
hypotheses are thought to have a cor
rupting influence. What do teachers
themselves think about these issues?
To get a general survey of teacher
opinion on these questions the Ameri
can Educational Digest sent a ques
tionnaire to 655 school superintendents
from forty-five states. The teachers
‘were asked to state their views on
“the extent to which freedom of teach
ing and freedom of learning should be
regulated by law.” |
According to the data returned, the
majority of superintendents is oppos
)ed to limiting freedom of teaching by
law. A minority favored legal restric
tions of teaching with and without
reservations. Of those reporting an
unusually large number remained si
lent on this topic. Out of 655, 386
gave no reply; nine favored legal re
‘strictions, while 250 opposed restric
‘tion of ‘teaching.
Religious Effect of Science.
The questionnaire also asked the
teachers to describe the “effect of
science teaching on the religious life
of pupils,” and to state the number of
secondary pupils in science courses,
the per cent of secopdary pupils in
Sunday schools and church and the
number of secondary teachers who are
church members.
Judging from the data received rela
tively large numbers of high school
pupils are church members and Sun
day school attendants—79 per cent of
the pupils and 99 per cent of the teach
ers.
Although half the pupils in high
schools are reported as taking science
the consensus of educational judgment
is that their religious life, if affected
at all, is strengthened. In the 655
school systems enrolling 1,656,000 pu
pils 151,350 are enrolled in science
classes. |
by dealers at between $50,000 and
$65,000.
Among the letters is one written on
June 2, 1777, to Lord Cornwallis pro
testing against the killing of a young
American lieutenant. Another, written
in 1797 to Mrs. Elizabeth Powell and
dictated by Martha Washington, re
veals an “agreement” among Wash
ington and several contemporaries to
live until 1800.
Others of the more personal letters
describe Washington’s plans for home
brewing from 500 barrels of corn a
year, and his view of the approaching
marriage of a woman relative.
Buy Terrell
County Products
VOL. 43.—N0. 7
THIS SECTION OF THE STATE
PRODUCES THE BULK OF
SEVEN GREAT CROPS.
WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
King Cotton Greatest Contributor to
Period of Prosperity, and Tobacco,
Watermelons, Pecans, Potatoes and
Other Products Bring Wealth.
South Georgia has had a great year
as to farm production, The drought,
as shown by an official map published
last week, shows the drought area—
embracing in acute form the fifteen or
twenty counties -in the northeastern
section a little south of the North
Carolina and Tennessee boundaries.
South Georgia was not affected—by
Icit}‘n‘r the flood in winter (to any great
lextent as to crops) nor by the drought
of summer. The tobacco crop this
year brought over seven million dol
lars, a new crop; the cotton crop of
the state is estimated to run to $115,-
000,000; the peach crop was eight mil
‘lions: the pecan crop will add more
| millions, the sweet potato crop will
also amount into seven figures with
the first a‘larger than one or two; the
corn crop will be still more millions;
the watermelon crop was around five
millions.
All in South Georgia.
And in every case the bulk of these
crops was produced in south Georgia,
in some cases practically all of the
marketed-for-cash crop totally in south
Georgia, as for tobacco and melons.
One report has this to say of the sec-,
tion of the state which held up the
heftier end of the several million dol
lar crops:
“South Ggorgia's agricultural sea
son is practically past, but not with
out bringing to the section the great
est period of prosperity of recent
years.
“The major crops are harvested and
the ‘beauty’ of the harvest is that
practically everything was taken out
of the fields in marketable condition
before the advent of the serious
drought which has covered south
Georgia from_ one side to the other.
“Despite the fact that King Cotton
has been designated as the dethroned
monarch of the state, his majesty is
leading all crops with the indication
that the baled product will bring a to
tal of approximately $100,000,000 in
cash to the farmers of the state. Ac
‘.cording to figures released last week
‘the cotton seed by-product is calcu
lated to be worth $15,000,000, bringing
the value of the cottoen crop to ap
proximately $115,000,000.
“The season of the white staple is
waning and the bulk of the crop ihas
been sold. South Georgia is jubilant
over the bumper cotton harvest, while
the northern section of the state has
been hard hit by the prolonged
drought.
New Crop Brings Millions.
“The tobacco season which recently
closed was a fruitful one, and while
prices were not as high as growers
anticipated early in the season the to
tal amount paid to growers through
out the Georgia belt added to the ag
ricultural wealth of the section approx
imately $7,500,000.
~ “This is regarded as almost a phe
}nomcnal figure in consideration of the
fact that tobacco is the infant crop
of the state, and a majority of the
farmers are still in the experimental
lstage in tobacco culture, Approximate
ly 50,000,000 pounds of tobacco was
sold at 15 cents. ;
“In importance to south Georgia
‘the watermelon crop deserves a third
place rating. It was the best water
melon season ‘in the history of the
famous Georgia “miilion,” and with
co-operative marketing the crop was
sold at a fancy figure. It is estimated
by crop experts that the farmers of
this section are richer by $3,000,000
because of the successful melon crop.
“While south Georgia was market
ing her melon crop north Georgia
was realizing approximately $10,000,-
000 on her peach crop, a large amount
of which is finding its way in the
southern section of the state because
of the development program that has
been set on foot here.
“Other crops will add th=ir several
million dollars to the south Georgia
|agricultural wealth chest, such as pea
nuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, sugar
cane, corn and syrup cane.
{ New Farmers Moving In.
. “New hope has been given to the
'south Georgia farmer, and to scores
of new farmers who are moving into
' this section, with the indication that
next year will be an even greater year
1f seasons and fate are favorable.
“It is expressed by Isadore Gelders,
of Fitzgerald, that “the great bumper
crops of tobacco and cotton, the old
time pre-weevil kind of crops are put
ting south Georgia on the map.’
“Mr. Gelders assigns a large part of
the success on the farm to the support
of local institutions and local people.
“‘The season’s prosperity on the
farm is easily traced to the direct sup
port of our home institutions, who so
valiantly came to the support of our
farmers when the foreign corporations
adopted ironclad rules of selling fer
tilizers and supplies for cash. It was
the home banker, the home mixer and
the home merchant who had faith in
their neighbors and took the risk along
with them with the elements and the
boll weevil. . 3
“‘No better example of sticking by
the home concerns could be asked”