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VOLUME 43.
FOR SCHOOLTAX: ALEXANDIR FAVORs'rT
Waynesboro, Way Up In Pennsylvania,
Featured in Metropolitan Papers of East
Waynesboro's namesake, way up in
Pennsylvania, is being featured in the
metropolitan papers of the east as a
summer resort and our friends the
Waynesboro Record-Herald, of that
city, has a lengthy write-up regarding
their city. Just a week ago or so our
Pennsylvania brethren of the press
gave our Waynesboro a most compli
mentary write-up on the story of
Burke county told in the Savannah
Mornings News and turn about is
fair play, so we take great pleasure in
telling the world about our namesake
city and its good feature. The Record-
Herald says:
An interesting article dealing with
Waynesboro and«the surrounding sec
tions has been prepared recently and
will be published in the Sunday edi
tion of a Philadelphia newspaper and
a Baltimore newspaper in the early
part of June. The same information
will be used in the summer resort
guides of the newspapers during the
coming summer months.
The article is a feature of a cam
paign being conducted by £ke Waynes
boro Manufacturing Association and
Waynesboro Advertising Agency in an
effort to have the name Waynesboro
made known through all sections of the
East. The article will be illustrated,
when used, and the illustration will
include scenes at the mountain resorts
and also pictures taken in Waynes
boro.
While a large part of the article
deals with facts which most people of
this community are familiar with,
there are a number of interesting de
tails brought out which to some may
be news.
“Ambassadorial Section”
The heading “Blue Ridge Moun
tain” leads the article and under this
caption the names of towns of this
section are given and it is mentioned
that all are attractive places and that
thousands of tourists and visitors
come to them every season. .
“The mountain region is some times
called the ‘Ambassadorial Summer Re
sort of the United States.’ Since it is
75 miles from the national capital it
is frequented by the diplomatic set and
a large number of foreign ambassa
dors and ministers have their summer
homes there,” the article states.
It is emphasized that the nearby
mountain resort section is easily ac
cessible by train and auto and is cen
trally located between cities. The sec
tion is pierced by the Buchanan road
way, running east and west, aspuv
of the Lincoln highway, branching off
at McConnellsburg and joining it
again at Gettysburg. This is a road
several miles shorter between the two
points than by way of the Lincoln
highway. The Dixie trail running
north and south connecting New York
city and Atlanta also goes througn
here, it is explained.
Cool In Summer
In mentioning the 3ceneiy of thi3
section the resorts high in the moun
tain anti the valleys below are de
scribed and the experience of looking
lor the first time from High Rock is
eonjpared to the experience of gaz
ing for the first time on the ocean.
The view from Righ Rock is pictured
and the pleasant mountain trails and
roads and the rare and bracing air
are toiu of in an interesting way
The thermometer averages from 10 to
15 degrees lower on the mountain
than in the valley and the c-miorta
“le hotels, cottages and botrd.ng and
toonnng houses are other enticing ad
windages.
In mentioning Mount Quirauk the
article states: “From Mount Quirauk,
2.5''0 feet above the sea, on«. can ob
tain a glimpse of 22 counties in Penn
sylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Vir
ginia. There is only one other point in
the country from which four states
can be seen and this other place be
cause of its inaccessibility has been
visited by few people. Looking toward
the south when the air is clear one
can see the Potomac river treading its
way like a silver ribbon down to
Harper’s Ferry.”
Historic Section
Continuing: “This is historic ground
One mile west of Waynesboro flows
the Antietam along to the famous
battle ground twenty miles away and
gives it its name. Over these moun
tains swarmed the hosts of the Confed
eracy after their defeat at Gettsyburg,
one of the seven decisive battle in
American history. General Robert E.
Lee on the fourth of July 1863 dejec
tedly rode through Waynesboro on his
way back to Virginia. Aero®? these
mountains with its course fixed by the
stars, extends due east and west the
west the famous Mason and Dixon line.
'lhe stones marking its course were
quarried and carved in England.”
In dealing with Waynes bur.) the
mythuca, orgin ot the name *?f lb.'
town is mentioned and the present
business activity of Waynesboro is
emphasized. The new Hotel Anthony
Wayne s mentioned and advantages to
tourists and visitors in the use of the
Y. M. C. A. and library .are told.
Interesting- Points
One of the most interesting sections
deals with interesting points, within
easy reach of Waynesboro. These are
given as fellows: Gettysburg Battle
field; Antietam Battlefield; Harpers
Ferry; Winchester, taken and retaken
72 times in the Civil war; Frederick,
home of Barbara Fritchie who has
been made famous by Whittier; Cham
bersburg, burned by the invading army
in 1864; Enoch Brown monument, site
of the Bchcolhouse in which Enoch
Brown, teacher, and his -fourteen pu
pils were killed and scalped by In
dians in 1764; Fort Stouffer, an Indian
frontier fort; birthplace of James
Buchanan, sixteenth president of the
United States; Mont Aito and Pen
Mar pari ; Gaplani on So’Jlli Moun
tain, the artistic home, now a club
house, of George Alfred Townsend, a
celebrated Writer; 'High flock and
Mount Quirauk; Mason and Dixon
line; ruins of numerous iron furnaces
which flourished in the valley in the
last century; the Nunnery, a cloister
of Seventh Day Baptists where Satur
day is observed as the Sabbath and
where work is done on Sunday; Devils
Race Course, a rocky formation which
looks like the remains of a glacier;
the Potomas river for bass and num
erous streams for trout.
Th 6 article concludes “Come here to
recreate and become re-created for
greater usefulness in life-”
State Weather and
Crop Conditions
Atlanta; Ga., June 18, 1924 —Quite
warm weather, with only scattered
showers and fairly abundant sunshine
was quite favorable for the growth of
crops during the past week It is true
that showers fell at many places where
rain was pot needed, keeping the
ground too wet for cultivation, so that
many fields are still very grassy, nev
ertheless much needed cultivation was
accomplished during the week in a
larger number of counties. There
were a few severe local storms of
inf; or hail, notably in Franklin,
Screven, and Newton countius. Owing
to the steady warmth during the week
cotton made excellent growth and the
plants are healthy. Chopping is com
pleted, except in a few counties, where
blooms are already reported; weevils
appear to be increasing, but only slow
ly; 16 correspondents out of 200 men
tioned the appearance of the weevil
this week. The general condition cf
cotton ranges from rather poor to very
good in some sections. Upland corn
made excellent growth during the
week, and some has been laid by in
the south in silk and tassel, roasting
ears are now available. Lowland corn
is still late, much had to be replant
ed, and there are still many very
grassy fields. Cutting tobacco will be
gin soon. Sweet potatoes are vining
nicely, but the scarcity of plants seems
to have prevented the planting of a
full crop. Truck .pastures, cane, pea
nuts, rice arid other crops all made
good growth during the week. The
earliest ripe melons are being brought
t> market. Spring oats are ripening
late and the harvesting of cereals will
continue for some time yet. Peaches,
dewberries, and raspberries are a bun
dant and of good quality.
TOO SHALLOW
*
Teacher asked her class if they
could compose a rhyme using the word
“Nellie.” She finally called on Johnny
Jones, Johnny arose much embarrass
ed:
“There was a little girl named Nellie
Who fell in the water and wet her lit
tle feet.”
“Why, Johnny, that doesn't rhyme.”
“I know it doesn’t. The water
wasn’t deep enough.”—Pure Oil News.
S!)r init Ci linen.
New Military Unit
in Waynesboro Is
Accepted by State
The new military unit known as
the 105th Ammunition Train of the
55th field artillery brigade was mus
tered into state service Wednesday
night at the Masonic Temple. Captain
Marvin C. Heyser, F. A., U. S. Army
and Captain Frank M. LeHardy, of
Savannah, Adjutant of the 118th Field
Artillery were present at the muster
in order to secure federal recognition
of the unit. The inspection of the
men was carried out in a short while
and Waynesboro can now boast a real
honest-to-goodness unit of the Nation
al Guard again. Waynesboro has long
been famous for its military units
and with such a reputation already es
tablished the new company will re
ceive the hearty support of everyone
throughout the city and county.
The officers are:
Captain—E. H. McElmurray.
Ist Lt.—Peyton W. Thompson.
2d. Lt. H. C. Hatcher.
Non-Commissioned Stuff
Ist. Sgt.—Carey E. Barefield.
Sergeants—George W. Murrow, John
C. Hankinson, James M. McCatliern,
William M. Reynolds, William J. Hatch
er.
Corporals—Frank C. Chandler, Fred
E. Culpepper, Pharos Lester, Herman
Sperling.
Privates
William Anderson
Oliver C. Barfield.
- Charles W. Blount
Robert A. Blount
Warnock H. Blount
Charles C. Broxton
Forrest J. Busbee
Sam M. Carpenter
Ben T. Carter
Richard M. Carter
Francis L. Chance
Roy D. Daniel
William E. Daniel
Clarence W. deLoach
Orin M. Dursee
Judson G. Endenfield, Jr.
Clifford L. Ellis
Frank A. Gibson
Frank R. Gray
Shelley Griffin
Roger L. Hatcher
Warren C. Hersey
Carter B. Lewis
Lloyd B. Lewis
Roy M. Marchman
Herbert J. Martin
Randall M. McGahee
Claudius L. McNorrill
Norman L. McNorrill
James W. O’Byrnes
Robert E. Odom
Frank W, Rogers
Edward L. Scott, Jr.
Harold F. Snider
Archie F. Stewart
Charles R. Sturdivant
Edgar Vaughn
Gary Vinson
Wiley E. Vinson
George C. Vlachos
Gilbert A. Ward, Jr.
John F. Ward
Mark A. Williams
To Build Bridge
Over Ogeechee
The Savannah Foundation Company
has been awarded the contract for
the erection of a cypress bridge across
the Ogeechee river at Midville, be
tween Burke and Emanuel counties.
F. A. Von Ebersteiu, Jr., head of the
company stated this morning the work
will begin in about two weeks and
will take five months to complete. The
contract was awarded by the state
highway department.
The Foundation Company will com
plete its work on the St. Simons high
way in about three x weeks. Mr. Von
Eberstein says—Savannah Press.
THEY OUGHT TO
Wife —“Funny about these straw
berries I bought. They look red, but
they are hard and sour.”
Hub —“My dear, the redness of early
strawberries does not indicate ripe
ness; they are merely blushing at the
price that is charged for them.”—Bos
ton Transcript.
Waynesboro, Ga., June 21, 1924
Negro Farm Agent
Appeals to Colored
Fanners of County
(By J. P. Powell, Negro Co. Agt.)
During the month of February ev
ery Negro County Agent in the state
of Georgia met in conference at the
Georgia State Industrial College, Sa
,u ill, Ga., under the supervision cf
Prof E. A. Williams, State Agent for
Negroes.
At this conference various topics un
der home and farm economics were
discussed and some very diffiant plans
for future activities were decided up
on.
After a brief consideration of the
otton pest, Prof. Williams, State
Agent in charge of Negro Work, in
structed and urged that every Local
Agent should launch a 801 l Weevil
Campaign in his territory sometime
early in sprin or before the appearance
and spread of the 801 l Weevil.
• June 9, a State Wide 801 l Weevil
Campaign was launched by the Geor
ia State College of Agriculture with
Dr. J. Phil Campbell as director. The
Negro Agents are joining their efforts
with that of Mr. Campbell and in
Burke county the 801 l Weevil Cam
paign among colored farmers will be
continued up to and including June 30
it which time the campaign closes.
Our object is to get every negro
• er who is growing cotton to use
some form of poisoning the boll wee
vil. You will never grow cotton at a
profit, unless you fight the weevil.
Plant and cultivate your cotton if you
will and leave off the poisoning, trust
ing it to luck as many of you are
doing and you will find that when the
harvest time comes that the boll wee
vil will certainly have your luck.
: you will follow these directions
cl sely as given out by the Georgia
S’, ate College of Agriculture you will
stand fair for a normal crop this year.
Directions for Poisoning
1. If any weevils can be found, poi
son when first squares appear. Use
either calcium arsenate in dust or
calcium arsenate-molasses mixture in
proportion of one pound of calcium
arsenate, one gallon of molasses and
one gallon of water mopped in bud.
Use as soon as mixed.
2. After squares are formed use only
calcium arsenate in dust form.
3. Begin dusting when 10 per cent
of squares are punctured.
4. Dust at four to five days inter
vals until three to four applications
are made and weevils are under con
trol.
5. Use from four to six pounds of
calcium arsenate per application.
6. Dust when air is still and plants
are moist.
7. Use only dusting machinery that
has been proved reliable.
8. As soon as weevil are under con
trol discontinue dusting until weevils
again puncture ten to fifteen per cent
of squares.
-9. Make two to three more applica
tions, until weevils are under control.
10. Dustings in August when migra
tion begins is is very important.
11. If a heavy rain occurs In twenty
four hours repeat application at once.
Negro Man Killed
by Lightning Last
Saturday Morning
John Young, a colored farmer liv
ing on Mr. James H. Whitehead’s
place about two miles from the city
was struck and killed by lightning last
Saturday morning about 6 o’clock. He
had been out in the field and the threat
ening clouds drove him from the field
to the house with his mules, taking
refuge in a barn he and the muleswere
instantly killed by a bolt of lightning.
John was a good negro and his
death is regretted by both white and
colored.
CLERK-CARRIER EXAMINATION
ON JULY STB
The U. S. Civil Service Commission
announces a clerk-carrier examination
for Waynesboro on July, sth. Appli
cant must be eighteen years of age and
not over 45. Mr. James Walters at
the Waynesboro post office will be
pleased to give give you any forma
tion.
| Newspapers Show
Home Merchant
Way to Prosperity
(By Ole Buck, Field Manager, Nebras
ka Press Association.)
A common remark nowadays Is
that the big towns are swallowing the
ittle ones; that the automobiles and
good roads are taking all the business
to the bigtowns, that soon there will
be nothing left of the small towns, but
a depot, a grain elevator, a post of
fice.
l ied Anderson, founder of the An
derson Department store, in Cozard,
Neb., has proved that this is not nec
essarily true. Cozard is a town of 1,-
300 population, located near two larg
er, towns. Fred Anderson, started in
business there was a capital of $3,000
$2,200 of it borrowed. That was in
1906. He started in a little frame
building. Last year he did a business
of $300,000 and his store now con
tains 3,700 square feet of space.
■*The first ten years he did little or
no advertising and just dragged, along.
Then he started advertising in the
local paper. He has been at it every
year and his business has jgrown
steadily to its present proportions. He
gives all the credit to advertising.
Last year he spent iy 2 per cent of his
income for advertising. He says he
could afford to spend twice that much.
He has a duplicating machine and
does lots of direct-by-mail advertis
ing and he improves any. and every
opportunity for keeping his store be-.
fore the public. But space in the local
paper is his chief reliance. He never
uses less than a page and, sometimes,
several pages in the same issue. He
says he has bought the local paper
many times but never got title to It.
But he doesn’t want title because it
serves him so well as it is.
The Rosenbaum store in Harvard,
Neb., another 1,300 town, is an exam
ple of what can be done by giving the
public what it wants and doing enough
advertising to make the facts known.
-Harvard is within easy driving dis
tance of four or five larger towns, one
of 60,000, one or two of 12,04)0 or more,
and others much larger than it is, but
this store, draws trade for 50 miles or
more.
These stores have proved that it is
just as easy to follow the good roads
in a Ford to a small town as a large
one, provided the small town goes after
the businesss. Mr. Anderson say 3
that what they have done anyone can
do by following the same methods. He
says a merchant is justified in spend
ing as high as 6 per cent of his iu
c-ume for advertising while he is start
ing. But no small town will ever get
any place by bemoaning the fact that
all the business is going to the big
towns and then doing nothing to pre
vent it. And no country town editor
will help the situation any by printing
eduo’ials and news iter l . encouraging
5-.:oh a belief—PuL isben Auxiliary
Literature Sent Out
by Henry Ford to
Combat the Weevil
Entomologists of the federal depart
ment of agriculture place approxi
mately thirty thousand boll weevils
in liberation cages at Tallulah, Louisi
ana, each fall, and" l they advise that
the percentage of weevils emerging
this year is greater than in either 1818
or 1819 and approaches very closely
that of 1917 and 1920.
“Prepare to fight the weevil now”
says an official statement. “Those who
dc not are gambling on the weather
during July and August.”
Emergence from hiberation will be
generally light, but in pite of this
there will be a sufficient number of
these pests to do serious damage in
almost all sections, and the Ford
Motor Company, lending the resources
of their vast organization to a cam
paign of prevention, have issued a
booklet entitled “Control the 801 l
Weevil” which has been placed in the
hands of all dealers for free distri
bution to those who desire a copy.
This timely and helpful piece of lit
erature was prepared with the assis
tance and co-operation of the U. 8.
Department of Agriculture and the
Cilice of the State Entomologist of
Georgia and contains no recommcnda
tion3 of methods that have not been
thoroughly tried out in actual prac
tice.
GODIN SPECTACLE CO
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BROAD, ST.
EYES THOBOUGHLY EXAMINED
Vote in Waynesboro District 331 for; 92
Against; At Alexander 42 for; 6 Against
The consolidated results of ti e lo
cal tax election for schools for the
Waynesboro school district held
Thursday, are as follows:
For Against
Waynesboro 282 72
Greens Cut 18 5
Munnerlyn 20 8
Shell Bluff No returns
Keysville 11 7
Total S3l 92
The election in the Alexander school
district held on the same dace result
ed favorable to taxation by the voce
of 42 for and only 6 against.
It is gratifying to The Citizen to
learn that two of the school districts,
W. M. Fulcher, Jr.
Graduates at the
University of Ga.
Mr. W. M. Fulcher, Jr., completed
his course at the University of Geor
gia this week, graduating in law. Mr.
Fulcher has made a splendid record
since entering the University and his
average for the four years being 92.6,
entitling him to one of the speaker’s
places. He was one of the five who
made this high mark and The Citizen
joins with other Waynesboro friends in
congratulating him upon his success
ful college career.
Suicides in Georgia
Decreased in 1923
There were 2,388 more deaths in
Georgia in 1923 than in 1922. Of this
increase, 1,200 were among the whites
and 1,100 among the negroes, bn in
crease of 6.9% among both races.
There was a decrease in the number
of deaths from certain communicable
diseases, while others affecting pjrti
r.ularly children showed a marked in
crease. The records show a -decrease
of 113 deaths from Tyhpoid Fever, 95
fiom Malaria and 137 from Diphtheria,
while the deaths from Whooping Cough
increased 124 and Measles 342. There
was an increase of 51 death from Can
cer, with a decrease of 39 from Tuber
culosis The greatest increase was
found among those deaths due to'di
seases of the Respiratory Tract, with
2,908 deaths in 1922 and 3,612 in i'923,
an increase of 704. Of this increase 579
were due to Pneumonia. These figures
do not include the increase in In
fluenza from 1,014 in 1922 to 1,500 in
1923, a difference of 486. There was
also an increase of §l9 deaths describ
ed to diseases of the Circulatory Sys
tem, with 338 said to be due to Heart
Disease. Brights Disease increased
from 2,905 to 3,139, Diseases of the
Nervous System from 2,822 to 2,985,
of the Digestive System from 3,030 to
3,069, with an increase of 187 due to
c.ia age, and 36 to conditions peculiar
to early infancy
There were 15 less suicides in 1923
than in 1922, with 181 in 1922 and 166
in 1923. Accidental death increased
from 1,481 to 1,535 and homicides de
creased from 569 to 511. Firearms
were used in 110 suicides in 1922 and
103 in 1923. The careless handling of
firearms resulted in 141 deaths in 1922
and j. 40 in 1923, as compared with
141 death in 1922 and 144 in 1923 eaus
ed by Railroad Accidents. Firearms
were used in 427 homicides in 1922 and
37” in 1923.
There were 203 deaths due to auto
mobile accidents in 1922 and 267 in
1923. an increase of 64. The care
less handling of macninery resulted
*n an incicase of 18 deaths in 1123.
Deaths Rates In 1923
The death rate for the year was
12.1 deatns per 1,000 population, as
compared with 10.9 in 1922, In Feb
ruary the rate was 9.9, January,
■April, May, July and August rau be
tween 10 and 11, while March, June
September, October and November ran
between 11 and 11.5 with December 13.
In 1923 the lowest rate was 11 in Sep
tember. February, April, June, Au
gust, October and November ran be
tween 11 and 12. March, May, July
and December ran over 12 deaths per
1,000 population, while January show
-1 ed a rate of 16.1 deaths.
NUMBER 14.
Waynesboro and Alexander have car
ried the elections In favor of the ad
ditional levy whereby they will be en
abled to operate a nine months school
without any interruption.
Elections will be held at Sardis, Gi
rard, Midville and Vidette Saturday,
June 21st, and The Citizen hopes to
see all of them favorable to the ad
ditional levy to carry on the school for
nine months. % Don’t make the mistake
of an interruption of even one year
with a shortened term for it will Jo
more to kill your schools and yo ir
community than you can undo in ten
years time.
We believe the people of the county
will stand by their school just a 3 Way
nesboro and Alexander have done.
Timber Is Real Crop
| Says Progressive
! Farme ir nAtricie
When land was cheap, taxes low,
; and timber almost worthless, careful
i forestry policies were not necessary,
:it was thought. But when we must
pay high taxes on lands that are grow
ing timber, when lands have trebled
in price and timber can become a real
ly profitable crop like cotton or to
bacco if we only handle it intelli
gently, we must really begin to think
of ourselves as farming our woodlands
as well as our cleared lands. We
must ask ourselves whether our tim
ber crop is paying us as well as other
crops, and if not, why not. We must
see to it that we have a good stand of
trees, as well as a good stand of cot
ton or corn. We must see to it that
“weeds” are kept out of our forests
just as we keep them out of our fields
—“weeds” in forests meaning trees
that are not really marketable and
profitable for culture, but are simply
cumberers of the ground, hindering
the development of the really profita
ble varieties of timber growth. We
should olsa see that the trees are not
harvested too soon, just as we should
not want to cut tobacco when it is
half-ripe or harvest corn before the
ears have matured.
Another important consderation in
connection with the timber crop is
inat of keeping wcodland tram proven
table washing and gullying . Vve do
not want to see gullies In our culti
vated lands, but too many of us do
nothing to stop gullies ;n lands turn
ed out to timber growth. This is un
fair both to the trees and to the land
B> cutting out the undereirabla of too
crowded timber growth and placing
the thinned-out trees in the washes,
guilying can usually be stopped rather
quickly
The gist of the whole matter is
that we must begin to think of tim
ber as a crop just as surely as corn
oi cotton is a crop, and treat it ac T
cordingly Just because it takes a few
n onths to make corn or cotton and a
good many years to make a timber
crop—this condition does not alter the
fact that timber is nevertheless just
as truly a crop as the others And we
must intereste ourselves just as defi
nitely in seeing .to it (1) that there is
a good stand of the timber crop, (2)
that “weeds” or unprofitable trees are
cut out; (3) that fire is just as earnest
ly and faithfully kept out of the tim
ber crop as we would keep it out of a
field of ripe wheat or oats, and (4) that
trees are marketed when they are the
right size and neither marketed when
they are the right size and neither
marketed when they are decidedly im
mature nor yet held too long after
maturity.—The Progressive Farmer.
BASEBALL GAMES LIYEN UP WEEK
Bill Reynolds’ team played Sylvania
Tuesday afterucon on the local dia
mand and lost by 14 to 4, but on Wed
nesday iLe team stage 1 a come back in
one of the .prettiest games seen here
in a number of years with Swainsboro
It was fast and snappy and was in big
league style. Again on Thursday Bill’s
aggregation copped another game,
that with the local American Legion
team. The Legionaires were not in
it at any stage of the game and tho
rather one sided game was a lot of
fun to the large crowd of fans who as
sembled to witness it.
The team plays at Swainsboro Fri
day afternoon.
For 24 years
the leading eye
Spectacles, Eye-
Glasses and Ar
tificial Eyes cor
rectly fitted,
sight specialists
of Angasta, Ga.