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VOLUME 43.
WILL BURKE COUNTY CONTINUE TO DELAY
GETTING STATE AND FEDERAL ROAD HELP ?
U. S. Gypsum Co.
Launches a New
Industry in Va.
Plasterco, Va., August 28. —Recent
opening of the Sheetrock wallbroad
mill of the United States Gypsum Con.
pany here means the launching of a
new industry for the Southeast. The
plant will manufacture 100,000 square
feet a day of fireproof gypsum wall
board and will be the only one in the
Southeast producing this building ma
terial
This plant was built to enable Geor
giarts to obtain better wall and cod
ings at moderate cost. Before now
they have had to pay high freight
rates on wall boards made in the
north. But'the Plasterco mill has
easy access to the Atlantic Coast Line,
the Southern and L. & N. railroads
and through them, to the A. B. & A,
the Central of Georgia and others serv
ing Georgia. That insures rapid, low
cost deliveries to small cities as well
as the larger centers and it means
that lumber and building supply deal
ers can get wall plasters, wallboards,
lime and other products of the United
States Gypsum Company in mixed-car
lots at carload feright rates.
Sheetroc'k consists of gypsum rock
mined at Plasterco and converted in
to sheets 3-8 inch thick and of sizes
convenient to fit the studding of any
room. These rigid, easily handled
units, which can be sawed and nailed
like wood, are used as substitutes for
ship-lap and other inferior finishes,,
thus making possible a higher stand
ard ■of home-making.
Because these large sheets are
quick and easy to apply, and fireproof,
75,000 feet of Sheetrock is being used
for all the guest and public rooms of
the new Valdez Hotel at Valdosta,
Georgia. One of the facts that deter
mined the owners to select this ma
terial is that, unlike pulp or fibre wall
boards, it can be painted, calcimined
or papered. Uncle Sam is another
Southeastern user of Sheetrock. More
than 3010,000 feet of it is being install
ed in the permanent barracks of the
U. S. Marine Corps at Quantico, Vir
ginia,
It # is being used there because, being
made of rock, it cannot ignite. Also,
gypsum is one of the best insulators
known; so this wall board shuts heat
in and cold out, reducing fuel bills
in cool climates and increasing com
fort in hot regions. Thus it makes
possible more sanitary, more comfor
table and more beautifu’ homes, at
low cost.
Minister Fails j
to Distinguish
the Difference
Hammond, La,., Aug. 20.—Many of the
citizens of Livingstone parish who
signed the petition which resulted re
cently in the adoption by the parish
jury or board of county commissioners
of an ordinance prohibiting the public
appearance of women attired in
knicker-bockers now Eire trying to ex
pain why they did so.
The most recent “alibi,” that of a
minister known throughout the parish,
has resulted in whoops of glee and is
understood to be the principal topic of
conversation in circles where feminine
Is quoted as having explained that ne
thought “knickers” and the intimate
garment bearing the popular name of
one of the country’s statesmen luring
his lifetime were one and the same
thing and that he was opposed to wo
moii and girls appearing in pub’ic so
attired.
The police jury met Saturday f >r the
firs* t'me since adoption of the ordi
nance and it was dropped like a hot
brick, Enforcement had begun to
make itself felt in the way of a heavy
slump in automobile traffic through
the jarisli and caused comment from
all sections of the state ami the law
was rescinded before a monster peti
tion requesting its repeal could be
presented. %
BOYS HAVE ALL EXPENSES PAID
TO SOUTHEASTERN FAIR SCHOOL
A Week in Atlanta Studying Fair Exhibits and
Modern Farm Methods Under Com
petent Instructors.
Atlanta.—There is a slogan in use
In Texas which runs*. ‘ fitter the
folks, the fitter the State.” That
sounds good and it is an absolute
truth.
Since the year of its inception, the
Southeastern Fair has been striving
to make fitter the folks of the section
it serves, and one of the means of at
taining this has been to work with the
young folks of the country.
One of the most important features
of the annual events is the Southeast
ern Fair School, which is made up of
two boys from each county in Geor
gia, more than three hundred boys,
who come to the fair, are provided
with meals and sleeping quarters, and
given instruction daily during the fair
in matters pertaining to farming and
stock raising.
The instructors are furnished by the
state agricultural college, while the
I Weekly Review of
Georgia Industries
Macon —Apartment house and two
stores to be erected on old Hartz prop
erty.
Georgia ranks second among states
I of Union in production of marble.
Wadlev —Motor mail route establish
ed from this city to Adrian, via Kite
and Meeks; expediting mail delivery
by 6 hours.
Brunswick —Turpentine cup factory
to be established here;' plant to turn
out 2,000 cups daily.
Savannah—Local building to be re
modeled into permanent quarters
Eagles’ lodge.
" Macon —Bibb county court house
nearing completion.
Georgia tobacco growers ready for
greatest selling season in history.
Savannah —Heating plant to be in
stalled in Massie school building.
Bethel—Good progress being made
on addition to Bethel school building.
La Grange—Cook Clothing Company
of Atlanta, to open branch store here.
Albany—Cotton outlook good in
southwest Georgia.
Atlanta —Building permits issued
during July total nearly $2,000,000.
Waynesboro—City buys new fire
equipment.
Port Valley—42s carloads of water
melons shipped a.t prices ranging from
$l5O to $275 a car.
Atlanta —Ground broken for home
for home old women on West End Ave
nue.
Gainesville —Street paving to start
at once.
Macon —New Masonic Temple for
mally opened.
Thomasville —Site cleared for erec
tion of new tourist hotel.
Montezuma —1924 crops in Macon
county best in many years.
Lodowici —Cotton picking under way
in this vicinity.
Savannah —American Oil Company j
opens new service station and distri
buting plant.
Perry—Contract let for erection of j
$43,500 consolidated school building, i
Georgia and Alabama have more j
than 32,000 acres-of seeded pasture
lands, resulting from better pasture j
movement inaugurated in 1921.
Butler’s island being rapidly clear- j
ed and prepared for agricultural pur- |
poses.
Atlanta —Druid Hills Methodist Sun
day school building nearing comple
tion; structure cost SIOO,OOO.
Rock Mart —“Whit#way” to be com
pleted as soon as street paving is
finished.
Waynesboro—Ne w filling station to
be constructed at 6th and Liberty
streets. •
Atlanta —Southern railway to start
! construction of $750,000 locomotive re
; pair shops within theree weeks,
j Savannah —Chatham county to erect
all metal building at fairgrounds; to
be ready for this year’s exposition.
Prospects bright for unusually good
cotton crop throughout state.
Irwinton —Contruction of new
county courthouse to start at once
N. Y. Legion Posts
to Erect Hospital
for Convalescents
Syracuse, N. Y„ Aug. 26.—The Amer
i an Legion will construct a $500,000
convelescent camp for veterans at
(Paradise Point, on Tupper Lake, if
! plans now considered are approved
at the state convention of the Legion
at Alexandria Bay, September 4-5-6.
The matter will be brought up'at the
annual meeting of the Veterans’ Moun
tain Gamp Corporation, to be held in
! cnoiunction with the Legion bonven
tion
j The object of the plan is to pro
vide a place where veterans in need
of a few weeks rest after illness or
surgical operation may be cared for
j without chargfc It would be open to
all veterans To raise the money,
each American Legion post in the state
wia be aif.'gned a quota.
railroad fares, meals and other ex
penses are paid for by the fair asso
ciation. These boys are the most pro
gressive in the communities from
which they come, and are selected af
ter a competitive'examination by coun
ty school superintendents or district
demonstration agents. The boys who
will come to the fair this year, October
4 to 11, have already been selected by
most of the counties. It is impossible
to calculate the benefit which will
eventually accrue to the boys, the com
munities and the State by reason of
these days spent studying the exhibits
at the fair.
Many of these boys have live stock
and agricultural exhibits at the fair,
and, whether they win any of* the pre
miums or not, this demonstrates an
ambition and a desire for better things
and is part of the making of fitter folks
and a fitter State.
She mut Ctiigittt.
| Southwest Georgia
Field Trials to Be
Held in Lee County
Atlanta,, Ga., Aug. 25. —Ducas Thiers
secretary of the Southwest Georgia
Field Triala Association, has announc
ed that the first trials will be held
under jurisdiction of that association
beginning on November 17th. The Lip
sey place, embracing several hundred
acres in Lee county, has been secured
by the association for holding the trial
All records made during the meet, it
was stated, will be authentic and re
corded among the annals of the Ameri
can Field trials Association.
A feature of the coming meet, Mr.
Thiers said, will be the presence of
John C. Grant, veteran trainer, who
will come from C'ourtland, Ala., for
the trials.
It was stated that mb re than a hun
dred dogs will be entered for the
trials. A large number of Atlanta
and Macon sportsmen will be in atten
dance. Besides many sport lovers
who will attend the trials and handle
their own dogs, there will be a num
ber of professional trainers. Many wo
men visitors will add charm to the
meet.
Membership in the association con
tinues to grow, Mr. Thires said. The
enrollment has now reached more
than a hundrd. The members reside
in all portions of the association terri
tory.
Florida Legion
Wins McNider
Cup from Georgia
Miami, Fla., Aug. 22.—The Florida
department of the American Legion
has won the MacNider trophey, to be
awarded to the state having the larg
est percentage of paid-up membership,
according to word received here from
the Florida department headquarters
at Palataka. The figures were not
given in the message, which states
that the information is based on un
official data from the national head
quarters at Indianapolis.
Competition for the MacNider tro
phy is a yearly event and for the last
two years the honor has gone to eGor
gia. Florida took an early lead in the
contest this year, but until just re
cently was sunning second to Connec
ticut. The great increases in the Jack
sonville, Tampa and Miami posts, as
well as the organization of many new
posts area given credit for swinging
the leadership back to Florida. Tam
pa and Miami are the only two of Flori
da’s 93 posts having membership of
i over 1,000.
Ga. Electric Chair
Wil Soon be Ready
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 27.—Howard Hin
ton, a Dekalb county negro, will be
the first murdered to pay the death
penalty in Georgia by electrocution.
The electric chair, which was provid
ed for in a bill sponsored by Represen
tative R. O. Perkins, of Muscogee coun
ty, and singed by Governor Walker
recently, will be, in readiness for the
electrocution on the 13th of next
month, it is said.
The bill left it in the power of
Governor Walker to order the chair
installed, and that the cost was to
be paid out of the contingent fund.
Doubt had been expressed that the
chair could not be installed by the
thirteenth of next month, but City
Electrician R. C. Turner assured the
Georgia prison commission that this
could be accomplished.
Hinton was tried last week in the
DeKalk superior court on as assault
charge. The chair will be installed
at the state farm in Milledgeville.
Post Office and
Banks Celebrate
Labor Day Monday
The post office will close Monday in
observance of Labor Day. There will
he no a ehcry of the city mail !y
carrier that day.. The general deliv
ery window will be open from 9 to 10
o’clock.
The Bank of Waynesboro, The Citi
zens, the First National Bank and the
Waynesboro Savings Bank will observe
the day by closing.
Remember this and make your ar
rangements Saturday.
Italian Rescued
by the Richmond
U. S. S. Cruiser Richmond East of
Cape Farewell, Greenland, Aug. 25.
At 11.35 last night, the Richmond res
cued Lieut. Locatelli the missing Ital
ian airman. He was picked up 125
miles east of Cape Farewell. He and
hi? companion were not injured, al
though worn out with fatigue.
Motor trouble had forced Locatelli
down on the water during the night
Thursday of last week, and he was un
iable to again take the air. He had
drifted 100 miles since landing. He
requested that 1 is plane be destroyed,
:.nd this request was complied with.
Waynesboro, Ga., August 30, 1924.
The Southeastern Fair Wants
Every Child As An Active Partner
This picture shows a few of the young partners who entertain and are entertained annually at the Southeast
ern Fair in Atlanta. The three girls In the foreground are Daisy Scott, Annie Ruth Sykes and Mary Wells, of Tatt
nall county, winners of last year’s bread-baking contest. Fair dates this year, October 4to 11, when another contest
will be staged.
Legion Backs
Defense Day
Washington, August 25. —John R.
Quinn, national commander of the
American Legion, unreservedly sup
ports National Defense Test Day, Sep
tember 12, and calls on Legionnaires
everywhere to volunteer their services
to the authorities in charge.
In a letter to Mrs. Anthony Wayne
Cook, president-general of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution and
chairman of the national test commit
tee, he declared the Legion partly re
sponsible for the act of 1920, provid
ing for a tryout of the war machine,
but denied that the organization de
sires war.
He wrote in part:
“The national adjutant in his bi
weekly letter and our national Ameri
can director in a special bulletin have
called upon members of the Ameri
can Legion to co-operate with the gov
ernment in making Defense Test Day
a success. lam unqualifiedly in favor
of this demonstration because I be
lieve it is needed to see whether our
present system of national defense is
adequate.
“The American Legion does not
want war. There is no organization
which desires more strongly to see
world peace nor which will work to
ward that end than the American Le
gion. But that does not mean that we
are pacifists nor does it mean that we
are in favor of disarmament in view
of present conditions.
“The American Legion has seen the
practical results of non-preparedness.
The World War exemplified the enor
mous waste of lives and money
brought about by the drifting policy of
non-preparedness. So strong was the
effject of that visualizaton cf the hid
eoys waste of non-pi eparedness that
the Legion in 1920 turned its atten
tion toward having this government
establish a militarv policy, something
this country has never had.
“The government now has a mili
partly responsible. The defense test
is a test of that policy to see whether
it is adequate for the need.
I “Therefore the American Legion is
j behind it, whole-heartedly and unre-
I servedly. If there are any weak spots
In it they must be brought out by the
j demonstration so that practical meas-
I ures of correction may be taken. I
have called upon every American Le
gionnaire to do his best in co-opera
tion with the movement.
“As a major in the Reserve Corps
and a lieutenant colonel in the Nat
ional Guard of California. I shall do
my share and report by telegraph to
the proper authorities.”
More than 100 patriotic societies
maintaining headquarters in the na
tional capital have been invited to vol
unteer their services and acceptances
are being reported as practically unan
imous. Major General John L. Hines
and Major General Hugh L. Drum are
on the program for speeches, morning
and aftternocn of August 29 and din
ner will be served at a conference to
be held that evening. .
MEET afi AT VIDETTE SEP'?. 4TH
Had yop heard about that nice bar
becue dinner the ladies are preparing
for you at Vidette. On above date?
Don’t miss it. You will have a good
time. As to the efficiency of the ladies
to serve a good dinner, that has often
been proven, and is a well established
fact. Come. Your patronage will be
appreciated. Proceeds go to school.
Rev. John P. Jones
Will Return Home
Early Next Week
Friends of Rev. John Page Jones,
pastor of the First Baptist church, will
be pleased to learn that he and his
estimable family will return home
early next week, arriving Tuesday,
Sept. 2d. Mr. Jones will conduct
prayer meeting services on Wednesday
evening at his church and begin regu
lar services the next Sunday.
Mr. Jones has been greatly benefit
ted by his vacation and will return
home with renewed health and
strength much to the delight of his
many friends in the city. The Citizen
welcomes he and his family back
home.
Thomas Building
Being Remodeled
The Thomas Building corner Liber
ty and 6th streets is being remedied
and will become a filling station and
office building. Carpenters are busy
dismantling the front preparatory to
installing the necessary filling sta
tion machinery and reshaping the
rear into offices.
Mr. Robert Bargeron will operate
the station as soon as it is finished
and will install a ladies rest room and
every modern convenience with such
stations. The location is one of the
best in the city and will no dcubt
provq to be a most popular stopping
place for the thousands of tourists
passing through the city.
Stop All Open Air
Events at Chicago
Chicago, Aug. 25. —Mosquitoes,
which have fairly swarmed about Chi
cago and vicinity for several days,
have become so numerous that open
air affairs are being banned and au
thorities are taking action.
The community church service in
Oak Park last night was one of the
victims of the mosquito scourge. The
services were transferred from the
Scoville Place park to the First Bap
tist church.
GEORGIA BELLES IN BEAUTY BALLET
TO FEATURE AT THIS YEAR’S FAIR
Atlanta, Ga. —Every city, town and
hamlet in Georgia is invited by the
Southeastern Fair Association to se
lect a representative to attend the fair
and become a candidate for the title
of “Miss Georgia.’’
With the title and honor, other re
wards go to the winner, and it is ex
pected that every town in the State
will take steps to send its prettiest
girl to take part in the contest. No
entry fees are required, and nomina
tions may be made by individuals,
clubs, civic and fraternal bodies,
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BROAD, ST.
EYES THOBOUGHLY EXAMINED
Airplane Dusting
Seen by Thousands
Athens, Ga., Aug. 26. —Dusting cot
ton plants with calcium arsenate from
an airplane, while successful and
recommended as a secondary measure
of battling the pest, is not held forth
as a cure-all, said Dr. George Ma
lionev assistant entomologist of the
government experiment station at Ta
lulah, La aer today at a demonstra
tion of tne use c? airplanes in this
work.
Dr. Mahoney told several thousand
persons witnessing th< demonstration
that the fight must be oegun even be
fore airplane is to be called, in to aid
the fight. At the same time Dr. Ma
honey said he is highly gratified at the
results obtained from today’s experi
ment ,but made it clear he does not
wish planters to pin all their hopes
to the airplane.
He urged planting as soon as the
ground is warm enough to bring the
cotton up and hurry its growth. He
advised early varieties cf cotton, inten
sive cultivation and sufficient fertiliza
tion to biing on an early crop and
rush its maturity. He-urged the de
struction of hibernating places cf the
weevil. These things, Dr. Mahoney
said, were more important than dust
ing, but dusting is a great auxiliary
to all these. He said that the best
method of actually fighting the wee
vil after it had made its appearance
was with calcium in the dust form.
Two planes were employed* here in
the demonstration, one a large type
built according to specifications given
by the Delta laboratories at Tallulah,
La., and the other a converted army
plane. Both planes worked smoothly
and succeeded in dusting the field out
lined, which was part of a 250-acre
I tract that was very rolling and fring
!ed with trees, telephone wires and
i houses. Despite this, the planes put
[the calcium arsenate in contact with
j the cotton near the end of the rows
| and followed them almost to the other
! extreme, shooting suddenly skyward
! only as a house or telephone wire
. loomed up immediately in front. The
! dust was blown out of a hopper thru
a wide trough and was shot downward
in a fine mist, so very fine in fact that
{ it was not discernible after it struck
I the stalk, going all through the leaves
! and squares, getting a high per cent of
distribution.
lodges, newspapers, manufacturers
and merchants.
Every pretty girl, age fifteen to thir
ty, married or single, should be con
sidered an eligible, and some one in
the old home town should see that
she is put in the race. -
The selection of “Miss Georgia” will
be made the last night of the fair, Oc
tober 11, and, whether she come to
the fair as Miss Macon, Miss Augusta,
Miss Albany, Miss Athens or Miss
Some Other Town, great will be the
honor to the young lady and the home
town sending her.
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NUMBER 24
Burke county is standing in her
own light by net accepting the aid
offered by the State Highway Depart
ment and it is high time for our peo
ple to begin to think about a program
of permanent roads for our county.
At the Rotary Club meeting Tuesday
Messrs. Emmett Gresham and Cliff
Hatcher made talks on tnis subject
and their talks were a revelation to
maiiy of our citizens who had not
heard of it or had not learned what
could be done.
Mr. Gresham made a plea for co-op
eration with the State Highway De
partment in building permanent roads
in the county and that it would be
next year before such a program could
be started as our share for this year
had been apportioned to some other
county because of our lack of interest.
The department wishes to do some
thing for Burke county as a memorial
to the memory of Hon. R. C. Neely,
who was a member of the Depart
ment. Chairman Holder stated that
such a program would take four years
for completion. In all it will give
Burke county 65 miles of paved roads.
The road from Waynesboro to the
Richmond county line would be first;
to the Jenkins county line next; to
Emanuel county next, and then to the
Jefferson county line, thus completing
the program for Burke county as far
as state and federal aid, and after the
completion of these roads then the
Dixie Highway to the Screven county
line could be paved, followed by the
roads from Waynesboro to the differ
ent smaller towns of the county. Such
a program would take a number of
years to complete but it is something
to think about and plan for, and the
part which takes in the state aid roads
could be started within the next year
by Burke county in order to receive
this aid.
An issue of $300,00$ worth of bonds
would complete the program. On an
issue of this size the sinking fund re
quired would be nine thousand and
seventy two dollars and ninety cents
a year and the interest would be pro
vided in the $12,000 received by Burke
county yearly from the gas tax. On
the digest of 1924 which amounts to
$8,388,674 the additional levy in mills
required to do all this work would be
about 1 and mills ($1.25 on the
$1,000) extra to our present tax rate
which for 1923 was 16 mills. We won
dei if any of our citizens would kick
on the small addition necessary to
carry on this work, since the figures
we have given here are made up by* a
man who knows what he is doing.
We cannot see why the present
county commissioners could not call
a bond election for Burke county to
start on the four year program out
lined above. There is no reason why
we should let other counties go ahead
of us and Burke wait or pass up such
an opportunity to progress and move
forward.
There is an unlimited supply of ma
terial for hard surface road building
in Burke county that could be used in
the work contemplated.
Begin to think of this program and,
help Burke county grow. Good roads
will help the farmers to sell their
produce. And a paved highway from
Savannah to Augusta will mean as
much to Waynesboro as a new railroad
for all tourist travel will be routed
through our city.
Don’t pass up this opportunity.
Save Some of
Your old Corn
Washington, D. C., August 22.—The
spring of 1024 was unusually back
ward in many sections. Following this
the growing condition were not good,
with the result that the bulk of the
corn is extremely late throughout the
Corn eßlt and northward. It is so
late that most of the crop will be
unfit for seed unless frost holds off
longer than usual.
The United States Department of Ag
riculture is calling attention to this
fact at the present time in order o
prevent, if possible, a serious seed
corn situation in the spring of 1925.
The higher prices for corn in the last
few weeks are drawing mucth of the
old crop-from the arms. Farmers not
having enough seed corn for 1925 left
over from last years’ supply should
save the best of their bulk crib from
which to obtain seed, if necessary. If
this year’s crop is killed by frost be
fore it is mature, this old corn will
provide a sourde from whirh seed dan
be selerted for planting in 1925.
Georgia’s Tax Rate
Fixed at Five Ms
Wright Announces
The tax rate for the state of Geor
gia for the j ear 1924 has, as usual
been fixed at the maximum allowed oy
the constitution, or five mills, by au
thority oi Governor Walker and Comp
troller General Wright. Announce
ment to this effect was made 07 the
comptroller general Tuesday follow
ing a conference with the governor
The levy amounts to $5 an each 11-
009 worth of property in the state.
Of the 5 mills, 4.91 mills has been
set aside for general purposes in
>lir ug '.lie support of the common
schools, which receive one half of the
state’s income The other. 09 of a
mill goes into the sinking fund to re
t.”’;- matured bonds cf the state—At
lanta journal.
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