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'VOLUME 42.
Rstnct F. T. A.
9 Con ition Here
I Rarch 20 and 21
■ r vV .. IP.T. A. Convention
§9 T T ■■re March 20 and 21.
’ .li-caaion long hoped
19 : "n- '■ ( ; ro. As we wish to
B9 cr ! t0 ■: ivs coming hero, the
|9 ll0W ,; ■ ,:t of Waynesboro. We
B rU)> . . i: wing committees,
T. A. meeting Wed
-9 ;: f ra iiy to the organization and
■fet us n-i a great day for tho
B C °rnn?mit?eo to Secure homes and
■ L n ‘ tn , ■ re hoon to be given at the
■ 2 cf Mrs. A. F. Evans. Mrs.
■f" lD ,< ilrman; Mesdames
I S cox, E. G. Morris, E. V. Heath,
V I Johnston, Robert Blount, Corker
n..rton Henry Vaughn, Gus Branan,
5 U j wall cc, 11. M. McClure, Morgan
Lion Jinks Herrington, Lester Gil-
S and Mrs. John Palmer.
Committee to serve at Mrs. Evan's
Hon)P preparations —Mrs. Battle
smrk?, chairman; Mesdames. W. C.
Hargrove, W. C. Hillhouse, Guess
Stroud, Branan, Stroup and March
committee to serve at Mrs. Evans’
Ev ns chairman —Mesdames W. F.
a Fvans ’ c. L. Rowland, F. S. Burney,
I Will Taylor, W. M. Fulcher Edwin
I Fulcher Leona Powell and Miss Plum
I silver Committee —Mrs. John Redd
chairman ; Mesdames J. J. Johnston, E.
■ b Gresham. Will Johnson, L. J.
■ Porter, Ben Hatcher, and Ernest Mun
I Saucers and Glasses Commit
■ ( ee _Mrs. Jrnl Gray, chairman; Mes- ■
| dames Henry Daniel, S. A. Gray, E. ;
| V. Heath, Sim Phelps, Frank Gray,,
I yilian L ster, T. J. Lance and John i
Palmer. '
Plate end Napkins committee—Mrs. !
W. J. Bowen, chairman; Mesdames j
Robert Blount, J. L. Black, Lassiter, |
I. P. Herrington, Stewart, J. V. Bur- 1
ten, S. C. Jones, L. E. Hatcher and
| Capers Herrington.
Reception Committee. —Mrs. Sydney
Bates, chairman; Mesdames Albert]
Braswell, Frank Brinson, Jessie PaJ
mer, Grady McElmurray, Wilkes Law, j
J. M. Byne, James Brinson, I. V. j
Rainwater, J. F. Neely, Willie McCath
ern and the P. T. A. officers.
Stage Committee —Mrs. F. M. Cates,
Jr., chairman; Mesdames Jno. Apple-
white, Joe Law, Roger Hurst, Hugh
Blount, R. A. Bell, Jinks Herrington
and G. A. Steadman.
School House Committee —Mrs. Ja,ck
Hewitt, chairman—Mesdames Louis
Heath, Cliff Hargrcve, John G. Her
rington, Floyd Cox and Primary teach
' ers.
Committee on Grounds. —Mrs. C. C.
Burton chairman; Mesdames Hamp
Blount, Lon Blount, J. C. Andrews,
U. H. Kelley, Carl Lowrey, Hugh Mac
auley, Stribling, Geo. Murrow and high
school teachers.
Service Committee—The teachers.
Publicity Committee—Mrs. Jud Gray
• Mrs S C Cox nd Mrs. R.. C. Lovett.
* Call Mrs. Lovett for any explanation
concerning committees, phone No. 122
Local Legion Men
Hear Commander
Quinn Tuesday
Quite a delegation cf local Ameri
can Legion member were present at
the dinner served to National Com
mander Quinn in Augusta Monday
night.. Mr. Quinn arrived in the city
nf Augusta early in the afternoon and
bis time was taken up with visits to
Lynwood Hospital, an Auxiliary meet
ing, the arsenal and other points of
interest about this historic old city,
and in the afternoon at 6.30 a real
i old fashioned Georgia barbecue was
: the Masonic Temple. Mr.
Q.unn was accompanied by several
members of his personal staff, and
Commander Dunlap of the Georgia
op.!.tment. Mia speech, while long
v. ' m>! tiresome, and make quite an
impression upon his hearers. He tcok
. e. ! . ary Mellon to task regarding the
adjusted compensation bill, and told
.. ! ‘ >vor k of the Legion thruout
the country.
Among the Waynesborians present
'vere: Commander H. J. Morton, Rev.
John Page Jones, W. L. Sullivan. H.
o' , ( w - C. Lewis, Herman
P • 1 8. Llmer Morris and others.
Mrs. Edw Blount
Organizes an
Underwood Club
ha^nt^ ai ; d . C - BloUnt > of this city,
Sector A ed T^ erSelf the CaUße 0f
rlnh t f orrne d an Underwood
in th ' Ud '-'j fcr nomination
marv nn P L e d u ntial Preferential pri
an ene L f r( h Mrs ' is an
larw n S C w ° rker and has a large
g nuraber of names on her list
KEEPING MONEY AT HOME~The merchants of Waynesboro pay a large part of the taxes which are spent for local pur
poses. When you spend money with them you know some of it is going to pay for fire protection, schools,
upkeep of streets, etc. When you send money away from home none of it ever comes back for your double benefit. Do you think of
that when you search through the catalogues of the mail order houses? The local benefits you receive from money spent at home will
more than make up for differences in price, if any, between local purchases and the questionable “bargains” ofttimes received.
The Advertising merchants are supporting a local business which the town could ill afford to be without, and are thereby practic
ing what they have a right to expect from you. While we bespeak your support of all the business houses of Waynesboro first, nat
urally we solicit for those who support us your especial consideration.
Enterprises With a Weekly Pay Roll Will
Help Hake Waynesboro a Prosperous City
nnnnn!r ltrieS overall and tire cover factory has moved into larger and more
f qaarters and is Practically doubling its capacity. It is these en
tn Lmpthi/ !?,°“ ey into the cit y and make its weekly pay roll amount
to something that will benefit the entire community.
+v. . oro T l 3? a ** ew Bmall manufacturing enterprises and needs more
t I to add to its prosperity. A furniture factory, chair factory, coffin
tactory, and many other industrial plants could be established here that
wouiu employ skilled labor and turn money into the channels of trade that
would be most welcome to our business men.
is it lways open fleld f° r progress in every community and Way
,, . 1 as tden V on *y thing needed is the active co-operation of our
. m 8 F 3 6? helping build and secure these enterprises. By working
together Instead of always knocking we can accomplish much. It is high
unc that Aaynesboro wake up to its interests and begin to attract some of
hese enterprises to our city. It will pay you to help build up your city.
Mont sit idly by, Micawber like, and wait for something to turn up. but
start something. Help the Rotary Club, help organize the Kiwajiis Club, help
orgaime ttie Board of Trade, now in process of organization. Help to boost
Waynesboro and Burke county by action rather than by words.
City Receives
Plans for the
Hawkes Library
The city council received plans this
week for the Hawkes Memorial Lib
rary offered to the city about a year
ago, and which has been accepted. The
plans were returned to the trustee of
this fund for his approval and it is
expected that work will begin on this
building within the next sixty days.
At the special meeting of the city
council Monday afternoon several or
dinances relative to getting things in
shape for paving were passed, and
arrangements made to give the prop
erty owners who wished it five years
time on their part of the paving. This
arrangement was completed. The
bonds have been validated and their
sale will come next.
hTe city is doing some needed pub
lic work and deserves the thanks of
our citizenry for the interest mani
fested in these things.
With the paving project, new school
addition, sewera,ge system being in
stalled across the railroad, and the
library building, there will be spent
something like $150,000 for public im
provements in the city within the
next year.
Guernsey’s Talk
Feature Rotary
Club Meeting
The Waynesboro Rotary Club was
visited Tuesday by District Governor
Ken Guernsey, of the 39th district,
who paid his official visit to the club
at that time. Gov. Ken was welcomed
by the club as a whole and he made
one of the best addresses the club has
had the pleasure of hearing since its
organization two years ago.
Mr. Guernsey stressed the import
ance of Rotary ideals and living up to
them in his talk and held the club
interested for more than fifteen minu
tes. After the transaction of the regu
lar routine business, the governor,
boa,rd of directors and members of
standing committees held a business
session at which he gave much as
sistance to the club.
In addition to the governor, Presi
dent Herbert Lorick and Secretary
John Jordan, ,of the Augusta Club
were present, having brought Mr.
Guernsey from Augusta for the meet
ing and taking him back for the meet
ing of that club Tuesday evening at
which they had their ladies night.
Mr. Guernsey spoke very highly of
the Waynesboro club and its welcome
and made many friends while in the
city.
The club luncheon was one of the
best that has been served upon any
regular occasion and was thoroughly
enjoyed.
Waynesboro K. of P.
Lodge Is Active
and Progressive
Waynesboro Lodge No. 96 Knights
of Pythias is one of the most active
and progressive secret orders on the
city and since their last meeting
night a. number of candidates have
been secure for the ranks of Knight
hood. . The lodge is now under the
leadership of Mr. Sam P. Wheeier, as
Chancellor Commander and he is re
ceiving the active and earnest support
of his membership. Plans for an en
thusiastic meeting is being made when
the candidates reach the third rank,
and it is expected that some team
from one of our neighboring cities
will be asked to ccme to the city and
put on the third in amplified form. It
will be a great occasion and the
Knights are looking forward to it with
much interest. The Waynesboro lodge
will pass its 26th anniversary this
month.
%i)t UPruc Citizen.
What are the prospects in Georgia for
the man on the soil and for the far-ranging
interests that lean upon his welfare No
wiser answer, we believe, and none more
heartening will be found than a business
letter lately written by the president of a
large mortgage concern, who has studied
rural loans in this state for upwards of
forty years, and whose people for a cen
tury and a half have lb ed and died on Ge or
gia farms. Appealing to his clients in more
than one hundred counties to keep up their
interest notes and taxes at any sacrifice, no
matter how cheerless the immediate out
look may be, he gives reasons for his own
faith in Georgia and sets forth a wealth of
illuminating facts. Back in the seventies,
and eighties, he recalls when the shadows of
the War Between the States still lingered,
land values were so low that “when we be
gan making loans it was impossible to find
anyone who had a definite idea of what an
acre was worth; in those days a loan of five
dollars an acre was considered liberal ”
From that time until 1920 land values in
creased not less than tenfold. Moreover, the
interval between those years abounds with
evidences of the recuperative power and the
steady progress of farm values in Georgia.
In the financial panic of 1893 men w no lack
ed foresight and the courage of faith could
not see how times ever again could be good,
anid, failing to meet obligations, they suffer
ed their farms to fall in to other hands. But
a few years afterwards, as our letter writer
testifies, “these same farmers saw the
values of these same lands almost double,
and all their lives they regretted that they
had not been more vigorous in efforts to
save their homes.” So, too, in the depress
ion of 1907, many lost heart and abandoned
their farm holdings, only to find later that
what they had sacrificed at foreclosure
sales, had subsequently doubled or trebled
in price. Again in 1914, under the shock of
the World War, business staggered and
farm interests suffered accordingly, cotton
having only a beggar’s market if any at all.
But in 1916 the tide again began turning,
and flowed on to days of unprecedented
good fortune. How bitter then the
thoughts of those who had not held coura
geously on in the season of adversity!
All this is history well worth pondering
at a time when Georgia farmers still feel
the stress of the reaction that followed the
inflation of the war years and suffer, be
sides, from the boll weevil pilage. To all
who are dispirited, we commend these reas
suring words from one who writes out of
an abundance of experience: “Just as cer
tainly as values rose again after the days of
the Civil War, just as certainly as they in
creased after the panic of 1893 and 1907,
just as certainly as they advanced after the
war broke out in Europe in 1914, just so
certainly will they react from the present
prices and rise again to the level of 1919 and
1920. I want to say to you that if you per
mit your farm to pass from you at this time
simply because you feel unable to raise the
comparatively small amount necessary to
pay interest and taxes, you will never cease
to regret it. In a short time you will see
this very farm reach the point where it
will sell for as much money as it would have
Waynesboro, Georgia, March Ist, 1924.
| Unusual Auto
i
Accident Hurts
Mr. L. J. Porter
Mr. L. J. Porter suffered an un
usual automobile accident Monday
while making some adjustments on his
car. He had the car jacked up and
was under it, when the jack slipped,
letting the car down on him injuring
his back severely. He is now confin
ed to bis home is under medical at
tention.
Mr. Portre is city leectrician and is
a very popular citizen and his friends
hope to learn of his early recovery.
HAVE FAITH IN GEORGIA
brought in 1918. And I say this with full
appreciation of the fact that the boll weevil
is here to stay. That makes no difference.
The three million people in this state are
not going to surrender the fight and give up
in despair. If you read the newspapers,
you know that on the South the State of
Florida is enjoying unprecedented prosperi
ty. You know that the states of Texas,
Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama on the
west have practically recovered from the
weevil and are prospering. (I can tell you
that on all the farm lands we have in Ala
bama, we have no difficulty with interest
and taxes). The State of North Carolina
has become so prosperous as to attract the
attention of people everywhere; there is
no talk of hard times in North Carolina.
Still more remarkable, the state of South
Carolina on the east of us, which sank as
low as Georgia on account of the boll weevil
and deflation, has already recovered and
surpassed Georgia in cotton production.
Let no one convince you that Georgia farm
ers will remain in a plight, or that the
values of Georgia farm lands are not cer
tain to advance. The farmer who now
buckles down to the task of saving his lands
will reap a reward, and reap it within a
short time.”
This well-reasoned optimism shoul d do
more than inspire the farmer himself to
heroic efforts; it should also inspire his
business and banking friends to more than
ever liberal measure of co-operation in his
behalf. He is, in the main, now better cir
cumstanced than a year ago, and better able
to turn fresh opportunities to account. If
he makes a good crop in the seasons just
ahead, and at the same time raises the bulk
of his own food supplies, he will be thriving
ly on the way to independence; and as a re
sult all Georgia will pulse with new pros
perity. But he must be encouraged in
crop diversification and helped to adopt
the “Hen-Hog-Cow” program, with its
debt-lifting, stabilizing, wealth-creating
and wealth-conserving power. Business
and civic leaders in every county can do
no better turn than to ascertain the par
ticular needs and opportunities of fanners
in the matter of financing such enterprises,
as well as in meeting urgent obligations.
Turner county already has done so, and in
consequence is framed the Southland over
for thrift and for progress.
Georgia’s golden age lies futureward.
Her richest harvests are yet to be garnered,
her goodliest fortunes yet to be earned, her
most wonderful possibilities yet to be realiz
ed . Certain readjustments there undoubted
ly must be, ere her happiest era, especially
in agriculture, can fairly begin. For one
thing, there must be a breaking up of large
plantations into relatively small farms,
worked, not by serf-like tenants, but by
owners having a stake in the commonwealth
and the heart-lifting incentive of a home to
work for. The economic forces that will
bring this about are already. astir. Old
things that long have handicapped are
about to pass away. New ideas, new ener
gies are militant in Georgia; and new hopes
light her horizon. Happy the citizen who
holds to his faith in her, and honored if he
labors as a patriot to bring that faith to
pass!—The Atlanta Journal.
New Hotel for Waynesboro is Attracting
Much Attention-Committee Meeting Soon
The meeting held last week to discuss the building of a. new and mod
ern semi-tourist hotel for Waynesboro is attracting much attention and
members of the committee appointed to aid Mr. McElmurray in his work
of interesting our people in/the proposition are hard at it seeking to secure
enough money to make a favorable report at the next meeting which will
be held sometime within the next week or ten days.
The proposition is also attracting outside attention, as a number of
letters have been received and the Savannah Press says “it will be a sur
prise if the hotel is not built, rather than if it will be built.” This editorial
is reproduced on our editorial page today.
Waynesboro needs a hotel —a modern, up-to-date hotel —worse than
any other kind of building just at present, and such a crying need should
receive the earnest support of every citizen who can afford to take stock in
it.
COME ACROSS WAYNESBORO AND LET’S PUT OVER THE HOTEL.
Anderson S. C. is building a $350,000 hotel, nearly ail of the capital be
ing subscribed at home.
Legless Man’s
Opponent Is a
One Legged Man
Statesboro, Ga., ,Feb. 27.—For the
first time in the history of Bulloch
county, the Australian ballot was be
ing used today in the polling of votes
in the county primary.
Despite inclement weather, indica
-1 tions were early this morning, that
there would be a heavy poll of wo
men’s votes. The road and weather
| conditions are expected however, ,to
keep away a large number of voters
scattered over the county.
Twenty-seven candidates are in the
race for county offices. The main
fight seems to center around the office
of county ordinary. Sam L. Moore,
incumbent, is being opposed by three
candidates. He has held the office for
the past eighteen years. For the past
week, hot political speeches have been
made in connection with this indivi
dual race.
There are two applicants for the
county school superintendency. B. R.
Olliff and Ewel T. Denmark. For tax
collector, M. C. Jones, incumbent; W.
Bruce, Donaldson, Josh T. NeSmith,
and E. Frank Alderman are in the
race.
Fcur men are seeking the solocitor
ship of the city court. They are: W.
C. Neville, Homer C. Parker, Charles
Pigue and Francis B. Hunter.
B. T. Mallard, ,the incumbent, John
T. Jcnes, Dan G. Lanier and Jesse B.
Williams are running for sheriff.
Four are in the race for ordinary,
who are: Sam L. Moore, incumbent; J
Hudson Metts, W. G. Woodrum and A.
E. Temples.
For clerk of the superior court there
are but two candidates: Dan N. Riggs
incumbent and W. W. DeLoach. This
is a unique race, the incumbent has
but one leg and his opponent no legs
at all, having lost them through an
operation.
For coroner there are two candi
dates. They are George Screws and
Bill Cannouls.
Masons Will Enjooy
Sociable on Next
Friday Night
Waynesboro Lodge No. 274 F. & A.
M will hold another of their sociables
next Friday night, March 7th, and a
much larger attendance is indicat
ed than at the former meeting held in
February, and at which so many ex
pressed their delight at being present.
The committee in charge of the enter
tainment are busy making prepara
tions for the coming occasion which
will surpass anything ever given in
the city and much interest is being
manifested in the coming event.
These meetings are being held to
create a new interest in Masonry in
the city and the effects of such meet
ings w r ill result in great good to the
lodge.
19,125,000 Bales of
Cotton Ginned in
World During 1923
Washington, Feb. 23. —The world
cotton crop for 1923-24 is now estimat
ed by the Department of Agriculture
at 19,125,000 bales of 476 pounds net
compared with 18,705,000 bales for
22-23. Priliminary estimates of the
three principal producing companies
are:
United States 10,081,000 bales; India
4,111,000 bales ,and Egypt 1,213,000
bales; total 15,405,000 bales of 478
pounds net for this crop year as com
pared with 15,280.000 bales for last
year.
No large increase is expected this
year in any of the new cotton grow
ing areas.
50DIN SPECTACLE C«
VoPTOMETRIST/^^rXOPTOMETRIST/
"''BROAD, ST/""
eyes thoroughly examined
NUMBER 50.
Pres. Washington’s
Visit to Our City
Recalled by Diary
Dr. A. P. McFerrin, of Franklin,
Tenn, brother of our beloved citizen,
Dr. J. P. McFerrin, in a recent letter
to his brother, makes reference to the
visit of Presiuent Georgia Washington
to Waynesboro in 17 91.
Mr. McFerrin says recently “he was
looking over a little book giving the
diary or George Washington from 1701
to 1<99. It seems that this part of
his diary containing an account ot his
trip to the South had never been
round and that a North Carolina man
went to Wasnington and made a dili
gent esarch tor it and was rewarded
oy his enorts. As it gives a brief
otateinent of his trip to Waynesboro,
doubtless you would be interested to
read the statement as given by him.
He had been as tar South as Savan
nah, and was now on his return trip,
i copy trom the uairy just as it is writ
ten.”
Dr. J. P. McFerrin, who received
the letter, knowing tne vaiue of the
news contained in it gave it to a Citi
zen reporter aiiu it is puunsned be
low;
“Monday, Mya 16, 1791 —Lodged
at Pierces.
“TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1791—Break
fasted at Spinner’s 17 miles —dined at
Lambut’s 13 —and lodged at Waynes
borough (which was coming 6 miles
out of our way) 14, in all 43 miles.
“Waynesborough is a small place
but the seat of the Court of i)urke3
county 6 or 8 dwelling houses is all it
contains; an attempt is making (with
out much apparent effect) to estab
lish an Academy at it as is the ce.3e
in all the counties.”
In connection with President Wash
ington’s visit to Waynesboro, the old
house where he stopped is still stand
ing. It is the Munnerlyn home on tne
Dixie Highway near the Confederate
monument. It is still in good state of
repair and is occupied by Mr. H. D.
Barnes who rents rooms to the tour
ists who stop over for the night.
The Citizen is also the very proud
possessor of a picture of General
Washington which came from this
home, being presented to us shortly
before the death of Mrs. Munnerlyn.
It is a print cf an engraving made by
a celebrated London artist, and was
printed in London, England, by A. G.
de Pogi, of No. 91 New Bond street,
August, 1, 1796.
Mission Worker
Coming to City
Next Thursday
Mrs. Taber, of the Church Mission
House, New York, is visiting the diff
erent branches of the Woman’s Auxi
liary in Georgia, ,and will be at St.
Michael’s church next Thursday even
ing at 7.30. She will tell of the work
that is being done in the mission
fields and all missionary socieites
of the city are cordially invited to
come out and hear her.
Memorial 50 Cents
Coinage Favored by
Senate Committee
Washington, Feb. 27.—Favorable re
port was ordered today by the senate
finance committee of the bill of Sena
tor Harris, Democrat, Georgia, provid
ing for issuance of a special 50-cent
piece to celebrate the Confederate
monument on Stone Mountain.
Special Service
Methodist Currch
The Methodists of Waynesboro will
try to meet an obligation Sunday
which has been too long neglected by
all the churches. They have set
aside this day to make an offering for
the Superannuated Preachers—the
men who have worn themselves out
in the service of God and the church
Every member of the church and of
the congregation is expected ot con
tribute to this worthy and sacred
cause. Doubtless a large congrega
tion will be present and an adequate
offering will be made for these grand
old heroes of the cross. Waynesboro
never fails in any task that she un
dertakes. The balance of the churches
in the Savannah District are looking
to Waynesboro with interest and she
will not disappoint them.
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