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VOLUME 42.
fctor Poe Says
W Support Your
I Leader’s Mauds
■ rr .,, Ga.. February 16.—Speaking
■ y' the Georgia Tress Asso
i;ditor Clarence Poe of The
gßr'.'". , Ki.rtner appealed to Geor
to pay less attention to
,liti s and give more attention to
a- ! movements for agrciul
g • ri.il, educational, and so
progress.
■", .. ,i. as the duty of supporting
■ th “ lies as strongly on the
■ ifizenshpi, of the state as on
Ifhe newspapres, it is felt that there
■ ni be general interest in the conclu
■ ling paragraph of Editor Poe’s ear-
B nest appeal:—
B "It matters little whether men to-
B morroW will remember or forget the
■ ere combination of consonants and
I vowels which make our names. It
■ atle rs little whether men tomorrow
| wi n treasure in painting and sculpture
I r utterly forget the form of our
| dies and the mold of our features.
iiu* what does matter mightily is that
f in " t he hearts and hopes and spirits of
m cn there shall live on and glean
on some flame that we ha,ve kindled.
It may he a life of the beautiful in
nature or art or literature. It may be
a quickened patriotism which will
make men and women more gladly
serve their state and their communi
ties. It may be a passion for truth
and justice, mercy and righteousness,
which will help leaven the lump of cur
social order until the ideals of the
Nazarene become the realities of law
and custom.
‘ Abou u* today in every county in
Georgia and ij every town arc oppor
tunities such zs these, if we but look
j, r them with eyes opened by a desiie
to serve, and if it may then be said
ofof us as it was said of Paul of old,
that we were ‘disobedient to the heav
enly vision’.
“You may hold up the hands of Su
perintendent Ballard, Chancellor Bar
row, and President Brittain, and your
county educational leaders a£ they set
out to develop in Georgia an educa
tional system worthy of the state and
her future.
“You may get behind Dr. A. M. Soule
of the State College of Agriculture,
and the officers of the Georgia Associa
tion, and your other agricultural lead
ers in every Georgia county the marvel
ous achievement with which Turner
county has astonished the South.
“You may give the full strength of
your support to John N. Holder, W.
R. Neal, and Editor W. T. Anderson,
and other good roads advocates as
they work to give Georgia a modern
system of highways and so free the
people from the curse of isolation.
“You cay cheer on state and lo
cal health authorities and help save
boys and girls, men and women, from
preventable disease and preventatble
death.
“You may boost J. E. Conwell in his
great work for co-operative marketing
of Georgia cotton.
“You may co-operate with G V.
Cunningham and Miss Lois Dow die as
they seek to double tbe enrollment in
boys’ and girls’ club work in your
county .
“You may support F. E. Land nad
Paul Chapman as they endeavor to
make every high school a vital agency
in improving the farming and home i
life of tho community—a little leaven
that they may speedily iea/en the
■whole lump.
“You may join Mary Crcswell in
her superb service in lightening the (
labors and broadening the interests of
farmers’ wives.
“You may help Dr. L. L. Knight in
preserving the history and traditions j
of your communiyt. You may co-1
operate with the Georgia Library Com f
mission as it offers to any neighbor !
hood of your county the richest treas- i
ures of the world’s literature. j
“You may help see to it that Gutzon j
Borglum gets adequate support as he i
carves out on Stone Mountain a memo !
rial that will rank with the Parthenon j
and the Pyramids and spread the fame |
of Georgia around the world. But re- 1
membering that it is not enough to !
have art and music and beauty in our
great cities—grand opera in Atlanta
and unforgettably beautiful parks and
streets in Savannah—let us heed the
cal lof those who wish to see the beau
ty of the world’s greatest art in ev
ery Georgia home and school room, a
new appreciation of music in every
Georgia town or neighborhood, and
the beauty of flowers, vines, shrubs,
and stately trees about every home
in the commonwealth.
These are the duties and opportuni
ties that call to us and that I would
leave with you—opportunities immeas
urably more meaningful than anything
in the pactional politics with which
Georgia, has been cursed—and which
summon us to that true greatness set
foi th tn lhomas Carlyle when he said !
Gh, it is great and there is no other
greatness, to make some nook of God’s
creation more fruitful, better, more
worthy of God.’ ”
Legion Memorial
in Georgia for
Woodrow Wilson
Gainesville, Ga., March s.—The
Georgia Department of The American
region has gone on record in support
vJ\ f\ ate V ide moveme nt to erect at
orv d n? ta w 7 mg memor y to the mem-
Corn° ,^°°1 rOW Wilson, the former
Armies m C . hief of the American
no ipnri iNavies - There has been
enriP«rl!i r J n modern history who has
v hlm ® elf more to the rank and
President B ° ld * ers than the great war
The Am l 0t the United States, and
IDe American Legion of this state
endorsed 0 ?} 10 ’° 00 ex_service men, has
of South r 16 n ) ovemen t of the people
if*? S m 0601814 t 0 erect there a co 1"
mortal of !£ em ° ry and a suitable me
the nempt,! h c P e oP le of Georgia for
dIhIE t 1 0? of his ideals and his
CommunrioT. Q* unn * National
hflH on f ' er , of The American Legion,
gram to°T movement a tele
-1; - Hendricks, of Valdosta,
of the local Ameri
can Legion Committee.
Wesleyan’s Glee
Club to Appear
Millen April 1
When Wesleyan’s Glee, Orchestra
and Mandolin Clubs went on tour last
year with a program composed of
some of the most difficult classical
selections Glee Clubs had ever under
taken there were those short sighted
persons who predicted a rather short
lived trip. They were doomed to dis
appointment however because the or
ganization had probably the most
successful year of its history.
The entire Club, signers, orchestra,
accompanist and director is composed
of thrity nine girls, Professor Edgar
M. Howerton, the director, and Mrs.
Howerton, the accompanist. Certainly
in all the years of its history, Wes
leyan, the oldest chartered college for
women in the world, has never collect
ed a more balanced musical organi_
zation of any description.
In the entire personnel of the orga
nization, however, Georgia, the South
land, and Wesleyan once more uphold
their traditions of sending out as the
representatives of the “oldest and
best,” a bevy of beauties that would do
honor to the brush and canvas of
America’s most renowned artists.
This Club will play under the aus
pices cf The American Legion in the
High School Auditorium at Millen
Tuesday evening, April Ist, at 8.30
1 o’clock. Reserved seats go on sale
March 26.
Masonic Sociable
Delightful Event
of Friday Night
The Masonic sociable is being held
as we go to press and a delightful
supper and program are being enjoy
ed at the Masonic Temple. At 7.30 a
course dinner was enjoyed followed
by a splendid program, both of which
were arranged by Mr. Chandler Wim
berly, and for which he deserves the
thanks of the entire lodge.
Following the dinner Mr. and Mrs.
Smith, of Boston, will render special
songs and music. A special feature of
the evening will be that of Miss Sarah
Alexander, of Augusta. Mr. Ander
son Sibley, also of Augusta, sprung a
surprise on the assembly.
In addition to these features of the
program Judge A. L. Franklin or
Lawton B. Evans, of Augusta, will be
the speaker of the evening.
About sveenty-five guests are ex
pected.
Legion Appoints
Committe eto
Aid Illiterate
Gainesville, Georgia, March 4. —The
Executive Committee of the Georgia
Department, American Legion in meet
ing at Columbus selected a sub-com
mittee consisting of, J. J. West, Al
bany, Chairman, Robert B. Troutman,
James A. Bankston and J. G. C.
Bloodworth, all of Atlanta to coop
erate with R. R. Gunn, Crawfordville,
Chairman Americanism Committee
and Rev. O. J. Hart, Macon, Chair
man Child Welfare Committee in hold
ing on all Ge »rgia Illiteracy Ccnier
ence in Atlanta, Georgia on March 18
for hte purpose of formulating some
definite program for the combating of
illiteracy in this state. Hon. John J.
Tigert, U. S. Commissioner of Educa
tion and Hon. Garland Powell, Nat
ional Director of the Americanism Com
mittee for the American Legion will
be present to address the represen
tatives of the various Legion Posts In
this state. Hon. C. J. Haden of the
Georgia Iliteracy Commission and the
Legion officials of their hearty co-op
eration in this very worthy work.
Great success has resulted in the L#e
geion’s efforts in combating illiteracy
in the State of Arkansas and North
Carolina and it will probably be the
purpose of the Legion in this State to
carry out the “Night School Idea’ ’in
various backward communities.
Birds That Help
Fanners Are Fast
Being Killed Out
Atlanta, Ga., March s.—Agriculturists
here are calling attention to the fact
that birds that help farmers are be
ing slaughtered, and a movement is
under way to check the destruction of
the feathery tribe.
Statistics made public here show
that there are sixty_six? kinds of birds
of the Southeastern States that feed
upon boll weevils. It is shown that
they not only help the farmer by feed
ing upon the boll weevil, the bollworm
and other pests of cotton, but destroy
important insect enemies of all the
crops.
“Too often the man or boy with a
gun pays no attention to the kind of
bird he shoots.” said an agricultural
department official. “The desire to
kill any gird is responsible for the
destruction of many feathered friends
of mankind. It is a desire that is do
ing harm to Southern Agriculture and
to one of the chief delights of out-door
life in the South, for the song birds
fill the Southern air with melody. All
these birds, in fact birds In general
should receive all the protection the
Southern planter can extend.”
Negro Killed
Near Midville
A falling tree killed one negro and
gave the others - a close shave last
week at Bark Camp creek swamp.
* One tree had been cut and th« negroes
were cutting another, when the partly
cut one came to the ground killing one
of them. Their extreme carelessness
is the only possible thing that caused
the accident.
@i)C ®tuc Citizen.
It is somewhat difficult for some visi
tors to Savannah, notably those from the
very densely-populated and intensively-culti
vated sections of Europe, to understand
how happens that there is a vast undevelop
ed territory in the South. The causes for
existing conditions are many and after they
are understood, it is not a difficult thing to
see very plainly why all this lack of de
velopment exists. On the other hand, it is
plain, too, to be seen that development is in
progress and is going to be exceedingly
rapid in future.
America, in the first place, is a young
country. Europe has been approaching its
cultivation of today through centuries with
a population that is closely-packed. America
has not been thoroughly “settled.” The
South was prospering and blooming prior
to the War Between the States, which left
it flat, its people impoverished, its whole so
cial system overturned, its labor radically
changed, its economic fabric ruined. It is
hardly too much to say that the economic
history of the South of today dates from
the period at the end of Reconstruction.
And it must also be remembered that the
progress of the South for many years af
ter that time was made, not with outside
assistance, not with the aid of the North
and the West, but with the active antagon
ism or competition of those sections. The
Northern railroad lines, aided by the gov
ernment, made the traffic flow contrary to
nature, that is, they made it flow westward
rather than southward. They buUt up a
barrier of rates which sent the Dutch and
Scandinavian settlers West instead of
South. They sought to prevent the develop
ment of the Southern ports, as some inter
ests of the North still are doing. They
fought Southern development, Southern re
covery from war. And while this was going
on the great free spaces of the West were
being peopled. It is not surprising that the
South did not make great increases of popu
lation; the wonder is that it survived and
conquered the adverse factors it faced.
Yet the question is asked to why the
Children Given a Chance
to Aid South’s Memorial
A “Children’s Founders’ Roll” ’to be
composed of boys and girls of Confed
erate descent under sixteen years of
age who contribute a dollar or more
to the great Stone Mountain Confed
erate Memorial was announced Sat
urday by the memorial association.
Each child who contributes a dollar
will receive a bronze medal designed
by Gutzon Borglum and a certificate
of member ship in the “Children’s
founders’ Roll.” The names of all mem
bers are to be enrolled in a great book
of record which will be placed in a
vault in the center of Memorial Hall.
The adult “Founders’ Roll.” com
posed of those who contribute SI,OOO
is under full headway, it was pointed
out by the association in a statement
and now the children are given an op
portunity to play a prominent part in
building the memorial and a prom
inent place in the wonderful hall to be
quarried out of the mountain.
Details of the plan for the children
are contained in a statement as fol
lows:
“In recognition of the interest man
ifested by children throughout the
south in the great Stone Mountain Con
federate Memorial association has for
mulated a plan to give them a promi
nent part in building history’s supreme
monument.
“Tnis plan will be known as the
Children’s Founders’ Roll, and will be
open to boys and girls of Confederate
descent under sixteen years of age
who contribute one dollar or more to
the cost of the memorial.
“Some months ago the association
announced the Founders’ Roll for in
dividuals, family groups and organi
zations contrbuting SI,OOO or more,
each contributor to be entitled to a
large bronze .tablet in Memorial Hall
bearing the name and war record of a
.Confederate soldier or military unit.
“The response ot this plan has been
most remarkable and encouraging. So
many descendants of Confederate sol
diers already have embraced this op
portunity of perpetuating ht enames
of their ancestors, as to make it a
foregone conclusion that the full num
ber of Founders’ Roll tablets (2,500),
will be taken, probably with the next
twelve months.
“Now the children are to be given a
part in building the memorial and giv
en a place in the Memorial Hall.
“The following plan is therefore an
nounced for the Children’s Founders’
Roll.
“1. Any boy or girl of Confederate
descent under sixteen years of age is
eligible to membership on payment of
one dollar or more to the Stone Moun
tain Confederate Mounmental associa
tion, 504 Hurt building, Atlanta, Ga.
“2. Each child who contributes a dol
lar will receive a beautiful bronze med
al designed by Guzton Borglum, the
sculptor of the memorial, and will re_
ceive a certificate showing that his or
her name, has been entered on the
Childrens’ Founders’ Roll.
“3. An immense book of record
with bronze cover plates and pages of
the most enduring parchment which
can be obtained, will be made for the
names of the boys and girls of the
children’s founders’ roll and will be
placed In the center of memorial hall,
in a great vault constructed for the
purpose of preserving it through a.ll
the ages.
“4. Space will be provided for a sep
arate and individual entry of the
name and residence of each child and
the name of the Confederate soldier
In whose memory his or her contri-
Waynesboro, Georgia, March Bth, 1924.
HERE IN THE SOUTH
bution was made.
“5. Names will be entered in the
same order as children qualify for
membership by contributing their dol
lars. The first name entered will be
that of the first boy or girl whose dol
lar is received by the association, and
so on consecutively until the roll is
closed.
“6. Each certificate of membership
issued to a member of the children’s
founders’ roll will show the page and
the line upon which his or her name
has been entered in the great bock of
record.
“We believe every child of the Con
federacy wishes to have a part in
this glorious enterprise. We have
adopted one dollar as the minimum
contribution so as to place the chil
dren’s founders’ roll in the reach of
all children. It is entirely possible to
raise the whole cost of the memorial
by children’s contributions, consider
ing the number of boys and girls in
the south under sizteen years of age.
We expect to enroll at least a million
children by January 19, 1925, which
will be the anniversary of General
Lee’s birth and the first anniversary
of General Lee’s birth and the first an
niversary of the unveiling of Lee’s
head on the precipice of Stone Moun
tain. If we are able to place at Mr.
Gorglum’s disposal the full number of
workmen he can supervise, he promis
es to give us the complete figure of
Lee on horseback by the fall of this
year, and the completed central group
in less than three years.
The children’s founders’ roll of
Stone Mountain Confederate memorial
is now open. We invite every boy and
girl under sixteen years of age in
whose veins flows the blood of a Con
federate soldier to join this distin
guished company whose names hall
be preserved forever in memorial hall,
most majestic and beautiful shrine of
the ages, a temple of sacred memories
in hte breast of a granite mountain.”
—Atlanta Journal.
Superannuate Fund
Almost Raised at
Morning Service
The special service held at the Metho
dist church last Sunday to raise its
quota for the superannuated ministers
resulted in the amount being raised
during the sendee with the exception
of S2O. Quite a number were not
present and it is expected that the
amount will be oversubscribed before
the time expires for this collection.
Judge Warnock was chairman of the
committee on this work and he and
the committee deserve the thanks of
the church for their thorough work
upon this special fund.
Fire Sunday Night
Bums Negro House
A negro house belonging to Mr.
Enon E. Chance, near the S. & A. de
pot. was burned Sunday night about 8
o’clock. The origin of the fire is un
known. The occupants lost practical
ly all their household effect*.
South is not a great expanse of farm lands.
Evidently it is just a lack of acquaintance
with facts of the past half century, or three
quarters of a century which prompts the
question. It is surprising not that the South
has done so little, but that she has done so
much.
Under the conditions that confronted
her after the war, is it surprising that she
had to make the most of her monopoly, cot
ton, or that she treated her naval stores and
timber as she did ? She had to compete with
rapidly developing and artifically-aided
sections, and fight a barrier which was de
liberately intended to keep her down. The
War Between the States did not end at Ap
pomattox. It did not end with the last
withdrawal of Northern troops from South
ern soil. It did not end at the beginning of
the World War, and it has not yet ended
in its results. But it is a different war that
has been fought m the latter years—a war
of railroad rates, of economic advantages,
with the “heaviest battalions” on the side of
those who sat in the seat of government.
And then along came economic and nat
ural factors and lumber production and the
other was the boll weevil, which hit at the
South’s cotton. It was necessary to strike
out along a new agricultural line—and that
only in very recent years.
The situation now is that the South is
“winning the war.” There is no other result
to be expected. The West is “used up.” The
rest of the nation is beginning to appreciate
its need of the South. The South is going
to see in the next score of years such a
growth, a development, as the West had.
The South has the only remaining great ter
ritory in the United States suitable for
farming and that means but one thing—in
creasing white population, with all its re
sults of increased wealth, increased produc
tion, increased facilities of all sorts from
factories to schools, increased industriad ac
tivity, far greater hard road mileage. Who
ever is a “bear” on the market of the South
and lacks his opinion very strongly is get
ting in line for a whipping.—Savannah
News.
American Legion
Meeting Will Be
Held Monday Night
The local post of the American Le
gion will hold their regular monthly
meeting at the Court house next Mon
day night at 8 o’clock. Dr. Morton
asks that a large attendance be pres
ent and that each member taae it upon
himself to bring a new member. The
post is growing in numbers and Dr.
Morton is anxious to get his 150
members soon. There are a number
of eligible men in the county who
should join. It is impossible for the
membership committee to see all of
you. Dcn’t wait come on in and help
make the local post one of the big
gest and best in the state. Burke
county deserves the honor and pres
ence of the livest post in the Depart
ment of Georgia and we can get it
by keeping everlastingly at it. A
splendid program has been arranged
for the occasioin.
Handsome Watch
Given A. F. Evans
By Rotary Club
Mr. Arthur F. Evans, -who retired as
president of the Waynesboro Rotary
Club at its luncheon Tuesday, was pre
sented with a handsome watch by the
club as a token of its appreciation of
his service as president during the
past year. Capt. W. M. Fulcher made
the presentation speech. Mr. Frank
Burney, the newly elected head of the
Club presided and in a well chosen
talk outlined the work of the coming
year.
A number of the members will at
tend the 39th district convention at
Macon on the 17th and 18th, Guy Gun
•daker, International President, will
be among these present at this meet
ing and a big time is promised all
w r ho go.
Former Burke
County Citizen
Goes to Canada
Mr. E. T. Banks, Mr. E. W. Robin
son and Mr. T. J. Grammar, of Sardis,
passed thru the city last Saturday en
route tcx Augusta to spend the day on
business. These men with the excep
tion of Mr. Banks are connected with
the Vestal Lumber Co., doing business
at Sardis for several years. His suc
cessors are now operating the plant
with wonderful success.
Mr. Banks came to Bunte county
from Tennessee going into the lumber
business. Deciding to sell out he pur
chased an 1,800 acre farm in the Pro
vince of Manitoba, Canada, and will
soon take up his abode there. His
friends in Burke wish him well in his
new home.
NOTICE
The Board of Education has funds
in hand to cash all certificates of In
debtedness isstied in January.
0. M. GRESHAM, C. S. C.
Waynesboro Bar
Endorses Justices
of Supreme Court
Waynesboro, Ga., February 27, 1924
Believing, as we do, that our courts
should be, as far as possible, kept out
of politics, and that this is particular
ly true of the Supreme Court of the
state, and that the Justices of that
court should never be iorced to en
gage in a partisan political campaign,
we, the undersigned attorney of
Burke county, hereby express our
selves as favoring the re-election of
Honorable Samuel C. Atkinson and
Honorable S. Price Gilbert as Justices
of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and
commend them to all of our people as
being in every way worthy of their
continued confidence and support.
We earnestly hope that it will be
necessary only for them to consent to
the use of their names as candidates
for re-election, and that the legal pro
fession of the State of Georgia will see
htat they are elected without opposi
tion. H. C. HATCHER
S. G. STORY, Jr.
RALPH E. LEWIS
PRESTON B. LEWIS, Jr.
JOSEPH LAW
E. V. HEATH
FRANK S. BURNEY
Wm. H. DAVIS
E. M. PRICE
G. C. ANDERSON
C. B. GARLICK
Poultry Short
Course at Harlem
March 12 and 13
A short course in poultry instruc
tion will be held at Harlem, Ga., on
March 12th and 13t.h, at which as
much time as possible will be devoted
to feeding, sanitation, mating, incuba
tion, brooding, marketing and any
phase of the work that those who at
tend may desire. Mrs. Powell, home
demonstration agent for Burke coun
ty asks that all who are interested in
attending this course notify her im
mediately so she can report how many
from Burke will attend.
Mrs. Miller Heads
Woman’s Division
in McAdoo Race
Mrs. R. L. Miller has been appoint
ed the president of the woman’s di
vision McAdoo for president campaign
in Burke county, amd is actively at
work organizing the women of Burke
county in the interest of Mr. McAdoo.
The primary is one the 19th inst, and
much interest is being taken in the
race between Mr. McAdoo and Senator
Underwood, both of whom are receiv
ing hearty support from admirers in
Burke.
City Will Sell
Paving Bonds on
Monday, March 17
Mayor Frank S. Palmer is sending
out advertisements to the different
companies who buy municipal bonds
asking that they submit their bids for
the city’s issue of $45,000 worth of pa.v
ing bonds which will be sold on March
17th. All bids must be in by 4 o’clock
on this date.
In addition to asking for bids on the
bonds, he is also sending out asking
for applications for the position of
consulting engineer on the job of pav
ing the streets and these are to be in
by the morning of March 18th.
Boy Scout Patrol
Boys of the City
Monday afternoon about eighteen
boys of the city met at the office of
Mr. H. C. Hatcher in the Jones Build
ing and organized a patrol of Boy
Scout under Mr. Hatcher’s leadership.
That evening the Boy’s committee of
the Rotary Club entertained the boys
with a supper at the Masonic Temple,
at which the entire membership with
the committee from the Rotary Club
on Boys Work were present. A most
enjoyable time was spent and the boys
received an inspiration from the start
that will mean much to their organi
zation. This Is a splendid work and
l he Citizen is glad to see the boys or
ganize.
Mouthy Meetings
Modern Woodmen
The Waynesboro Camp of Modern
Woodmen of American at their last
meeting Wednesday night decided to
hold their regular meetings once a
month, the date being the fourth Mon
day night in each month. The camp
is a small one but is in a most flourish
ing condition. Quite a lot of interest
is benig taken in the work and at the
next meeting about 12 candidates will
be initiated into the mysteries of
Woodcraft.
McAdoo Club Has
Large Membership
A rousing and enthusiastic McAdoo
club has been organized in Waynes
boro with a membership of about two
hundred. Much interest is being tak
en in Mr. McAdoo’s candidacy in the
presidential race and the primary on
March 19th.
There is every indication that Mr.
McAdoo will be a strong factor in the
convention for the Democratic nomi
nation and his friends in Waynes,
boro and Burke county are very en
thusiastic over his outlook.
sSOpIH SPECWCtn^
\ ■''■'BROAD,
EXES THOROUGHLY EXAMINED
NUMBER 51.
Associated Press
Moved into New
Quarters Sunday
New York, March 2. —The huln of
news activity in the general omces
of The Associated Press, 51 Cham
bers street, was hushed at 4 o’clock
this morning. There was a switch
board ana in the twinkling of an eye
there was a crackling ot resounding
telegraph instruments in the associa
tion s new home, 385 Madison avenue.
The transier invoiveu the intricate
mechanical readjustment oi tno as
sociations news heart and the ax.
teries of 9U,UUO miles of telegraph
wires—enough to encircle the earth
nearly four times, bo carefully had
plans been laid that when wires and
caDies were switched there was not
the slightest interruptions in tne vast
system wnereuy nunurea oi tnous
anus oi woros of news are uaiiy uis
i tnhuted on 120 circuits, among more
tnan l,ouo newspapers, uiema-us of
tne worlds largest news gatnering
agency.
The change to> quarters that afford
double the noor space was necessary
to keep pace witn tne constant expan
sion ot tne service.
The first organization under the
name from mcomnig ships by carrier
pigeons and courier before tne auvent
ot the ,telegraph, telephone, caoie,
wireless and radio.
The present organization, incorporat
ed in 1900, has twice outgrown its
home. Twenty-four years ago, when
the general onices were in tne old
Western union building at 195 Broad
way, six or seven telegraph operators
handled the limited flow of news over
three circuits, ana tfiere were about
thirty-five employes. In 1914 it was
necessary to nnu larger quatoers and
the offices were moved to the Cham
bers street address, where the floor
space was doubled and the news fa
cilities greatly increased.
The new Madison avenue home has
24,000 square feet of floor space.
There are about 150 employes in the
New York headquarters. Forty opera
tors on twenty circuits handle the
daily news output, which goes to ev
ery state and territory in the uniou
to Central and South America and,
through allied agencies, throughout
the world. On four of these circuits
there is a 24-hour service.
Experts of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company and the West
ern Union Telegraph Company hai
been working for three m mths in
stalling new telegraphic and cable
equipment.
The valuable news records of
many years and other necessary equip
ment were gradually movfcu lust week.
At the instant 4 30”--the telegrapher's
good night—was flashed over the
wires at 4 o’clock this morning and
an uncanny silence settled over the
old office, the task o£ collecting the
next day’s news was immediate 1* tak
en up in the new home.
The new offices are in a no'*Ty
erected business building in the Giard
Central Terminal zone, bounded by
Madison and Vanderbilt avenues and
by East Forty sixth and Fj ty-seveu
the streets. The offices occup the
sixth floor.
When the present organization was
incorporated in 1900, it had approxi
mately four hundred momoers. In
1914, when the larger quarters were
taken at Chambers street there were
800 members. Today the membership
totals over 1,200 daily newspapers,
two score of which are in Latin Ameri
ca.
The newspapers which comprise its
members are located as far north as
Nome, Alaska; as far east as Rio de
Janeiro; as far south as Buenos Aires
and as far west as Manila.
The total number of salaried em
ployes is 1,700 of whom 1.000 are
telegraph operators. The total num
ber of individuals, however, that con
tribute news to make up m uews re
port is approximately 80,000. Of this
number three-fourths are in the Unit,
ed States.
McAdoo and
Underwood the
Two Candidates
Atlanta, March 4.—Georgia Dem
octs will cast their twenty-four votes
in the national Democratic convention
in New York in June for either Oscar
W. Underwood or William G. McAdoo.
This was made known today when the
time limit for filing candidates for
the Presidential preferential primary
in the Democratic party closed and
McAdoo and Underwood were the on
ly entrants. The primary takes place
March 19.
United States Sen. James A. Reed,
of Missouri, had been expected to en
ter the list. Thomas W. Hardwick
former governor, issued a statement
after the time limit for filing passed
saying Senator Reed had instructed
him not to enter his name.
The candidate that carries the ma
jority of the delgates under the
county unit system will control the
convention and gain the delegation to
New York. Each county is entitled to
twice as many delegates as it has rep
resentatives in the lower branch of the
general Assembly. There are 160
counties in Georgia and 206 represen
tatives in the lower House of the Leg
islature, making 412 delegates eligi
ble to sit in the state Democratic con
vention that will meet in Atlanta
April 23.
Mr. McAdoo and Senator Underwood
are both expected to make speeches in
Georgia before the primary. The head
quarters of both candidates are busy
organizing clubs throughout the state
Tech and Georgia
Bury the Hatchet
Atlanta, Ga. —Georgia Tech and the
University of Georgia have resumed
athletic relations after five years in
which no games have been scheduled
between the two institutions follow
ing a break in relations in 1919. An
noucement to this effect was made
here Saturday by Dr. V. S. Sanford of
the University of Georgia, and Dr. J.
B. Crenshaw, of Tech, faculty
the leading eye
Spectacles, Eye-
Glasses and Ar
tificial Eyes cor
rectly fitted. %
sight specialists
of Augusta, Ga.