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flttl‘? Chustmas By E. L. RAINEY MUST BE NO EMPTY STOCKINGS CHRISTMAS MORNING O, SIX COMMONWEALTHS, R‘sz‘r IZING SHORTCOMING, IN *© LIFE OR DEATH BATTLE. A COUNCIL OF INVESTIGATORS Inéustries Seek Way to Win Back Business Being Carried From Them Into the South and the Mississippi Valley. Prosperity Moving Away. A dramatic battle to retain their olaces in the industrial sun is being .\\.‘;.ul by six New England states which have been supreme for a cen fury or more in many fields. Aware that the south and west have been crowding New England out of the American industrial picture the six cates have joined hands in a struggle for their economic and business inter vsts. They have assumed the theory hat the best defense is an offensive DALY i States Create Council. The New England Council, com prising 72 men, recently organized at a meeting in Worcester, Mass., is «ccking the remedy. Twelve men from cach of the six states, including busi ness men, farmers, bankers, transpor tation officials and manufacturers, the council is a cross-section of New England life. The council generally is not inter ested in local industrial problems. It tackles the major difficulties. The growing prominence of the south as a textile center and of the Mississippi valley as a shoe manufacturing center are the symptoms of a condition that affects the welfare of all New Eng jand. Tt is this condition the council wishes to remedy. ! The council now is making a survey of the industrial status—and possibil ities—of the six states. When the sur vey is completed there will be avail able a complete picture of New Eng land and the transportation, agricul tural, commercial and industrial rem edics necessary to stimulate and re new the economic life of the section. Land of Industrial Centers. New England is in the hands of an executive committee which is drawing up broad solutions of the outstanding problems of the six states. New Eng land is determined to prove to the world that she is not “slipping.” Ever since the early days of the American republic New England has been a land of industrial centers. Towns were built up for protection from the early Indians, so industries quickly developed when that danger no longer existed. The New England shoe manufact uring business goes back to 1630, when the first shoe factory was es tablished at Plymouth. -Early New England had its cattle—and therefore its hides for shoe making—right at its back doors. So New England quickly became the shoe center of the country. Prosperity Moves. Today, though, the largest shoe fac torics in the country are located at Binghamton, N. Y., and St. Louis, Mo., far away from New England. Labor troubles and the removal of the cattle industry to the middle west helped to bring about the change. New England in the meantime has been content to continue with its fac tories virtually just as they are. That fact has added to the industrial de cline, in this particular line, of the section, Labor troubles figured, too, to a de gree in the moving of the textile cen ter from New England to the south. Cheaper labor available in the south, however, was the most important in fliecnce. The south, too, has fewer re strictive labor laws. Many New Eng land textile firms realized these con ditions and moved to the south. Those that remained at home, it is pointed out, were slow to adopt modern ma chinery and improvements, and that helped the south along. Still Plays Big Part. New England, however, still plays a major part in the textile industry, having more than half the spindles in the country and in the shoe industry. New England manufactures as much textiles as the other states combined. New England, too, boasts that it still has some of the finest farms in the country and that other smaller in dustries it boasts still are without equal. New Emnfgland fisheries, 100, do a business that_is without a peer anywhere else in the nation. Studies Water Power. One of the outstanding possibilities of a solution for this indusirial prob lem of New England is water power. The council now is studying this as pect of the situation. Most of New England’s water pow er is in Maine. A $100,000,000 power project, for harnessing the tides of the Bay of Funday, now is being planned. Such a plant alone could supply all New England with power. ko Development of water power, 1t 1S predicted, will mean better living con dittons for the workment, greater production and lower taxation. With cheap power, it is declared, New Eng ’a_“fl will be able to recapture some 01 its lost trade. e PR FISH FEED FROM HANDS. : Tf‘,ruugh patience and generous Iteding of bread, a Florida naturalist and his wife have trained the fish in d lake near their home until the crea- Wres will eat from their hands. THE DAWSON NEWS Skin of Author Used ~ln Cover of His Book ‘One of the Most Unique Volumes in | " World Is for Sale. ~ What is described as the “most unique book in the whole world” is {5O sale in an obscure little antiquity & j"s store on a narrow street not \;bt Augustine’s church in Paris’ Q@ i, , The cxi . fame or originality does not It&. he contents of the volume nor is wy style lauded as es pecially remarkable, What is declared exceptional is the binding of richly ornamental leather, In the center of the front cover there is delicately traced a butterfly with its wings extended ready for flight, each wing measuring about an inch spread. The butterfly is of a dif ferent material from the leather which surrounds it. ~ According to a type written explanatory sheet, it is made of a piece of the author’s own skin. The author, however, unfortunately, preferred to remain anonymous, NO LAW AGAINST IT, BUT AT LANTA MINISTERS CON DEMN DISPLAYS. ATLANTA, Ga—Flasks are being offered for sale in Atlanta. There is no law against it, local court authorities stated. Exhibited in windows of jewelry stores are the neat little flat, hip-pock et flasks which you have seen pulled at dancing and dinner parties where, the elite gather. You have seen them pulled in the movies. The ones on sale in Atlanta are slightly curved so they will exactly fit the rear pocket. : Of course they could be used for butter milk, or sweet milk, or even to carry water in the rear pocket. But the observer of the clandestine drink does not associate any of these bever ages with this flask. Local court authorities said that in Indiana there is a law whereby the man who sells these flasks can be prosecuted as an accessory to the vio lation of the prohibition law. But Georgia has not gone that far, they said. It will be recalled that the At lanta Evangelical Ministers’ Associa tion, composed of the ministers of all denominations, passed resolutions de ploring the exhibition of whisky flasks in Atlanta shop windows, stating that such display had a bad effect upon public morals and had a tendency to deride the prohibition law. TOM CAMPBELL, OF MONTA NA, REALLY A MANUFACT URER OF GRAIN. Tom Campbell, of Hardin, Mont., known as the greatest wheat farmer in the world, disclaims the title and declares he is a ‘“manufacturer of wheat on an industrialized basis.” Not that this man who has grown as much as 500,000 bushels of wheat and rye in one season objects to being called a farmer. For he and his family have grown wheat for more than 40 years. . Farming Real Business. He loves the soil; he loves farming. Only he doesn’t believe the word farming quite expresses just what he is trying to do. For Campbell, as head of the Campbell Farming Corporation, is attempting to reduce wheat grow ing to the same sort of, operation as the United States Steel Corporation has steel, or Henry Ford has motor cars. The biggest wheat grower in the world says he is making a go of it, too, and that in only one year in the last seven has he failed to show a profit on his operations. Campbell recently made a trip to Washington to take up with the pat ent office certain new improvements on wheat-harvesting machines which he has worked out in his giant opera tions in Montana. Cuts Cost in Half. Patents have been applied for on several new wrinkles, and Campbell, says the U. S. Department of Agricul ture, shortly will announce some new processes that greatly reduce the cost of harvesting wheat. “We have cut ‘the cost by the new methods we are following of convert ing wheat from standing grain to wheat in the truck ready for market, from $4.50 an acre to considerably less than half that sum,” says Campbell. “The system works on large opera tions. I believe it can be used in small farming, too. We want to test our ex periments more before putting them before the farmers of the country. “I believe it will help revolutionize wheat harvesting in some sections of the United States.” IER R Huge Consumption of ‘ Gas by United States The United States consumed _in 1924 69.3 per cent of all the gasoline ased by the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Russia. We had 112,000,000 pop ulation and 17,880,000 automobiles compared to 286,650,000 population and 3,047,400 automobiles in all the other countries named. PRSICRRER TO AMEND FEDERAL PEONAGE ACT AND PERMITS ARREST FOR BREAKING CONTRACT. Purpose of Bill of Carolina Congress man Is to Make Negroes Who Ob tain Advances and Run Away Sub ject to Criminal Prosecution. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Congress man Hare, of South Carolina, has in troduced a bill of far reaching import ance to the general agricultural and labor interests of the south. From time to time there is much trouble with negro labor on the farms, and this bill proposes to stabilize the situation. It would amend what is known as the peonage act which now provides that it shall be unlawful for ‘any one to arrest or cause to be ar rested, return or cause to be returned any person to a condition of peonage. The amendment provides that where a person enters into a contract with lanother to be performed within one year with intent to cheat or defraud 'and receives a consideration wholly }or in part and then refuses to perform the contract it shall not be unlawful to arrest or cause such person to be returfed and tried in a court of com petent jurisdiction. X When asked what the purpose of the bill was Mr. Hare stated “under existing conditions we seem to have no law which affords adequate protec tion to farmers under our farm labor contract system, and practically all the efforts to effect a contract that would protect all parties have been in conflict with the United States peon age act. “Under the present law, for example a farmer enters into a contract with a negro, for most of our farm labor contracts are with negroes, and makes advances to the extent of one or two ’hundred dollars or more and by the |timc he begins work in the spring the |negro leaves and if the farmer at- Itcmpte to bring him back and have him execute his contract it would be held to be a violation of the peonage law; whereas, the negro would be al llowc(l to go free, there being no law iwherchy he could be tried for a crim {inal offense even though he knew at | the time he made the contract and |received the money that he was not igoing to execute the same. | “The purpose oi my bill is to make ‘it a criminal offense for him to enter into a contract with intent to cheat lor defraud, receive the consideration !in whole or in part and then breach the contract. “This bill is intended to catch the man who wants to get something for nothing, but in actual opinion it will be a benefit and to the advantage of honest labor, because if the farmer knows when he makes the contract that it is one binding on both parties ]hc will not have to take chances and | can therefore give the laborer better or greater consideration in the con tract.” MILLION DOLLAR WHISKEY CARGO LEAVES GERMANY FOR SALE IN U. S. CUPID IS-LOAFING - TO MAKE BAD MATTERS THE WORSE THERE IS GREATER NUMBER OF DIVORCES. Cupid’s business took a decided slump in Georgia for 1924, while there was an increase in the number of divorces granted, as compared with 1923, according to figures made pub lic by the United States Department of Commerce. . Marriages. There were 32,491 marriages con tracted within the state during 1924, compared with 37.949 the preceding year. The number of divorces for 1924 was 1,902 and the number of divorces in 1923 was 1,828. ; Fulton county led the state both in the decrease in marriages and the increase in divorces. There were 3,- 646 marriages in 1924 and 4,343 in 1923. Five hundred and seventy di vorces were granted in 1924, as com pared with 519 in 1923. Bibb county reported 1,050 mar riages in 1924 and 1,347 in 1923. Chatham county reported 1,325 mar riages in 1924 and 1,472 in 1923. Divorces. Bibb county reported 73 divorces in 1924 and 77 in 1923. Chatham county reported 113 di vorces in 1924 and 126 in 1923. Other marriage figures were: Muscogee, 1,040 in 1924 and 1,260 in 1923: Richmond, 749 in 1924 and 1,043 in 1923; Laurens, 459 in 1924 and 556 in 1923. Other divorce figures were: Muscogee, 82 in 1924 and 75 in 1923; Richmond, 221 in 1924 and 246 in 1923. Walnuts shipped from Rumania to this country six months of 1925 were valued at $42,000 more than all those sent in 1924 DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 22, 1925 Carload of Gifts Burn In an Accident to Sanla Four Dogs and Other Presents. Lost In Express Car Fire. BATAVIA, N. Y.—Santa Claus had an accident today. An American Rail way Express car full of Christmas gifts to be distributed in eastern lo calities was burned at Alexander, near here. Four dogs were burned to death. Anlerican Express qompany officials said the loss might! run anywhere from $lO,OOO to $50,Q00. - ; The car was part! of a Delaware- Lackawana and Western train bound from Buffalo to New York city. / t i e BRITISH SCIENTISTS EXTEND INOCULATION WORK; CAN NOT TELL RESULTS YET. Second Inoculation With Virus Plus Chemical Agent Has No Effect. Those Engaged in Research Have High Hopes for Success. LONDON, Eng.—Several labora tory workers under Dr. W. E. Gye and J. E. Barnard in their cancer re searches have undergone inoculation with cancer germs. These germs, with which immuniza tion is being effected, are not dead or ganisms, as some suppose, but living organisms from their chemical agents by the two scientists. The results of these inoculations up to the present have been so far suc cessful. In no case, either in the lower animal or the human, has cancer de veloped, notwithstanding the fact that subsequent inoculation was made in several cases with the cancer germ, plus its chemical agent. High Hopes Entertained. While those engaged in the _rescarch entertain high hopes, they feel that caution is necessary. Mr. Barnard said today that the recent work was prom ising, but that it was premature to suggest that a successful method of immunizing humans to cancer had been evolved. The results must be checked again and again under vary ing conditions before it would be pos sible to assume that real progress has been made on the cancer problem. The outstanding difficulty has been to isolate the chemical agent with which the micro-organism of cancer operates. Its nature has not yet been definitely determined and Dr. Gye’s investigations are proceeding with the object of deciding this factor. New papers are soon to be publish ed detailing the latest investigation of Mr. Barnard which led to his discov ery of the ultramicroscopic organism of cancer by means of invisible rays. It is understood that chickens, and even mammals, have been inoculated with the cancer germ by Dr. Gye and developed the disease within a very short time, Big Bootleg Syndicate, Headed by Czech Engineer, Has Paid 500 Per Cent Profit on Previous Trips. Philadelphia Is Center. BERLIN.—A 6,000-ton freighter loaded to capacity with $1,000,000 worth of whisky for American con sumption left Bremen for Bermuda yesterday. It is part of the rum fleet operated by a German syndicate. When the ship left Bremen it carried with it the hopes of a Czech mining engineer, a German exporter, a lead ing Berlin druggist, a Berlin hotelier, 2 well known actress and scores of minor investors. Their hopes are justi fiable, for previous trips brought 500 per cent profit. U. S. Called Land of Gold. Central European bootleggers are now convinced the United States is literally a land of gold. It is not even necessary to go personally to pick up gold off the streets, the dream of the old immigrants. Bootleg messengers are more efficient. The titular head of this syndicate is general director -of an export house in Bremen, with its own warehouse in the free port. The New York agent— -2 German-American who makes his home in Hoboken—meets the boat at Bermuda. The Czech engineer goes ahead to arrange for the reloading of the cargo on .fishing smacks. | Quaker City Is Center. ‘ Philadelphia is the syndicate’s cen ter in America and all liquor is event ually concentrated there for distribu tion through the east. The Czech seems to be the brains of this particu lar syndicate, only one of many that have plunged into bootlegging in the last few months. He was once a smuggler of drugs. Beginning with an investment of $25,000 he is now reported to be a millionaire. He makes no secret of the source of his wealth and since his success travels about Europe in a limousine, saying the trains are too common. | PARTY MODERN YOUTHS \ iGEORGIA U. S. JUDGE DISCUSS ‘ ES DANGEROUS TENDEN | CIES OF PRESENT DAY. : ‘ A | ““ ” SHORT SKIRTS “MERE LURES Drinking by Boys and Girls, Night ~ Automobile Rides and Modern Pict ures Are Destroying Old Time Mo rality, He Declares. ATLANTA, Ga—Liquor drinking ‘by boys and girls, night automobile “petting parties” and the short skirt came in for a scathing denunciation at the hands of United States Federal Judge Samuel H. Sibley, when he ad dressed a meeting of the Atlanta Ro tary club. In his address the jurist chailenged the citizens that the time has arrived when stock should be ta ken of what he called the dangerous effects. of certain ideas of conduct. Lo ; g i Trial Marriage. Appealing directly to his listeners Judge Sibley said: “I ask you if it is not time to con sider whether marriage is to be a trial affair or regarded as a permanent ar rangement; whether a modest girl would not make a better wife than an immodest one and whether or not there is greater danger in the so-called freedom prevailing now between the youths of different sexes. “But worst of all,” the judge de clared, “is the promiscuous use of lig uor by immature boys and girls. This probably has done more to destroy old-time morality than any other one factor.” To this Judge Sibley added that maodern youth in its attempt to con form to certain ideas of life, made al luring through the médiums of the motion picture and modern pictures, has literally ‘“gone wild.” “Mere lures and the tendency to carry fashion to extremes” was the lacing given the shoft skirt by the speaker. L “The idea of shortening the skirts from the old styles and aboilishing the tight collars was a good one to begin with, but the extreme to which it has been taken shows how an idea that was originally good may be car ried to foolish extremes in an effort ’to conform to style,” was another re mark from the jurist. i Need of Reform. Judge Sibley declared that all hu man contact is based primarily on the idea of conformity to the prevail ing mode, and that when this contact mode is not the proper one it results in deformity, which, in time, necessi tates reform, which should be started early. The child, he said, should be }insti]]cd with the idea to perform, for it is only through the performance of proper conduct that habits are taught. Judge Sibley said he was a “staunch believer in transformation, which may completely change a person’s life, al though that person’s training in the other ingredients of the formula has been inadequate. I believe in reforma -111’(;11 through transformation.” | ’CONGRESSMAN HITS ~ RURAL MAIL SERVICE | il i SAYS CARRIERS NOW WORK ONLY FEW HOURS A DAY, AND WOULD CUT FORCE. Complete reorganization of the ru ral mail service of the United States may be one of the problems for which the next congress may have to find a solution. Representative Hoch, of Kansas, is expected to introduce a bill providing for such a move during the early sessions of the house of repre sentatives. He would seek to reduce the number of rural mail carriers and to increase the length of the routes they cover. Automobile Makes Change. In the old days of the horse and buggy the rural mail carrier had to work all day to cover his route, which averdges 30 miles in length. Today, though, with the use of the automo bile, the same route can be covered with case in three or four hours, Rep resentative Heoch believes. The rural mail carrier is_paid $2,300 a year and works only a few hours each day. The farmers he serves, how ever, work from dawn to dusk and make not half that®sum, they contend. In the west, it is said, the farmers stand almost to a man for reorganiza tion of the rural mail service. Saving of Millions. Mr. Hoch' estimates that if the rural carrier force were reduced and the fewer number of men compelled to work eight hours a day to cover long er routes with their automobiles the government would save millions of dollars a year. This sum, he says, could be applied to the postal deficit or to extension of the rural service to sections it does not now reach. Llamas are the baggage animals of Bolivia. | . Home Town of Coolidge Noted for Long Living !38 of Its 400 Citizens Are From 80 | To 100 Years Old. ° ~ PLYMOUTH, Vit.—This hamlet, ‘which is justly proud of having given a president to the country, has anoth er claim to fame. It probably is one of the most salu country. Herb Moore and several old-timers were discussing with Angus McAul brious spots in this section of the ley, guard at the home of the presi dent’s father, John C. Coolidge, the longevity of the inhabitants of Ply mouth township. Someone raised the question of act uval numbers and in little more than half an hour they named 38 men and women whose ages ranged from eigh ty to well over ninety, They declared there must be at least half a dozen others. .The population of the township is estimated at 400 and no man is con sidered old who is not at least 70. | INHERITANCE TAX REPRESENTATIVE RAINEY’'S AMENDMENTS SWEPT ASIDE. GREEN ROMPS ON FLORIDA. WASHINGTON, D. C—~Amid a display of oratorical fireworks the house today accepted the modified in heritance tax rates provided in the non-partisan revenue bill, Representative Rainey, of Illinois, a democratic member of the ways and means committee, which framed the bill, after submitting several amend ments, conceded he was *beaten” and took occasion to chastise lcaders, speaking some of the time to the dem ocratic side. “You think you can perpetrate this outrage,” Mr. Rainey shouted. “Oh, other leaders will rise! These puny and little leaders who now control will not control always.” Chairman Green, of the committee, paid his respects to Florida, which has barred the inheritance tax through amendment to the constitution, declar ing to the “people of Florida you can nevern make a really gftat = state through colonies of tax, dedgers and money grabbers, paragites and coupon cutters, jazz tripper 1d booze hun ters.” HEARD NOISE IN YARD, SAW THE FORM OF A MAN, AND " FIRED GUN. VALDOSTA.—~When Mrs, Magdgie Gurganious, of [Lanier county, was brought to Valdosta Saturday by La nier county officers and placed in the LLowndes county jail ‘details were learned concerning a tragedy enacted at the woman’s house on Friday night kand which has led her to be charged by officers with slaying Enoch Hall, a white man living near the Gurgan ious home. According to the story brought here by Sheriff Tucker, of Lanier county, and Deputy Sheriff Courson they went to the home of Mrs. Gurganious accompanied by Enoch Hall, presum ably to make a search for a suspected liquor cache. It was stated that as they approached the house occupied by the woman and several of her children gun fire was opened without a warning and Hall fell fatally wound ed. When seen in the LLowndes county jail today Mrs. Gurganious said that she was the mother of six children, three: of them being married. The three younger ones, two daughters and a son, reside with her. She said that while she was cooking supper after dark she heard a noise in the. vard and went to investigate but found nothing. A Tittle later, she said, she heard the noise again and carried her gun with her when she went to investigate, although she saw nothing. She said that she would shoot if intruders were about. When she was }returning she says she saw the form of a man almost between her and the ‘house and she fired, believing he in tended to seize her. The man was Hall and he fell at the shot and died al most instantly. : Mrs. Gurganious declared that no whisky had been made or sold about her. place. She said she had been told that Hall was mad with her about something and intimated that she be lieved he was responsible for the noc turnal visit of the offaicers to her house. Nebraska Town Largést Alfalfa Market in U. S. Commumity of 2,000 Ships From 1,100 To 1,300 Cars Each Year. Cozad, a town of 2,000 persons in central Nebraska, is the largest alfalfa market in the United States. Records of carload shipments of al falfa from Cozad for the last seven years show that from 1,100 to 1300 cars a year are dispatched. In. addi tion the stations of Darr and Willow Island, near there, each ship from 300 to 500 cars per year. Dawson county, of which Cozad is the capital, leads Nebraska in hay production, while 1925 crop figures show that the cornhusker state leads the nation in acreage devoted to the crop. Merey Christmasg VOL. 43.—N0. 17 FORT GAINES HOST TO SEV ERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE FROM TWO STATES. SLATON PRINCIPAL SPEAKER Former Governor Delivers Stirring Address in Which He Scores Pro posal of Big State Bond Issues. Holder and Others Speak. FORT GAINES, Ga.—With the air filled with martial music and the thunder of oratory ringing in their ears Fort Gaines entertained gpprox imately 3,009 people Friday in celebra tion of the opening of the new $lBO,- 000 steel and concrete bridge across the Chattahoochee river, linking Geor gia and Alabama. John N. Holder, chairman of the state highway department, received the bridge from H. J. Slack, state bridge engineer, and in turn presented the structure to B, M. Turnipseed, mayor of Fort Gaines, and also to the members of the board of county com missioners. Mr. Holder and Mayor Turnipseed made short speeches at._ the ceremony. Little Miss Sallie Tur nipseed and Master Clayborn King chirstened the bridge | Following the short exercises at the bridge the members of the party went to the Fort Gaines high school build ing where the speakers of the day were introduced, : Former Governor Slaton, who deliv ered the principal speech of the occa sion, said in part: Excerpts From Speech. “The history of the bridge gives me thought of deeper significance%han mere iron and steel and physical en ergy can give. The value of material things consists not in themselves but their spiritual memory. The greatest structure that ever was built, the pyramids of Egypt or the comossus of Rhodes, was the product of hun dreds of years ago and existed in a hu mans mind before they were realized in stone or marble. The things were but symbols of courage, persistence. The faith and the genius that realiz ed them were the realities. This bridge that you are celebrating today will yield to the relentless wear of time, but the unconquerable spirit, which obstacles could not+daunt, will bless forever your posterity. “A hundred years ago the weary traveler had the ferryman to carry him cross the angry stream. The enter prise conceived and constructed a bridge which succeeded the strong |, arms and brave heart of the old boat |man, who has long since passed over other darker waters. This bridge was washed away and until after the civil war the primitive transportation of earlier days was adopted. Sherman devastated the southern states with . sword and torch; slaves had beén freed and the south was in a state of destitution never surpassed in human - !history. But your gallant forefathers \in the midst of it all with heads, heart and *souls” unsubdued built another bridge in 1867. Disaster happened to it and agajg and. again it was recon structed. But persistence was superior to disappointment; courage triumphed over difficulty, a self reliance which {knew no defeat achieved the inevitable victory and the mammoth bridge of today is the gulminating triumph of it all. The part that commands my {admiration is that you did these things | vourself, through legal channels pro vided by the constitution and laws and principles of our forefathers. Built Without Debt. “Connecting two states it is the sub ject of interstate commerce and the proper object of Georgia and Ala bama. The highway fund of Georgia provided without debt imposed any where, its quota in association with Alabama. How much more splendid than the violation of constitutional provisions against the incurrences of state debt, learned by our forefathers from hard experience of Georgia and her histery. Highways are entitled to unstinted praise in the service they perform. They bring together com munities, they aid the schools and the churches in their enlightening scrvice, they promote commerce in its myriad | forms. But nothing will compensate |for the loss of local independence. It 'is a classic that Hercules helped those: 'who helped themselves. Where money lis spent by those who pay it, it will 'be spent economically, frugally and a ‘return may be expected from every ‘dollar expended. -No extra contracts are made, excessive salaries paid, use less or inefficient men employed or defective material expected. | * “What a source of pride should ‘Georgia be to every citizen. Her bond ed debt is $6,000,000, unpaid for fifty years. And yet there are those who would wish us to imitate other states with unbearable burdens. Most wisely our forefathers wrote that Georgia should never incur a debt but it should pay as it went. Every dollar of principal and interest must be paid by the people, the poor people strug gling to meet their obligations, by the consumer in whatever walk of life he may be and we are inviting capital to invest with us, under the assurance of fair treatment and stable laws. How can we expect it with threats of extra sessions of our legis lature, the insurance of a heavy debt and the necessary heayier taxation?” The Central of Georgia band played selections all during the morning ex ‘ercises, and led a parade through the streets of the town from "the new ’tbridge to the school house.