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VOLUME 42.
WAYNESBORO DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY APPEAL FOR FUNDS TO PLACE BURKE COUNTY
MEMORIAL IN GEORGIA ROOM OF STONE MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL - FUND NOW LACKS $1,400
h# Now Subscribed
By Citizens of
W -ynesboro
! mes Chapter of the
Confederacy are
' ~ ;dcs in securing their
j j, i r the Stone Mountain
w hich ihey hope to
i j,.,..,} Georgia day, Feb.
,u . criptions amount
i ~, n hand, tlie largest
ig the Waynesboro
Bank of Waynes-
Xational Bank SIOO,
, (J] , llf : Confederacy SIOO,
a. Am rican Legion
1 small subscriptions
These subscrip
\, n , f r( , Waynesboro and up
’ ,j, .(.i;i none of the different
A s j, ( . ported. The chair
. in these are asked to get busy
n,i begin to .• <*nC in their reports.
> houM i 1 a great pride in
/'•■'a* a tablet sacred to their mem
jn ■.i js i' 1 orial hall. It will be
! : .o the future. It will
dll' :t( tho y unger children
We want every child
. > V( , . -I i in this great work of
unty history. Let
; ■•:!", h ig. large or small,
tve . ifrj' very person in the
’ ,v ‘o .<;■ a part in this wonder
:i vou. !1 cf Burke
| ( ,jn;y, . w. 11 ’.a UoL -d io i'.’\e a
rt in 1: Ipiag make tins great me
jvo’ial w ! Bi.ii o. 7on y. ft
• honor your father, grandfather and
great r ran ft father in having Burke
in this great me
i, trial hall at Stone Mountain.
Ti•• Margaret Jtones Chapter re
ill tea hers (f Burke county to
help with this greyt work. Will you
not clip from the daily papers and
magazines all articles written on this
subject “Si ne Mountain” and present
them to the children. Encourage writ j
ing compositions on this subject.
On Georgia day have a Stone Moun- !
mountain progr on. By that day we
wish to have tiie fund raised. We also
in Burke county to
have a pari in this work, if they only .
urged to assist
at work and help make
Burke county’s fund fcr the Memorial
a success
Mrs. Plane Will
L nveil .ee s Head
Atlanta, Jan. 12.—The realization of
i rue for Mrs. Helen
ham. 95 year old “Daughtre of fire
lonailer cy ’ in the unveiling next
Saturday, January 19 of the sculptured
portrait of Gen. Rrbert E. Lee’s head
lD ,ll( ’ stato °f Stone mountain, locat
ea twenty miles from here.
b v,as - ,lrs - Plane, widowed in the
j ll bdw the States, and since a
garter member in the U. D. C'., who
rst conceved the idea of a memorial
o tae Southland’s chieftain in the
siaes of Stone mountain. But her men
, pl(: ' llre was confined to the bare
head of the chieftain.
other members of the U. U.
took up the plan and called in Gut
, ’", r ‘ r J um * p he sculptor, it was
“ t Jorat, ' ( l ,0 depict in granite the fig-
Lee - Jackson, Davis, four oth
r (iustinit characters to be named
D , “ 1(1 a s Pread of sculpturing to
v • D , n w ho followed tthem.
wii ip ? !*“■ beeii selected to un
to iii, ad. In addition
f veterans who are
1,1 all parts of the
"'’e.-nors of several Southern
«au-s wuu attend.
dpfiiioii !, r a,n for the exercises as
' ' upon so f ar provides for the
Pl.it, !t0 , be delivered by Dr
and tw i ll;" v ?- f Emory University
1 ion to be pronounced
t’atij"|;'. :!, ‘ n jamin J. Kelley of the
fiin u °f Georgia,
in-cb’pf ' Ualdeman, commander
-1 nited Confederate
health vn ,?? s sent wor(i ttlat his
his iiiit . f ! ot I)erm *f °f his having
he h ; i, ’ i at : , Eort Myers, Florida, but
d Gen. Julian H.
®au n ' 1 ri> sent him. Gen l-falde
veter; * • ' l,tarv ol 'ders has urged ail
to do o ° COme who fi nd it possible
j T olin Page Jones
Will Fill i ulpit
Baptist Church
Hgv. lohfi
Virgin!. J age Jones, of Danville,'
°ourch 1 0 °* Lee Street Baptist j
s, or of h cl l ' G Pted a call to become I
r ' rst . Baptist church, of !
upon thi« , / eor &ia, and will enter !
Vin Pel. „ ° rnte on tbe first Sun_ i
M r . j o n Uary - - !
J 'tu a youn S man and a 1
famous family of
His gr a ; ( ,",/ }iat name in Virginia.
Jo^8 ! Ch i ht r . was Dr * J. William
father j . V: aui in Lee’s Army. His !
Pendleton Jones, of
'f°n«6, ‘ !r ginia. Dr. M. Ashby
: ! st church uf Ponce d e Leon Bap
( rter " i’ anta > Georgia, and Dr.
B apti st , ,‘ onGS ’ pastor of Second
“is u, ,1 ' Atlanta, Georgia, are
Mr j, '
s - ;t./Vw , d ! l „ rlng tlie World War
ion, a ‘ 116 Machine Gun Battal-
Mr.
j ge, * v'!,'^. s educated at Newberry
fuptist (, arolina; Southern
L Uci; y an i rF ln ry » Louisville, Ken
■Pnsyiv ni > r >Zf r em^nary > Chester,
; v * r - JC. vv^e Was the daughter of
a Pr ° ! . f .nr» of^ ynchbur K« Virginia,
( ° n in i ... aptist layman and dea
®|ty. She USt Baptist Church of that
!f a Ppa of L a gra duate and Phi Beta
'ilege r ■ a a { i olph-M?con 0 lph-M?con Woman’s
npshn *' hbury ’ r E in a.
■ wiß extend a hearty
"ns estimable family.
MEMORIAL HALL TO BE QUARRIED
OUT OF MOUNTAIN
Memorial Hall will be quarried out
ot the mountain immediately under
neath the central group. Thirteen in
jcisions will be made for removing the
granite, and when the hall is finished
these openings will form the winuo vs
and central entrance, thirteen in num
ber. each one dedicated to a ; .m- '
erate state. The length £ Alemona.
Hla.l will be 320 feet, running paraih :
with the face of the precipice, it wii:
go back into the mountain 60 feet
deep and will be 40 feet high
floor to ceiling. Floor, walls and -n
ing will be formed by the body r
the mountain. No building m vie* =
will be introduced into the hall c \
immense bronze doors in the imr n\
in the center and bronze frames an
stanied glass in the wind wsf ~:o *
the front of Memorial Hall will s\ . ,
a. broad granite esplanade forn: -d , v
cutting a shelf in the moi;nn y
Icngtli of the hall. A majestic grir,
stairway will ascend to the entYam .
from the plain.
In Memorial Hall will be cathero
for perpetual safe keeping C: ro,
and relics of the Confedora v.
will. he preserved the names o> e
Confederate rosters in existence i
rester of each state in o sop ~c
ceotacle. On the walls of Memo del
Hall will be place! bronze tablets > *r
ing the names and deed- of ••••>
erate soldiers, or others who oecv
the Confederacy, in whose memory
their descendants gave Found'd ; Ti
contributions cf SI,OOO 1 ? -
Like a shining band of gob* fb •
Founders Roll tablets will encirri ■
walls of this sacred shrine of so< r e
memories. Over the wir.da •• r.d
trance will |)p erec tel v?’ j•• .
bronze tablets bearing the names ;
the Governors and State House Of
ficers of the thirteen Confederate
states from IStfl to 1865, together with
a summary of the military forces con- j
tributed by each state to the Confed
eracy.
Granite Amphitheater Will Col- j
lseum
At the base of the mountain, on the
rgiht of Memorial Hall, where a re
cess in the precipe forms a natural
sounding board of immense power, will
be built the Amphitheater, a huge
granite structure rivaling the Colise
um of ancient Rome. Granite remov
ed from Memorial Hall will supply the
material. At the back of the stage,
in a blocked out incision in the' re
cess, will be built the world’s great
est pipe organ.
Such in brief outline is Gutzon
Borglum’s plan which has thrilled
the imagination of the civilized world.
In every country having any art or
education it has been received with
boundless enthusiasm.
Most Famous Sunday Lclioo! Workers
Render Program in Waynesboro Today
fljij!
...
DR. MARION LAWRENCE
“Prince of the Sunday School Ren of
the World.”
For over thirty years Superinten
dent of the Washington St. Congre
gational Sunday School,-Toledo, Ohio.
During his administration the school
increased from a membership of one
hundred to ever fourteen hundred, and
became known as one of the most effi
cient and thoroughly organized Sun
day Schools in America. Upon Dr.
Lawrence’s leaving Toledo he was el
ected Honorary Superintendent for
life, and the school renamed “The
Marion Lawrence Sunday School.”
Ten years General Secretary Ohio
j Sunday School Association; twenty
three years General Secretary Inter
national Sunday School Association;
j four years Joint General Secretary
i World Sunday School Association; re
! cently elected Consulting General
| secretary for life of the International
Sunday School Council.
Has visited Europe and Asia ten
times in the interest of the organized
; Sunday School work; visited and lec
tured in every state of the United
States and every Province of Canada,
j traveling thirty thousand miles a year
;—an aggregate of over a million miles
and ten thousand lectures —in the in
terest of Sunday School work. One of
the most popular speakers on the
American platform.
Author of “How to Conduct a Sun
day School Organized for Service.” and
“Special Days in the Sunday School.”
Officially represents twenty-seven
denominations in Sunday School work
Program at Methodist Church Saturday
Saturday Morning January 19th.
11.00 Devotional. Prof T. J. Lance.
11.15 The Finest of the Fine Arts.
Dr. La.rwrence. Lawrence.
12.05 Adjourn.
©I)C %rm Citizen.
Engineers Say Stone Mountain Mountain Memorial Project
Is Entirely Practical- —“Gen Lee’s Head Unveiled Today
Program for
Lee's Birthday
The following program for the cele
bration Lee’s birthday wlil be carried
out at the W aynesboro Academy Au
ditorium Saturday morning.
Robert E. Lee —Hansel. Stembrifige.
Georgia Volunteer—Sara Lovett
The Jacket of Gray—Ellon Calls ay
The Southern Girl, The Bonnie Hue
Flag will be sung by a chorus.
Furl That Banner—Frank Skinner
This program was arranged by the
Daughters of the Confederacy acting
with Supt. Lance and everybody is in
vited to be present at the exercises.
33R. THOMAS SI (Eli I I VANS
Native of Pennsylvania, first inur
ested and active in Sunday School
work at the age of 17. when he avus
superintendent of a Sunday School
numbering 400.
Graduate of Princetoi«*Unviersity,
1897; President of Philadelphian So
ciety during his senior year.
1897-1913, executive secretary of the
Christian Association at the Universi
ty of Pennsylvania, with the excep
tion of one year.
1900-1901 —Secretary of the Phila
delphian Society, Princeton University
1915-1918 —Secretary of the Phila
delphian Society at Princeton Univer
sity.
1918- —lndustrial Department of
the International Committee of the Y.
M. C. A. War Work Council.
1919- —Executive Secretary of
the Student Christian Association, Uni
Iversity of Michigan.
1921—International Association of
Daily Bible Schools.
Mr. Evans was first interested in the
Daily Vacation Bible School work at
the Pennsylvania University Settle
ment. of whLli he was the founder,
and where he and Mrs. Evans were
head workers from 1898 until about
1908. Their interest in tiie work con
tinued and whenever it was possible
they enlisted students in the work of
the Vacation Schools. His present po
sition is that of Secretary of the In
ternational Association of Daily Vaca
tion Bible Schools.
Saturday Afternoon, January 19ih
3.00 Devotional. Mr. R. L. Oliver.
3.15 . The Vacation CLuich School
Today. Mr. Evans.
3.50 Song.
3.55 The Ten Commandments for
Sunday School Workers. Dr Evan:;.
4.40 Adjourn.
Waynesboro, Ga., January 19, 1924.
Hollins N. Randolph, president of
he Stone Mountain Confederate Mon
imental association, on SAurday made
public a report by a committee of en
gineers composed of Hunter McDon
ald, Charles G. Adist and L. W. Rob
ert, Jr., concerning the project of
carving an immense Confederate mili
tary panorama across the precipice
on the northern side of the mountain.
In their report, based upon a study
at the mountain, these eminent au
thorities declared the project “pre
sents no difficulties whatsoever from
an engineering standpoint;” that the
methods used by Mr. Borglum show
clearly that the sculptor possesses
great capacity as an engineer as well
as an artist; that the cost and time
required to complete the project wlil
“demand largely upon the promptness
with which the funds are made avail- j
,able; f ’ that the nature of Stone
mountain granite is such as to make
the carved figures “more durable than
any othei monument ev ;■ profiu- ed by
human h uuL. ’
Another imporinat ana interesting
point contained in Uio report of the
engineers is ‘hat the plan cf Mr.
Borglum ca nbe carried ot completion
after he las made toe models ct the
various griiis composing the pnna
rama. In other words, that the com
pletion of the memorial is not ocutin
gent upon the life M cn individual.
The text of the report follows;
“Stone Mountain Confederate
Monumental Associate ii.
“Atlanta, La.
“Gentlemen: In response to
your request, we have visited
Stone mountain with a view of
studying ivu n ar ongin .ct i. g
stanpoint the project of carv
ing along its side a panoramic rep
resentation of the various pave
ments, with like :ess *s of vbe more
prominent officers ql the Army ci
the Southern C mi- iurac/.
“The project presents nc diffi
culties whatsoever, from an en
gineering StHUdoUl IL, v': 11 1 1
not be overcome.
“The methods pursued and the
results already Hccomposhed show
clearly that Mr. Borglum possesses
the genius not only of the artist
but of the engineer.
“He has imbued ins entire or
ganization, including the negro
laborers, with his own enthusiasm
and desire to see the emergence
of the lifelike figures from the
solid granite.
“The cost and time of its exe
cution will depnd largely upon the
promptness with which the neces
sary funds are made available, in
order that the initial equipment
may be adequate and complete.
“It is difficult for one who has
not aetu lly seen Stone Mountain
to realize how readily its smooth
and almost perpendicular side
lends itself to the execution of this
gigantic memorial.
“After Mr. Borglum has suc
ceeded in expressing in miniature
his own conception or this won
derful procession, and outlined the
figures, there will be no room for
doubt of the ability of his orga
nization to complete the project.
“The millions of years of ex
had only a superficial effect.
There is every reason to believe
that the figures which will be carv
ed from the virgin rock at a depth
beyond and past disintegrating
influences will be more durable
than any monument ever produced
by human hands.
“Respectfully submitted,
“HUNTER MCDONALD,
“CHARLES A. ADIST,
“L. W. ROBERT, Jr.”
The survey and report were made
Louis railroad, and si one x>f the lead
ing railroad engineers in the country,
and a past president of the American
Society of Civil Engineers. He took a
. special interest in studying the work
j of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
, at the request of Mrfl Randolph, who
j granite has been subjected have
posure to which this mass of
| appointed Mr. Robert to form a com
| mittee, study the work at the moun
-1 tain, and give a frank opinion on
the practical phases.
(Continued on last page)
mm Bridge to
Be Erected Across
Ogeechee River
The Ogeechee river at Midville will
be bridge in a short while with a $60,-
000 bridge and that part of the road
through Burke county from Waynes
boro to Swainsboro via Midville will
become a part of the state highway
system.. It is known as state route
Number 26.
This action was decided at a joint
meeting of the County Commissioners
of Burke county, Emanuel county and
• the State Highway Commissioner John
(Holder held at Midville last week.
Federal aid will be available to the
! amount of 50 per cent, Burke county
; p ying 25 per cent and Emanuel coun-
Itv paying 25 per cent of the cost of
■the erection cf this bridge. The state
will accept the road if the project is
j immediately started
j The bridge is to be built of treated
! timber at a cost of $60,000 according to
j the requirements of tlie government
1 and state standards. It is to begin
iat a point 6100 feet north of the river
bank and end at a point a mile and a
half south of the point of beginning
where the present road is above ex
treme high water.
| Burke county has further agreed to
put up her money in cash to help build
this bridge.
Bunkp to Assist
Veterans Fight
for Compensation
Gainesville, Ga., January 16.—John
R. Quinn, National Commander, The
j American Legion, has appointed Edgar
: B. Dunlap, State Commander, Georgia
Department, on the Natonal Legisla
tive Committee, headed by Mr. Aaron
Sapiro, of California. Mr. Dunlap
| leaves for Washington on Sunday, Jan
uary 20, to assist in the fight for ad
i justed compensation for the veterans:
of hte World War. In regard to the
bill now before Congress, Mr. Dunlap
state: “The Government has adjusted
the compensation of the railroads, of
hte war contractors, of the -Federal
employes and even the personnel of.
the Army and Navy, but they have yet.
to adjust the compensation of the
great majority of the men who did the
actual fighting. The ex-servicc man
asks no reward for his services in uni
form but if he is forced to bear his:
share of the expenses of the w:r, as,
well as give his services, if he is
forced to pay his share of the bonus'
given the railroads and war contrac
tors, then he has a just right for an
adjustment of his compensation. The
people of the United States have
shown that they want this debt to the i
ex-service men paid by the enactment j
of bonus legislation in 22 states and |
by various straw ballots held through |
out the country. It is inevitable legis j
lation and I am confident that with the i
united strength of the entire ex-ser
vice population favoring it the sol
dier’s adjusted compensation bill will
be enacted into a law at the present
session of Congress.”
Modern Woodmen
Initiate Ten
[
New Members
•
The regular meeting of Modern
Woomen of America was held at the
Masonic Temple Wednesday night and
! ten candidates were initiated into the
j mysteries of this order. Before the
j initiation ceremonies an oyster sup
jper was served adding much to the
enjoyment of the meeting. Messrs
Crane, Welsh and Pague, of. Augusta,
were present to assist in the initiation
and made good talks to the lodge.
•or :~?*£CTACU£_CQ
OPTOME rRI A'^StToPTOMETRISO
""BROAD,
EYES THOROUGHLY EXAMINED
Building for Post
Office Sought by
Citizens of City
At i mss meeting of the citizens
>f Waynesboro Tuesday night peti
i ■ .is wee drawn up asking the sup
port of Congressman R. Lee Moore
and the two Georgia Senators for a
post, office building for Waynesboro.
The position taken was that the pres
ent building was entirely inadequate,
and that the government nliea v >mi
a lot upon which to erect a building
If it is not p ,ssed there is every prob
ability that one can be secured if the
present circumstances of the present
location is properly placed before the
committee on public buildings. The
olicy of the government as outlined
is to erect post (Tices waece the need
is as great as it is here. Added t. >
this the post office receipts are more
than 20 per cent over the 1922 re
ceipts and for January they are more
than 20 per cent more than the
wTirde month of January, 1921.
The mass meeting was a very en
thusiastic one and was called to order
by Arthur Evans. Capt. W. M. Fulcher
was made chairman and several prom
inent citizens outlined possible plans
(or act;;n
A committee consisting of Clarence
Rowland, Sidney Bates and Albert
Braswell w r as appointed to press the
matter, and the spirit of the meeting
was that there should be no let
. P until something definite was learn
ed.
The committee from the Rotary
Club will also act w r ith this committee
of citizens in pressing the claims rf
Woynesloro for post office building.
Waynesboro Wins
Rotary Contest
With Augusta
At the luncheon Tuesday of the Ro
tary Clnb it was announced that the
Waynesboro club had won the atten
dance contest with Augusta. This
contest was entered into at the be
ginning of the year 1923 and our club
was the winner by about 5 pomes. The
Augusta Rotary Bulletin says.
“A year ago the Rotary Ciub of
Waynesboro issued a challenge to tlie
Augusta Club for an attendance con
test between the two clubs, to extend
through the year 1923. For about
eight months the race was nip and
tuck, but in the final. months ot the
year the Burke Countyites pulled
themselves together and tcok the load
winding up a 100% meeting in De
cember,. and made their average for
the year about 5% better than ours. It
is therefore up to us to entertain
them at a lunchean. The Board of
Directors have therefore made bur
regular meeting on January 29th
’’Waynesboro Day,” and an invitation
has been extended to them to bring
their club 100% to meet with us. A
suitable program will be arranged,
ana a ‘ good time will be had by all.”
The meeting was a most enthusias
tic one and a splendid program was
carried out altho the program commit
tee for the day did not serve. A com
mittee was appointed consisting of
Jack Lance, Alvin Neely and W. L.
Sullivan to draw up resolutions from
the club and send to members in
congress asking them to take up the
post office building for Waynesboro.
The announcement that an* effort was
being made to organize a Kiwanis
Club in the city met with hearty ap
plause and brought forth many favor
able comments from the different
members.
President Arthur Evans appointed a
program committee for the next meet
ing and urged that a 100 per cent at
tendance greet hte Augustans the fol
lowing Tuesday, at which time the lo
cal club will celebrate with Afiiguata
their attendance victory.
liwanis Club
Is Proposed for
Waynesboro
Efforts are being made to organize a
Kiwanis Club in Waynesboro and with
that end in view a delegation from
the Swainsboro Club paid Waynesboro
a visit last Saturday calling on Hon.
H. C. Hatcher to assist them. Mr.
Hatcher has taken the matter up with
several of our citizens and it is fully
expected that within, a short time a
full fledged Kiwanis Club will be or
ganized and chartered here.
The Citizen is heartily in favor of
the organization and wishes those in
charge god speed in their work. We
believe that it will he to the very best
interests of the city to have another
club organized along the lines propos
ed, for the friendly rivalry between
the Rotary Club and the Kiwanis Club
will help put both clubs on their met
tle. And with about eighty citizens
working for the interests of the city
in the two organizations Waynesboro
is going to be benefltted immensely.
Downs Named as
Head of Central
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 16.,-L. A.
Downs, vice president of the Central
of Georgia Railway, was elected presi
d n nt of this road at a special meeting
of the board of directors here today.
Her succeeds W. A. Winburn, deceas
ed.
H. D. Pollard, general superinten
dent, was named general manager,
and the superintendeney abolished. C.
T. Airey, vice president and traffic
manager, was appointed to the board of
directors.
NUMBER 44
Change to Be
Asked in Dixie
Highway Route
Thi3 year’s meeting of the diiector
of the Dixie Highway Association will
be held at Savannah, Georgia, May 21-
22, according to an announcement
made from national headquarters at
Chattanooga, Tennessee,, by Judge M.
M. Allison, President. The selection
of Savannah as the place for the an
nual meeting was made by the Execu
tive Committee of the Association at
a recent meeting, at which time it was
decided to recommend to the
Board the eelction of two addiional
Directors from each state represented
in the Association, with the exception
of Tennessee. All of the states have
three representatives on the board at
present, with the exception of Tenn
essee, which has ten, North Carolina
which has two and South Carolina
which has one. This will ,if the recom
a ndation is approved by the Board of
Directors, bring the total for Michi
gan iilinois, Indiana, Ohio. Kentucky,
Georgia and Florida up to five, with
four for North Carolina and three for
South Carolina.
The present Board of Directors is
as follows: *
Michigan—Judge P. T. Colgrove,
Hastings; Frank Hamilton, Traverse
City; Wm. E. Metzger, Detroit.
i Illinois—Richard J. Finnegan, Chi
i cage; Vv n. G. Edens, Chicago.
Indiana; Thomas Taggart, French
Lick; Carl G. Fisher, Indianapolis;
Senator Samuel M. Ralston, Indiana
polis.
Ohio—J. Stacy Hill, Cincinnati; Dr.
C. L. Bonifleld, Cincinnati; John L.
Snuff, Caminnati.
Kentucky—H. B . Hanger, Rich
mond; Harvey Myers, Covington; Dr.
Ira M. Bcswell, Georgetown.
Tennessee —Juqge M. M. Allison,
President; John C. I.orell, Vice Presi
dent; W. R. Long, Treasurer; Rich
ard Hardy, T. It. Pres rm. A. F. San
ford, Juuge Nathan Bachman Milt.n
B. Ochs, E Od Redd, Mark K. Wilson,
all of Chattanooga.
Georgia- \V. 1 Anderson, Ma< >n:
Clark Howell, Sr., Atlanta, F. E.
Twitty, Brunswick.
Florida, Frank B. Shutts, Miami;
F. O. Miller, Jacksonville; Hugh Mac
donald, Fort Meyers.
N. Carolina, N. Buckner, Asheville;
Dr. L. B. Mose, Clinging Rock.
S. Carolina—E. L. Gadget, Edgefield.
A great deal of inloiosc : n inis meet
ing is predicaed on the fact that :he
directors will hear delegations irem
several sections along the highway re
garding changes in the present rout
ing. It has been suggested that the
highway between Bowling Green, Ky.,
and Nashville, Tenn, be re-routed v a
Franklin and Springfield instead of
via Russellville as oridinaliy desig
nated. Another change contemplated
in the Highway is between Augusta
and Savannah,. Georgia. The present
designation is via Waynesboro- Mil
len-Sylvania to Savannah. The ques
tion of re-routing the Dixie Highway
via Waynesboro-Millen-Statesboro to
Savannah will be taken up by the di
rectors at this meeting.
The Dixie Highway extends from
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to Miami,
Florida, covering a total mileage—
! eastern, western and Carolina divis
' ions—of approximately 5.800 miles. A
j detail report will be made at the an
-1 nual meeting coverning the prestnt
statuts of the entire Dixie Highway
system. A recent map issued from
National Headquarters at Chattanooga
I shows that practically seventy-five per
j cent of the Dixie Highway is now in
good all-weather condition. Some
j marked improvements and new con
j struction are now under way.
Recent Cold Spell
Killed Oats and
Early Gardens
The oat crop of Burke county was
billed, as also all early garden truck.
Even coilards and young cabbages
were killed. The loss is costly to our
farmer as seed oats are scarce.
We doubt if a single boll weevil was
killer, or any other of the insect pests
All the talk about boll weevils being
dead is “just rot.” The farmer who
fails to use calcium arsenate poison
on his cotton will find this out next
season.
Every time it freezes buy moro poi
son for your cotton.
The plumbers have been kept busy
ever since the freeze repairing burst
€d pipes, etc. It was a red letter oc
casion for them.
Grady McElmurray
Elected Member
of City Council
The city election held Wednesdaj
for mayor and three councilmen re
sulted in the election of Gray McEl
murray to the city council from the
third ward. This race was the only
one that attracted any attention
as the other candidates were unop
posed. The vote was as follows.
Mayor—Frank S. Palmer.
Council Ist ward—Gray Quinney.
Council 2d. ward— R. J. Ellison.
Council 3d. ward—H. G. McElmur
ray 144 votes; W. W. Hargroves 63;
B. J. Hatcher 44. The council held
£ called meeting immediately after the
, votes were counted and made the an
nouncement This is the first city
election held under the Australian bal
lot system recently adopted by Burke
i county and all city elections are held
under this system.
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