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MONEY TO LOAN
On Farm Lands
and City Property
Joseph Law
Attorney-at-Law
Waynesboro Georgia
FUTURE SECURITY OF .
AMERICA RESTS IN
PATRIOTISM -OWSLEY
Vinericaii Legion Porduct of the War
Says .National Director — Must Fdu»
cate People for Patriotic Service.
The'American Legion is a product
of the war,” said Alvin Mansfield
Owsley of Texas, national director of
the National Americanism Cominis
dcni of the American Legion, this
morning.
What is war A means for the
making of a just peace, nothing more
or less. Then men who served Amer
ira during the war found) that there
must be some way, some means, some
instalment or organization by which
to preserve the association and carry
on their service in time of peace that
was born of the war. So they brought
themselves together in this organiza
tiou of ex-service men and women to
work for a wonderful future for our
country.
"The strength and future security
of America rests in our patriotism.
Patriotism in peace as well as in war
Anarchy tiees before patriotism. Lib
erty !o make our laws does not mean
liberty to break our laws. Liberty
in America is responsibility and our
highesl responsibility today is to pre
serve the exceptiontl liberty we have
always enjoyed.
“The supreme need of the hour,
the great lesson taught us by the war
is the necessity for universal educa
tions for all our people, for patriotic
service to America. Let us take stock
of our ability to reach the tomorrow.
"Twenty-seven million children are
within (he school age in America, but
< lily fifteen million are in daily at
tendance at our'schools. Where are
the other ten million or more? The
American Legion wants to find out,
and with the help of all patriotic citi
zens concerned In the education of
the youth of the land, put them in
school.
"The draft act showed us that one
man out of every five in America
could not read, write or speak the
English language, and one man out
of every four was physically unfit
for military service to defend the flag
The hope of our Country rests in edu
cation andl patriotism. These will
solve many of our present-day labor
Troubles and disputes.
“A common expression we bear on
all sides is, ‘Let us forget the war.'
I tell you w r e must never forget this
war. The overshadowing and the su
preme consideration of the American
Legion is the care and comfort ofr
our sick and wounded, the blind and
the insane who are in our hospitals
and a great number yet unprovided
for. The American Legion has work
ed unceasingly for our wounded com
rades. The fight, is not yet ove’* The
greatest sin in America today is the
shameful neglect of our defenders in
the last war. Thousands of them are
In the insane aslyums and privately
leased hospitals, where they are not
properly cared for.
"If the American people under
stood the grave condition and the con
dition of unspeakable neglect of ofir
wounded men an,i women they would
rise up in a mass and, march on Wash
ington. Confusion, red tape, politics
and public apathy have stood in the
way of the proper solution of our
hospital situation. This is the third
year after the war and only one gov
ernment hospital has been erected.
There is an immediate need for
eight government hospitals. All this
time tlie American hoy has been suf
fering and wondering why America
has forgotten. Nothing is too good
for these men and women! Defen
ders of our homes and firesides, sol
diors of ideals, crusaders of all man
kind. Your fight is the fight of the
American Legion. We are with you
to the last ditch. The fight will end
when you are returned! well to our
sides.” .
“Citizenship is primarily a question
of education in the right ideas and
ideals. It is fast becoming a matter
of example. Citizenship is not a dues
tion of birth or naturalization: It is
a question of faith, of uncompromiz
ing devotion to the laws of our land
and to the institution and ideals of
our fathers.
The education of our American
child intis, be an American education
that fit- »ir for Amer*/an
citizenship. The high goal of Ameri
can citizenship has not yet been
A LETTER OF APOLOGY
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Owing to our inability to obtain sufficient help, we wish to apologize to the many people
that crowded our GIGANTIC BANKRUPT SALE, last Saturday, and were not waited on. How
ever we will have a large force on hand this Saturday, and every one will receive the service
they 1 are entitled to. Our merchandise is fresh and our prices LOW. So, come in and see us
and you will never have any - 'IIP
GEORGIA STOCK BUYERS, Owners R. E. RICHARDS, manager
N. Sperling’s Bankrupt Stock
VOLUME 41*
HARDWICK SUGGESTS A
MEMORIAL TO GEORGIA
REROES LEFTJN FRANCE
Governor Sends Legislature Special
i Message Suggesting Georgia Mar
hie Memorial Be Sent to France.
Atlanta, July 25.—Governor Thomas
W. Hardwick today sent a special
message to ‘general assembly, calling
the especial attention of both branch
es to the “tfioral obligation of this
state to provide an appropriate me-
I morialization of those young Georgia
soldiers who died in the great World
war,” in which he expresses the hope
that, though there has been some cLe
lay in properly presenting the mat
ter and occasioning action, there has
never been a doubt to the minds of
the surviving Georgia soldiers from'
tlie World War that Georgia would
make proper and fitting provision
'for the honor of those who died He
says those who fought for their coun
try, those who lived as well as those
who died, are entitled to every ac
knowledgement of a grateful people,
and in his opinion there should be no
limit to that appreciation. “It is
my hope,” says the governor, “that
in the near future we shall erect
some gerat memorial on Georgia
soil” to the survivors and to those
who gave their lives, but h e says, he
thinks not sufficient time has yet
elapsed since the war to begin the ac
live work on such a memorial, which
should be well and carefully planned,
but the general assembly could ap
propriately begin its recognition by
sending to the Province of Cor nay in
France, a suitable monument of Geor
gia marbhe, properly inscribed, to be
placed on the mountain at that place
as a perpetual memorial to the Geor
gia soldiers
MILLEN COTTON MILLS
SHIP FIRST GAR FARRICI
-WORKING 24-HOOBSj
Millen, Ga., July 24—The Western ;
Reserve Cotton Mill, which recently j
started operations here, is making its |
first carload shipment of fabric to-'
day. This fabric is to be used in tire !
construction ana goes to the Mason ,
Tire and Rubber Company, of which ■
this- mill is a subsidiary.
The fabric as it comes from the
mill is 60 inches wide, 150 yards to
the roll and weighs 14 ounces to the!
yard. In the building of tires it is
used us “chafing strip.” • i
Tlie mill is now running over time
and additional machinery is expected
in the near future to increase the
weaving capacity. The mill expects
to operate full twenty-four-hour day
within the next month.
reached AM ot cir children, the fu
ture American citizens-to-be must
acquaint themselves with the details
of our United States history and civil
government just as. if they were the
details of our daily life. Only thru
this intimate acquaintance with our
history and government can we
Americans in the future aggrogate to
ourselves the management of our na
ticnal affairs. The constitutions of
our several states and our statutes
make adequate provision for educa
tion for our children, but we do not
enforce them. We have the letter of
the law, but we -do not live in its
spirit. This great mistake must be
corrected in the immediate future and
tlie legion seeks to point the way.
“I like to think 6f America as the
prosperous, the happy, the free. A
nation that hath foundations. Whose
cornerstone is belief in her own fu
ture, faith in all mankind and whose
soul goes forth to all worthy peoples.
During the war all true Americans
worked and slaved and sacrificed, lost
in a new glory of willing service to
America . It was a glory we had hard
ly known before. We shall not lose
this advantage of 'high estate
now. Let all Americans dedicate' their
lives of their fortunes to the great
faith in which we are born and a
new glory shall shine in the face of
our people.”—Savannah Press.
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WATERMELONS BRING
MONEY 10 SHIPPERS
IN BURKE COUNTY
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Season About Finished Mere—
Cars Shipped Up to Thursday—Main
tained An Office During Shipping
v Season—lnspectors Who Helped in
Making Standard Melons for Midga
Association.
169 cars of watermelons were ship
ped front Waynesboro and Burke coun
ty by the Burke county locals of the
Middle Georgia Watermelon Growers
Association, and it is said that these
were the finest melons shipped to mar
' ket. Each car averaged the grower
about S2OO thus bringing to the coun
ty $13,000.
Mr. W. H. Proctor, of Swainsboro,
maintained an office of the Midga As
sociation during the shipping season
an,] he was assisted by Gordon D.
Shepherd, of Adel, District manager
cf tlie Sowega Association and gener
al inspector for the Midga. Mr. H.
F. Zeigler, of Sparks ,was chief in
spector for the Waynesboro district.
Among the inspectors who helped
from the. Midga Association in main
tabling the proper standard of melons
slopped by them were; Messrs J. V.
Tiuley, G. A. Lewis, J. W. Johnson,
J. P. Dicks, L. D. Cowart, W. A. Bar
geron, Leslie Chance and Alex Chew;
from the Sowega Association who as
siste,i here were: W. R. Brinson, G.
D. Shepherd, General inspector, M.
J. Harnage, W. B. Durden, Edward
Curreton, John E. Gibson, J. H. Cook
W. K.Bergstreiner, H. O. Tyner, T.
H. Williams, J .T. Dickens, H. F.
Zeigler.
The association kept each and ev
ery melon shipped from this territory
up to the high standard required and
in most instances every shipment
was entirely satisfactory
OVEOSTREEIANNOUNCES
FOR RE-ELECTION FROM
IST DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
f
Popular Member of Congress From
First District Asks for Re-election
—He Thinks the Next Congress
Will he Democratic.
Congressman J. W. Overstreet, of
Sylvania, member of congress from
tiie First District, announces for re
election in this week’s issue of The
True Citizen. Mr. Overstreet is a
very popular member of the national
house and is serving on some impor
tant committees. We are of the op
inion that it would be a mistake not
to re-elect him.
The Millen News reporter interview
ed Mr. Overstreet on the political con
ditions tliruout the country and his
statement is as follows:
“The recent elections which have
been held in the different s4ates show
that the Republican party is rapidly
losing its strength. I truly believe
that in the Congressional election
this fall that we are going to gain
control of the house. We have now
only 130 members in ' the house and
the Republicans have practically a
two to one majority. The Republican
leaders have shown so little ability
in handling the different questions
that they have had to deal with that
the masses of the people have lost
confidence in the Republican party.
“President Harding, you will re
member, was elected by a majority
of more than seven million votes be
cause the people had become restless
and thought a change would be bene
ficial. The Republicans now have
had a year and a half to straighten
out the many problems that confront
ed the country but have utterly fail
ed to accomplish anything worth
while
“I believe the next house will be
Democratic and everything now points
toward a Democratic vitory in the
next presidential election a little
more than two years off.”
Waynesboro, Ga., July 29. 1922
GEORGIA USED AVERAGE
218 POUNDS FERTILIZER
PER ACRE FOR 1920
North Carolina Led All States Urrng
410 Pounds Per Acre —Little Com
mercial Fertilizer Used West of
Mississippi.
Washington, D. C., July 24.—Com
mercial fertilizer was used on about
33 per Cent, of the cotton acreage
this year or on about 11,500,000 acres
according to reports gathered by the
I United States Department of Agrieul
I ture. On these acres 249 pounds of
j fertilizer were applied per acre on the
average, and the total fertilizer used
was about 1,429,000 tons, with an aver
age'value of $29.48 per ton, a total
value of $3,69 per acre.
North Carolina led all states in the
application of commercial fertilizer to
cotton production, having used 410
pounds per crop acre. North Caro
lina was followed closely by Virginia
with 400 pounds per crop acre, l)ut
the other states are far below. South
Carolina having used 280 pounds pet
crop acre, Georgia 218 pounds, Alaba
ma 210 pounds, Florida, Mississippi
and Tennessee each 200 pounds. Other
states still less. Little commercial
fertilizer is used west of the Mississ
ippi river.
North Carolina also used commer
cial fertilizer on the highest percen
tage of cotton crop area, 95 per cent
In Virginia it was used on 93 per
cent of the cotton crop area, in South
Carolina on 88 per cent., ,in Georgia
83 per cent,, in Florida on 90 per
cent., in Alabama on 78 per cent., in
Mississpipi on 30 per cent., in Ten
nessee on 25 per cent., in Louisiana
on 20 per cent., in Arkansas on 15
per cent. ,and in Texas only 2 per
cent.
In the cost of fertilizer per cent of
cotton using it, North Carolina again
led with an average, of $6.35. In Vir
ginia the average pe raere was $6.19,
in South Carolina $4.12, in Georgia
$3.23, in Arkansas $3.02, in Mississ
ippi $2.95, in Alabama $2.92, in Loui
siana $2.85. in Texas $2.68, in Flori
da $2.65 and in Tennessee $2.05. ,
Comparisons cannot be made with !
former years because this. was the
first year this inquiry has been made
in its present form.
“NO MORE WAR”
SLOGAN POSTERS TO
OE POSTED MONDAY
Local W. C. T* U. Thru the Loyal Tern
perance Legion Will Display # Pos
ters Monday Carrying This Slogan
—Concerted Work All Over United
States.
The local W. C. T. U. and the Loy
al Temperance Legion will stage a
campaign Monday posting posters car
tying the slogan “NO MORE WAR”
This is a concerted movement on the
part of the W. C. T. U. in coopera
tion with the Council for Reduction
of Armaments and will be carried out
tliruout the United States. The min
isters will call attention to the cam
paign on Sunday‘and telegrams will
be sent President Harding urging his
co-operation. It is a movement that
will cause the arrest of thought.
JOHN J. COHEN WILL
ADDRESS BIBLE CUSS
Mr. John J. Cohen, of Augusta, will
address the Men’s Bible Class of the
Methodist Church, Sunday morning
at ten thirty. He comes as a repre
sentative of the Gypsy Smith Club,
of Augusta. He will discuss the
plans whereby the men of the church
,es of Waynesboro can help the church
es in the rural sections of the coun
ty. All the men of the town are in
vited to hear him.
BRITTIAN SELECTED
TO FILL PLACE OF
DR. K. G. MATHESON
Former State School Commissioned
Accepts Principalsliip of Georgia
School of Technoology—A Splendid
Educator.
Atlanta, Ga„ July 21 —M. L. Brit
tain for many years State Superinten
dent of Schools and a widely known
educator, has indicated that he will
take up his new duties as president
of the Georgia School of Technology
on August Ist, or as soon thereaf
ter as he can be spared from the
work of lias present position. Mr.
Brittain was elected president by the
Tech trustees at a recent meeting to
succeed Dr. K. G. Matheson, who re
signed to become president of Drexel
Institute in Philadelphia. N. P.
Pratt, of Atlanta has been acting
president during the interim.
The training of engineers and
technical men in order that the great
natural resources of Georgia may be
developed and the State enriched
thereby, is the ambition of President
elect Brittain.
“Georgia must get out of the class
of States that are producers alone,
and must take advantage of its varied
opportunities in manufacture and
commerce.” he states. “Our cotton, our
minerals and our metals are sold in
their raw state and they come back
to us with their value increased
many fold after they have been turn
e ( j into finished products by other
States and other nations.
“Georgia will turn more and more
to manufacturing as we grow in ap
preciation of our opportunities and
as w e train more of our young men
to be leaders in this development. I
dq not wish to appear to be decrying
the value of Georgia or our agricul
tural products and resources, but
trades and industries should go hand
in hand with agriculture.
“I realize the great responsibility
of the presidency of Tech and I
earnestly crave the sympathetic aid
co-operation of all Georgia in the
work. I think I need not pledge the
people of Georgia—with whom I have
lived and worked so long—-that I shall
try, with the co-operation of the
trustees and faculty to make Tech all
that we can hope.
“When Michael Angelo finished his
best painting, he was seen on
the opening day of the exhibition
alone, and talking to himself. One
who overheard writes that his words
were: ‘May God forgive me if I do
my best.” and my feeling is the wish
to echo his noble petition.”
NOBLE BERRIEN IS
DENIED NEW TRIAL BY
FULTON SUPERIOR COURT
Atlanta, July 24. —Judge John D.
Humphries, in the criminal division
of Fulton Superior Court, today over
ruled the motion for a new trial of R.
N. Berrien, Jr., former Atlanta bank
er, convicted in March for larceny af
ter trust of $1,600 in school warrants*
of Murray county and sentenced to
serve three to five years in the peni
tentiary.
- Counsel for Berrien announced an
unusual ground for new’ trial to be
incorporated in an appeal to the
Court of Appeals of Georgia. Attor
ney Edgar Watkins, Judge R. E. Jack
son. J. F. Echols and John S. High
binith,'' representing Berrien in March
was illegal, “because based upon an
indictment which was vojd because of
the failure of Solicitor General John
A. Boykin to have a_ former bill
against Berrien nol prossed after a
demand for trial thereon had been
filed.”
TWO NEW STORES
FOR WAYNESBORO
Murphey & Co., of Augusta, will
open a store next door to the Shel
verton’s Drug Store about August Ist
This store will be operated along the
lines of Piggly Wiggly.
The Atlantic an ( j Pacific Tea Co.,
will open a store in the Neely Build
ing recently vacated by Cates, Bros
& Johnston.
STOBEB 1».
WEATHER AND CROP
CONDITIONS REPORTED
FOR STATE THIS WEEK
i . S. Department of Agriculture—Sy
nopsis of Weather and Crop Condi
tions in Georgia for the Week End
ing Tuesday, July 25, 1J22.
• 0
Atlanta, Ga., July 26. 11)22—Al
though excessive rains were reported
io have occurred in many interior
counties of Georgia during the past
week, which interfered ?with culti
vation and injured mostly cotton and
melons, in most counties the week
was rather favorable, with sufficient
moisture to keep crops in growing’
condition. There was considerable
cloudiness, and consequently temper
atures were not excessively high In
many counties cotton made very good
growtli diuing the week, but it de
deriorated somewhat where there was
too much rain. In many counties
the weed is now large and the plants
are fruiting weH, but there is con
siderable shedding, due apparently
more to excessive moisture than to
the weevil. Cotton is opening in the
central and southern divisions pick
ing is advancing, and new bales have
been marketed. Weevils continue
very numerous and destructive. Ear
ly corn has practically all been laid
by, except where too much rain inter
fered with this work, with the crop
generally only poor to fair. On the
other hand, some late corn in the
northern division has not yet had the
first, plowing; late corn, however, is
improving, having helped by the rains
this week. Fodder pulling from early
corn is progressing in most sections
Sweet potatoes, peanuts, sugar-cane
rice and other minor crops did fairly
well. Maifj; fall white potatoes have
been planted and are coming up.
Harvesting sweet potatoes, mostly
for home consumption, is under way
in some counties, while some corres
pondents report that sweet potatoes
were still being transplanted during
the week. Pastures are fair, and hay
crops mostly pea vine, are good. Ma
ny gardens have been planted. Ship
ments of peaches are practically over
Figs and pears are good, but peacans
are poor. Melon shipments continue.
NATIONAL INTEREST
CENTERS IN LEGION
MEET INNEW ORLEANS
New Orleans, July 27.—New Orleans
will be a center of national interest
during the American Legion national
convention, October 16 to 21, as a re
suit of the presence of numerous
famous political and military leaders
President Harding has written con
vention headquarters that he will at
tend if the pressure of public affairs
does not interfere. A similar reply
has been received from General John
J. Pershing, who led the Legion men
in France, and who met with them,
in Kansas City last fall.
Major General John A. Lcjeune,
commandant of the/United States Ma
rine corps and a former resident of
New Orleans has definitely accepted
the convention invitation. During the
last week, convention headquarters
has been advised that Samuel Gom
pers, president of the Fed
eratiqn of Labor, and Kenesaw Moun
tain Landis, high Commissioner of
organized baseball, will be among the
distinguished guests.
Within the next few weeks, the Le
gion expects to receive word that a
number of distinguished World War
leaders of allied power will come to
New Orleans. The convention commit
tee hopes to entertain more notables
than the convention in Kansas* City
last year which was attended by Mar
shal Foch. General Diaz, General
Jacques, Admiral Beatty, General
Pershing and Vice? President Collidge
SMALL FIRE DAMAGE TUESDAY.
The home ami Mrs. Julia Garlick was
slightly damped by fire Tuesday
morning abouY 11 o’clock. The fire
started in the kitchen flue and was
put out by the fire department before
much damage was done.
GODIN SPECTACLE CO
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N ' s '* 'BROAD. Sl%
Eyes Thoroughly Examined
Spectacles, Eyeglasses and artificial
eyes, correctly fitted. -For twenty four
years the leading sight specialists of
lugnsta. Ga.
SEN. W. J. HARRIS
REVIEWS RIS RECORD
IN THE 0. S. SENATE
t lilted States Senator from Georgia
Tells of His Activities—Praises
Woodrow Wilson
Atlanta, July 25. —From 11 to 12
o’clock today, in the presence of a
joint session of the General Assem
bly and numerous visitors who filled
the gallery and main floor about to
capacity, United States Senator Win.
J. Harris, reviewed his activities in
the United States Senate since he has
been a member of that body, detail
ing especially bis activities on the im
port ant a ppropriations copimittee and
other committees of the senate and
saying he occupies more committee
and sub committee places than ever
before lias been accorded to a Senator
from Georgia.
The Senator said he had no apoli
gies to make that much more has not
been done in national congressional
legislation for the past year and a
half, because of the fact that the con
gress and administration are Repub
lican, and Democratic members, there
fore, are naturally under handicap. He
expressed the belief that both con
gress and the administration will
again be Democratic.
He especially went into an analysis
of the national deflation policy fol
lowing the war, and said ne hag al
ways been opposed to the deflation
policy of the Federal Reserve Bank
system, which was responsible *for
the slump and business depression
which the South especially Has felt.
He had no criticism, lie said, to make
of the Georgia officials of that sys
tem, but he opposed the confirmation
of the members o fthe board who
were responsible for adoption of the
restricting policy of deflation adopted
to control the entire system.
His refen : u n Prepvr’ent Wilson
were received w.’i tse by his
udier.
On the rostrum with Speaker W. C.
Neil, and President Herbert Clay
during the speech sat Hon. Hoke
Smith, late United States Senator. Se
He cordially greated Senator Harris
and was himself cordially greeted by
many members of the Assembly after
tiie speech by Senator Harris.
FIRSTDISTRIGTMASONS
WILL HOLD TREIR
CONVENTION SOON
District Masons to Gather at Vidalia
.Convention Will Be Held at That
Place on September 6.
The convention of the First Dis
tict Masons’ Association will be held
September 6 at Vidalia. It is expect
ed the attendance will be one of the
largest in tlie history of the associa
tion.
The officers »are:
Worshipffil Master, S. E. Hollings
worth, Sylvania.
Deputy Worshipful Master, John L.
Travis, Savannah. A
Senior Warden, L. M. Mikell,
Statesboro.
Junior Warden, R. J. Dailey, Met
ter.
Senior Deacon, W. C. Hodges,
Hinesville.
Junior Deacon, A. T. Morris States
boro.
Senior Steward, J. L. Huie, Vidalia.
Junior Steward, E. D. Wells, Sa
vannah.
Third Steward, W. S. Winn, Guy
ton.
Secretary, R. E. Riggs, Statesboro
Tyler, John Joiner, Woodcliffe.
Chaplain, J. A. Pinkston, Metter.
The office of treasurer is vacant. J.
I Lane of Brooklet who has treasur
er, recently died.
WELL BUILD A NEW HOWE
Mr. Gray Quinney sold his home re
cently to Mr. Carl Lowrey 3nd will
build a new home on his vacant lot
on Liberty street. This now home
will add much to that section of the
city. • *