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VOLUME 45
f jinilis Loses A
Leading Citizen
T x Acree Passes Away at His
Horae in This City After Long
Illness.
(Camilla Enterprise, October 8.)
Thr entire community shared in a
,• Lr of deep sorr’ow and loss Fri
f aVrnoon when death removed
day ,nr midst Mr. Tom A. Acree,
r ° m mnst citizen and beloved lifetime
for J 0 j Camilla. Mr. Acree peace
1* breathed his last at six o'clock
t Lv afternoon, surrounded by fam
fl'id loved ones, his death following
lly lint*ss of several months dura
*" brought on by a stroke of
"falyss Though his death had been
P rte(i for several days, it was a
Mow to his loved ones and num
“L friends when it came.
Funeral services were held at the
thodist vhurch Sunday morning
o’clock, conducted by the pas-
R«*v R W. Joiner, who was as
tor’ , hv Rev. J. G. Graham, the Bap-,
and Rev. Jas. D. Dean,,
S Presbyterian pastor, and Dr. W.
F Quillian, President of Wesleyan
fnllcee Macon and a nephew of the
leased In recognition of the deep
fove of the deceased for the services
if the church, the funeral was ar
? need as nearly like the morning
church service as possible. Loved
old hymns of the Christian faith wer’e
, une by the congregation, Rock of
and “How Firm a Founda
tion” The choir sang I Shall
w no w Him” and “Sometime We’ll
Understand.” The entire service was
very simple. The numerous and
beautiful floral offerings bespoke the
love and sympathy of many friends.
The church service was followed by
interment at Oakview cemetery.
The following old friends acted as
honorary pallbearers: Dr F, L.
lewis, G. B. Baggs, J. B. Lewis, J.
W Butler, W. C. Twitty, of Pelham;
J D. Gardner, E. M. Davis and P. R.
Cleveland The active pallbearers
were: J. C. Wilson, J. H. Bailey, R.
M Fleming, J. R. Adams, R. M.
Marshall and O. J. Culpepper.
Mr. Acree had spent his entire life
in Camilla and since early in life
had been one of our most prominent
and well loved citizens. He was
born here sixty-eight years ago, son
of John B. and Rebecca Acr’ee, both
of whom had been reared here from
childhood. In early young manhood
he was married to Miss Mattie
Thornton, a sister of Mrs. W. Hor
ton Branch, who died after a short
married life, leaving her husband
with two small sons. Several year’s
afterward, in December 1893, Mr.
Acree was married to Miss Daisy
Whitworth, with whom he lived hap
pily for thirty three years, and who
now survives him, with their chil
dren.
Entering the mercantile business
in Camilla as a yoifng man, Mr. Acree
became one of our most successful
merchants and business men along
other lines, which he developed as
he grew older, winning the confidence
and high esteem of all who knew
him. At the time of his death he
was the oldest active business man
in Camilla. At the time of his death
he was president and princpial ow
ner of the T. A. Acree Co., and held
important interests in other local
enterprises. He also had large farm
ing interests to which he gave much
of his time and out of which he got
a great deal of pleasur'e, for he was
a good farmer and had an unshak
able faith in the agricltural future of
this country. This bent of his mind
was evidenced by all of his business
activities, which were always close
ly linked with the development of ag
ricultural resources of this section.
He was a man of great energy and
superb courage and his influence up
on the business life of the commu
nity was felt by everyone.
Mr. Acree loved his town and its
interests and always stood ready to
do what he could for its civic better
ment. He was a man of friendly and
affectionate nature, loved and enjoy
ed neighbors and friends, rejoiced at
their joys and sorrowed in their
sadness, and carried with him thru
life many warm His
outstanding characteristic was his
deep devotion to the church. Reared
by pious parents, he had become a
Christian at an early age and united
w >th the Methodist church. His
deepest loyalty, time, interest, and
money were dedicated to the church
and its interests. He had served in
many offices in the church, was a
member of the board of stewards
lor more than twenty-five years and j
bad for several years been chair- ,
man of the board. In his death, his
church suffers a deep loss. Tfuly a
good man was Mr. Acree —loyal
Christian and churchman a man of
high ideal, a home lover, a kind
neighbor, affectionate brother. His
family, friends, church and 'town
sustain a great loss in his death.
Surviving Mr. Acree are his widow
and three sons, Rev. Geo. M. Acr’ee,
oi Waynesboro, and Messrs. T. A.
Acree, Jr., and E. W. Acree, of Camil
uri.a - one daughter, Mrs. >J. D.
of Camilla. He leaves also
fhree brothers, Mr. G. W. Acree, of
Savannah, and Messrs. W. M. Acree
\ nd J- C. Acree, of Camilla, and two
s 'sters. Mrs. J. M. Mason, of Wrights
. Vl ‘m and Mrs. J. L. Brown, of Camil
la.
Among those coming to attend the
uneral here Sunday were Mr. W. G.
Acree, of Savannah; Rev. Geo. M.
Acree, of Waynesboro; Dr. and Mrs.
• F- Quillan, Miss Christine Quil
‘an and William Quillian, of Macon,
r“ rs - J W. Baughman, Miss Lucy
Baughman, Mr. and Mrs. Os-
f ar Clark and Mi'. Jim Acree, of
Dothan, Ala.; Mr. E. M. Whiting and
M iss Margaret Whiting, of Fort Val-
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Wood and
Mr - Daniel Mayer, of Albany; Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Wood and family,
u ( air °; Mrs. Horton Branch and
Mr f- Geo. Carroll, of Sale City; Mr.
ai H Mrs. W. C. Twitty, of Pelham,
an d others.
*he bereaved family have the ten
[! r sympathy of numerous friends
rought this section of the state in
ncir sad hour.
Emmett Gresham
Rotary Club of
the Free Schocl
Mr. Emmett Gresham, county
school superintendent, told the RO
- Uub of the fiftieth anniversary
of the free school system in Geor
gia at the meeting Tuesday. It was
a most interesting talk and br'ought
).u k the early days of education in
Burke county. The first Board of
Education m Burke county consisted
ot the followmg gentlemen: John
Jenks jones, J. W. Carswell, Joe B.
‘ones, \\ :lsca Wimberly and T J
McElmurray. Mr. A. H. A. Bell was
chosen the first superintendent of
school Ihe first money appropriated
i? r J C t° j 1P RuiJke county was
♦jconi c i oday the state furnishes
$45,903.54; county taxation raises
about 5-t3.000.00, and the corporation
taxes bring in about $4,500.
Mr Gresham is one of the best
school superintendents in Georgia
and he knows schools from a to z.
He is interested in the work and has
made and is making Burke one of the
outstanding counties in Georgia
thioi gh his efforts.
Weekly Industrial
Review of Georgia
\ aldosta—s4o,ooo new laundry plant
to be established here.
Waycross—W ilson Highway, from
Augusta, to Waycross, being graded
and paved.
Homerville—Contract let ,for $16,-
000 new Masonic Temple.
Valdosta—s2s,ooo apropriated* for
new water mains.
Brunwick—New road under con
struction, between here and Savan
nah.
W^aycfoss—State highway to be
graveled, from Waycross to Wares
boro.
Sparks—National highway north of
Sparks to be repaired.
Gainesville—sls,ooo,ooo textile plant
to be erected here by Johnson &
Johnson Company.
Albany—Work progressing rapid
ly, on $250,000 motion pictur’e theatre
on Jackson street.
Jesup—Passenger station here to
be remodeled.
Rochelle—Baptist church to erect
ed in this town.
Canton—Contract let, for paving
sidewlaks on number of city streets.
Canton—White Way Laundry be
ing enlarged.
Waynesboi*o—Road from Way
nesboro to Augusta, to be relocated.
Moultrie —Colquitt County fartaers
will harvest bumper corn crop.
Savannah —Work started, on new
building of Columbia Theological
Seminary.
Cordele —National highway north
of Cordele, under construction.
Dalton—Number of city streets to
be paved.
75,000,000 watermelons shipped
from Georgia, during past 6 years.
Buford —Addition to be built, to
plant of Buford Ice Company.
Waresboro —Dangerous reverse
curve on Central Dixie Highway,
near Waresboro, being eliminated.
Waycross—New building being er
ected, as agency for Oakland and
Pontiac cars.
Carlton —Bids opened, for building
new schoolhouse, at cost of $37,900.
Hogansville—Road between Hog
ansville and Louise, being paved.
Ludowici —$40,000 new Glennville
Hotel nearing completion.
Rockmart —New filling station to
be erected here.
Perry—South Georgia Power Com
pany purchases city light and power
lines. .
Roberta—Southeastern > Power
Company building transmission line,
from Reynolds to Roberta.
Valdosta—Southern Bell Telephone
Company to improve lines and ser
vice in this city at cost of $20,000.
Brunswick —Work started, on new
SIOO,OOO Jekyl Island golf course.
Tif ton —Cenfral -Dixie Highway
from Tifton to Albany, being paved.
Atlanta —Aa'r Mail service inaugu
rated between Atlanta and Miami.
Jesup—War’e County Light & Pow
er Company extending its light and
pov/er line from Screven to Jesup.
Homerville —$40,000 bonds issued,
for new waterworks system.
Sylvester —New fiilling station op-
ens here. .
Elberton —Large silk mill costing
$1,000,000 will be erected here soon.
Folkston—Ware County Light &
Power Company proposes to pur
chase city light and power 1 plant.
Georgia’s excellent corn crop es
timated at 52,954,000 bushels
Atlanta —Southern Bell Telephone
Company to reduce long distance
telephone rates.
Savannah-20,000 h. p. turbo-gen
orator being installed by Savannah
Electric & Power Company at their
Riverside plant.
LaGrange—Work started, on con
struction of new Baptist parsonage.
"LaGrange S sso?ooo bonds issued, for
bt’iid'ng city hall and jail.
- 25 AV.
1926 '
396,000, 000 A
352,000/00£ SM.OOO, 000 BUSHELS #V J
KKRS-ROEBUCK AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION
X7OU will not be able to eat so many
Ypotatoes this year and
whVyou “l accordtag *£££
w°hi^ C there wll be 25,000,000 bush-
While ther ® thftn last year,
els more of 852,000,-
the prospect! 50 000 000 short
T t b hf .S
°* t 1 . *. o 202 000 acres to po
ers 1 7h°is vear the Foundation finds,
at^d 03 accordln g to the latest of-
3Re TRUE CITIZEN
Spuds Are Scarce Again
TOXIN - ANTITOXIN ATTENTION PARENTS
The Burke County Meldical Society has on hand a supply of Toxin-Antitoxin for
the prevention of Diphtheria and will give it FREE to every child whose parents are
unable to pay for same.
Those parents who are able to pay will be charged Three Dollars for the complete
treatment of each child.
The Toxin-Antitoxin is furnished free by The State Board of Heath to children
under seven years of age. Children over seven years will have to pay 15c.
BURKE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
BY W. C. McCARVER, President
R. L. MILLER, Secretary.
Legion Meeting
Next Tuesday at
the Court House
The regular meeting of B .L. I. Post
No. 120, Americna Legion will be held
Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock at the
court house and important items of
interest to the Legion will be dis
cussed. Plans for Armistice Day will
be taken up and completed . The en
tertainment committee has a play,
Listen Lady scheduled for the early
part of November and work must be
completed on this.
The application for charter’ is pub
lished in this issue of The Citizen and
Commander Anderson is well pleas
ed with the manner’ in which the
members are singing their names to
the Charter roll at Cox’s Drug Store.
If you have not put your name on
this list, you are requested to do so
so that the charter can be framed.
Much interest is being taken by the
local post in the annual convention
at Philadelphia. Paris has invited
the Legion over in 1927 and over
30,000 members are going with the
second A. E. F. The election of offi
cers will be held Friday.
Cotton Ginned in
Burke to Oct. Ist
Was 30,441 Bales
30,441 bales of cotton wer’e ginned
in Burke county up to October Ist,
1926. For the same time last year
there were ginned 30,506. Burke at
this time was a few bales short of
last year’s ginnnig.
Hillhouse Buys
Nutwood Dairy
Mr. W C Hillhouse, proprietor of
Rosemont Dairy, bought Nutwood
Dairy last week from Mr. Fr'ank
'Cates and will combine this plant
with his. The two dairies which have
been merged will give Waynesboro
on: of the largest dairy plants in
tiiis section and Mr. Hillhouse will
serve the city with first class milk
and dairy products at all times. Mr.
Hillhouse has been in the dairy busi
ness in the city for the past twenty
eight years and knows the game and
with the increased herd will be en
abled to serve his patrons more ei
friently and promptly.
Mr. R. L. Ivester, who has been in
marge of the'Cates’ dairy will have
charge at Rosemont He is a most
capable man and will do all lie can
to please the public.
j> e iy—Paving ot National High
wav between Perry and Macon, near
iv < mj iet'on. ,
Nashville— s2o,ooo bonds issued,
for paving several city streets.
Valdosta— s2s,ooo expended for
new water mains for this city.
Folkston— sso,ooo bonds issued, for
erecting new school here.
LaGrange—LaGrange Iron W orks
reopens, in their new building.
Savannah —Wesley Monumental s
new Sunday School building, under
construction here. -
Savannah—Contract let, for con
struction here.
Savannah —Contract let, for con
struction of new co-operative apart
ment house on Estill Avenue.
Darie n—Work started, paving
Coastal highway from Chatham
County to Darien . ...
Every dollar of fire loss is that
much human life thrown away. If
a life is only worth SI,OOO a year,
then the annual fire loss is the lne
(the time) of 500,000 people for a
year, absolutely thrown away. It is
everybody’s obligation to help stop
this loss.
ficial reports, these should yield on
the average HO bushels per acre. In
1925 the yield was onl y 103.9, while
in 1924 It was 127 bushels. The pres
ent prospects are for a crop 15 per
cent below normal. Based on studies
over a period of 23 years, the Depart
ment of Agriculture indicated that
prices will be about 37.5 per cent above
normal, and while prices are expected
to be higher, the extreme high prices
of a year ago are not likely.
Waynesboro, Ga., October 16, 1926.
Journal Pictures
Interest Local
Chapter 11. D. C.
The Atlanta Journal is publishing
a list of historical pictures of the
gr’eat men of the South in the Con
federacy and began the series on
Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 22. with
that of Adrimal Raphael Semmes.
Following is a list of the pictures
and dates :
Oct. 6—Robert Toombs.
Nov 3. —Alexander H Stephens.
Dec. Ist.—Gen. Clement A. Evans.
Jan. s—Francis5 —Francis Bartow
Feb. 2. —Sidney Lanier.
March 2.—'Gen. John B. Gordon
April 6. —Gen. Joseph E. Brown
May 4.—Gen. T. R. R. Cobb.
The chapters of the U. D. C. in
Burke county are requested to cut
these pictures out present them to
the schools of Burke county. They
will make an interesting contribu
tion to the schools and is a work of
love by the Daughters. Mrs. Todd
Seeger is the local chairman of the
schools in Burke county and she es
pecially urges the Daughters to re
member the dates and save the pic
tures.
Mercer Glee Club
Coming Nov. 15th
The senior class of Waynesboro
Academy are sponsoring the appear
ance of the Mefcer Glee Club here
this year and they will be at the
Academy Auditorium on Monday
night. Nov. 15th. This is the first
appearance of the Mercerites in the
city and no doubt they will be greet
ed with a good crowd.
The Mercer Glee Club consists of
a number of very talented young
men of this splendid old school and
Waynesboro people have a treat in
store for themselves on this date.
Georgia’s Capital Was at One
Time in B urke County 3 Years
(T. J. Lance)
Another distinction is due to come
to historic Burke county- just why
some citizens of the county had not
discovered it sooner and told the
world about it can not be answered,
but it remained for the lawyers in
Fullbr’ight & Burney’s office and
Judge Davis to dig it out. Secretary
of State sent Judge Davis a copy of
Hall’s map of early Georgia and this
map tells the tale. It may be due
to the fact, but few of these maps
have been in circulation; in truth
this one is the only one in the coun
ty. But the of distinction is this:
Burke county once contained the cap
ital of Georgia and that for a period
of three years. The date of this
Rathbone Bible
Class of K. of ?.
Growing in City
Mr. B. H. Jones, Grand Vice-
Chancellor of the Knights of Py
thias of Georgia, states that the ap
plicants for the Rathbone Bible Class
which will be held in Augusta on
the night of October 26th, is grow
ing and about twenty-five candidates
have alread ysigned up.
This wil lbe an opportunity that
no Pythian will miss and a large
crowd will attend from Burke coun
ty on this occasion. The lesson will
be dramatic and will be most im
pressive., A special team will put on
the work and the Supreme officers
will be present.
Sixth District K
of P to Meet at
Sardis Nov. 4th
The Sixth District Convention of
the Knights of Pythias will be held
at Sardis on Nov. 4th with George
Lodge No. 294. This district com
prises thirteen counties and a most
enthusiastic meeting is expected.
POSTMASTER’S EXAMINATION
FOR WAYNESBORO ANNOUNCED
The U. S. Civil Service Commission
announces competitive examination
postmaster in Waynesboro, the va
cancy occuring on Sept. 2. The sal
ary is $2,500. Mr. Edgar Bargeron
| resigned recently and Mr. S. Schwarz
j weiss has been appointed temporary
postmaster.
A notice of the examination will be
given next week.
Willie Hatcher
Starred in Yale
Game Last Week
Mr. Willie Hatcher, of Waynes
boro played a star game at New Hav
en last Saturday when Georgia play
ed Yale. He secured the ball on a
fumble and carried it to the Yale
one yard line. Mr. Hatcher is one
of the mainstays of (th-e Georgia
team, altho he is not being played
enough to suit his friends through
out the south. In writing of him the
New York Times said:
“Hatcher’s 30-yard run immediate
ly after Yale’s final touchdown in
the final starred as the most brilliant
individual achievement of the Geor
fl •
gians.
The New Yofw World said:
“The eleven which Captain Mor
ton brought up from Georgia was at
all times dangerous. In Morton,
Hatcher and Sherlock, the Crimson
Bulldogs had backfield talent which
was on the verge of spilling the
beans. It was only the alert intui
tive defense of the Yale players
which kept the Georgians in sub
mission.”
Mrs. Frank Cates
Building Two New
Homes on 11th St.
Mrs. Frank Cates, Sr., has let the
contract with the BuildeCs Supply
Co., for two new bungalows on the
corner of Eleventh and Liberty
streets. These homes will be quite
an addition to this section of the
city and furnish two more homes for
new citizens or those who want
homes in the city.
was from 1795-1798. The capital
was located at Louisville, Ga., but
this was before Jefferson county had
been formed. Jefferson county was
created in 1798 and the capital con
tinued in Louisville until 1804. Jef
jer'son was cut from a part of Burke.
Jefferson and Louisville have held
this signal honor for years and it
has been unchallenged, but now
Burke county comes in for its share.
It should read this way: Burke coun
ty contained the capital of Georgia
for three years, 1795-1798. For the
next six years Jefferson county was
the capital county. You can verify
this history by a reference to Hall’s
rnay of early Georgia.
Court of Honor
of Boy Scouts to
Meet October 19
The Waynesboro Court of Honor
of Boy Scout Troop No. 1, will meet
at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday
night. October 15th, at 8 o’clock, to
review the work of the three First
Class Scouts, and Merit Badge
work. The members of the
Court ar'e Messrs. John F. Mc-
Elmurray, Alvin Neely, E. G. Morris
and H. C. Hopkins.
W. M. S. MEETING
The Woman’s Missionary Society
will have their regular meeting at
the Baptist church Wednesday af
ternoon at 4 p. m.
MRS. J. E. GUESS, Sec.
Another Big U. S. Cotton Crop
1923
1,19 Ml' II Mf,
jtAHS-KOiBUCIL MttCULTUftM. FOUNDATION
Another big cotton crop this
year totaling 15,810,000 bales,
will supply not only all American
needs for clothing, but will provide a
surplus to send enough abroad for
those who depend on the American
farmer for cotton, says the Sears-
Roebuek Agricultural Foundation.
This large crop comes on the top of
the- large crop of last year, amount
ing to 16,104,000 bales and a carry
over of 3,500,000 bales. Cotton will
Burke County
Teachers Meet in
City Monday
The Burke county teachers met in
the high school auditorium Monday
in their first get-to-gether meeting
of the new school year.
After 1 the devotional exerciser
county school superintendent E. B.
Gresham called on Mr. Lance to ex
plain the Georgia Education Associa
tion program Burke county was al
most one hundred per cent strong
last year in this Association and the
effort will be made this year to make
it one hundred per cent Mr. Gres
ham outlined the work of the county
for the year. The organization was
perfected by the election of the fol
lowing officers president T. J).
Lance, vice-president; S. L. Price,
Vidette ; secretary —Miss Julia
Thompson, Sardis. Mr's. Hodgson
made a talk on her work after the
organization of the teachers; Mr.
Glausier, former superintendent’ of
the Decatur School spoke on Silent
Reading Mr. Gresham appointed the
following committee to draw up res
olutions thanking the True Citizen
for its good wor’k in carrying the
school news of the county: T. J.
Lance, S. L Price, Alex Carswell Vi
dette was selected for the meeting
place of the teachers for their Novem
ber meeting. It was an enthusiastic
day for the teachers and much good
to the county is expected from the
meeting.
Resolutions on True Citizens:
WHEREAS The Waynesboro True
Citizen has shown unusual —even
marked interest in the schools of
Burke county.
AND WHEREAS, we, the teachers
qf the county deeply realize the im
portance of any newspaper to the
progress of the schools,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED
by the teachers of Burke county in
session assembled that we convey to
The True Citizen our thanks for the
splendid co-operation that this paper
is giving the schools by publishing
each week the school news of the
county.
Signed
T. T. LANCE
S. L. PRICE
ALEX. CARSWELL
Committee
Local Marine
Hits Bull’s Eye
Washington, October 14—Proving
his skill in the use of firearms while
at target practice, Carr'oll Skinner,
of Alexander, near Waynesboro, Ga,.
recently qualified as a sharpshooter
in the U. S. Marine Corps, according
to an official target bulletin issued
at Marine Corps headquarters here.
Carroll is 23 years old and was
born in Alexander. He lived at the
home of his father, Simeon W. Skin
near, in Alexander, before he joined
the Marine Corps at Savannah, in
July, 1924. In recent weeks he has
been stationed at New London, Conn.
Target practices are held by the
Marine Corps at frequent intervals,
the men who qualify as expert rifle
men or' sharpshooters receiving med
als and additional pay for their skill.
Every man on the firing line strives
to make high scores, not only for «
medal and extra pay, but also for
the keen sport of the shooting tests.
Mr. Frank Brinson
State Manager of
Pure Silk Office
Mr. Frank L. Brinson has accept
ed the position as sate manager for
the Pure Silk Hosiery Co., of Chi
cago, and will go to Atlanta where
the state headquarters are as soon
as his equpiment arrives. Mr. Brin
son is a well known young business
man of the city. He is well known
and fully capable and will make this
company a splendid official.
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
ON AUGUSTA ROAD
Wednesday evening about six
o’clock a party of injured men were
brought to the city suffering from
an autom/bde accident which oc
curred on the Augusta road about
five and a half miles from Waynes
boro. Among the injured men were
Mr. Fowler who was cut about the
face and head; Mf. E. T. Shirley,
who './as cut about the mouth, and
who went on to Augusta and Mr.
Shirley who was slightly injured. The
injured were given first aid and later
Mr. Fowler was sent to Augusta in
Lewis’ ambulance.
The party was en route from Green
ville, S. C., to a point in Florida and
struck a sand bed which made the
car become uncontrollable and it
went into a telegraph post along
the road.
Mr. Fowler' from the last report
received before going to press that
he was still unconscious.
be picked from 47,153,000 acres this
j'ear, according to the Foundation,
and will make around 154 pounds of
lint per acre. When used for export
the cotton goes to the compress, where
it is reduced tc a smaller bale. A
large percentage of the crop
normally is exported to help clothe the
nations that cannot raise cotton. Pros
perity in the cotton belt is thus di
rectly related to the foreign demand.
D. H. J. Godin Dr. A. H. Meredith
GODIN SPECTACLE CO.
936 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
For 25 years the leading eye sight
specialists of Augusta. Spectacles,
Eye Glasses and Artificial Eyes 'Cor
rectly fitted. Eyes thoroiy examined
Frank Palmer on
State Executive
Committee From Ist
At the convention in Macon Thurs
day a new state democratic executive
committee was selected and Mr.
Frank S. Palmer, of Waynesboro,
was chosen from the First District
:ts committeeman from Burke. The
entire committee fr:>m the First
district are:
Frank S'. Palmer, Burke; J. C. Lay
ton, Liberty; R. L. Cole, Bulloch; S.
F. Smith, Tattnall; S. H. Morgan,
Effingham; Mrs W. W. Sheppard,
Evans; Airs. W. M. Corbett, Jenkins.
Dr. Hardman was nominated for
governor and Senator George for the
U. S. Senate.
A complete re-orgamzation of the
banking system of the state was
pledged and the Agricultural Depart
ment and Highway System will be
taken out of politics according to the
policy of the convention. Dr. Hard
man made a splendid speech of ac
ceptance.
BURKE’S DELEGATES TO
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
AT MACON THURSDAY
The following gentlemen repre
sented Burke county at the nomina
tion of Dr. L G. Hradman for Gov
ernor, of Georgia, at the Democratic
Convention held in Macon Thurs
day: Frank S. Palmer, R. B. Blount,
W. L. McElmurray and J. A. Blount,
as delegates; E. H. Blount, S. A.
Jones, J. R. Odom, J. F. Miller, al
ternates.
The convention was a most harmon
ioiis one.
President Pelly
Says No Change
in Policy of Road
Declaring that there will be no
change in the policy of the Central
of Georgia Railway, President J. J.
Pelley in a statement issued today
discusses the principles that have,
characterized that policy in the past
and which wiil be followed in the
future.
Mr. Pelley states that the railroad
realizes that it is judged by the quaff
ty of service it performs, and that
the Central will continue to endeavor
to furnish, safe, a Equate, depen
dable and courteoui transportation
service. He says further that the
railroad recognizes another obliga
ti.-n m add’tion to Ihit ol service to
the public, and that is to co-operate
l in every possible way in the pro
gress and development of the section
it serves.
Discussing the manner in which his
company, has for years been taking
the public into its confidence through
the use of paid advertisements in
the newspapers, the Central’s presi
dent says that his railroad will con
tinue this policy of frankness in deal
ing with the public. He states that
the management has nothing to con
ceal from the patrons of the road that
mannerit recognizes that the railroad
is performing a necessary public ser
vice and that tis patrons therefore
have every right to know what the
railroad is doing to insure its per
forming this service in a satisfac
tory mannere.
Mr. Pelley his statement
with the pledge that the Central of
Georgia will try to merit a continu
patronage by continuing its policy of
auce of the public’s good wili and
service, co-operation and frank
ness.
Bamberg Starts
Burn a Bale Move
to Reduce Crop
Bamberg, S. C., Oct. 13.—A “burn
a-bale” movement, supplant the “buy
a-bale” slogan of a decade ago, has
been launched by leading planters
and business men of Bamberg coun
ty in co-operation with the Bamberg
board of commerce.
The plan as originated and foster
ed here, calls for the destruction of
4,000,000 bales of cotton throughout
the Southern states. Those behind
the movement say they intend to
spread the idea with the hope of
having it accepted over the whole
cotton belt, with proper organization
to speedily and successfully carry on
the work to a satisfactory finish.
The proposed system provides that
every man who agrees to burn a bale
shall deliver it to some convenient
ly designated point in his community
to be given an official receipt for
the cotton which receipt must be
signed by the proper authorities, who
must guarantee the propmt return of
the bale to its rightful owner unless
4,000,000 bales can be accumulated for
the great bonfires.”
It is planned to have the buring
all over the South at the same time,
on a day set apart for the purpose.
The originators of the idea be
lieve that it is wholly plausible and
the only quick way to accomplish
higher prices. They point out that
banks, business men and industrial*
enterprises may join in the move
ment by buying a bale to burn.
JUDGE W. B. TOWNSEND,
EDITOR. OF DAHLONEGA,
IS INJURED IN CRASH
Dahlonega, Ga., Oct. B.—Judge W.
B. Townsend, ordinary of Lumpkin
county, nad editor of the Dahlonega
Nugget, was painfully hurt Wednes
day night about 10 o clock, in front
of the N. G. A. college on the high
way in an auto rash.
He was riding with clerk of the
court, T. F. Christian, who was blind
ed by the light of the approaching
car, which belonged to Tax Collector
C. C. Porter, Christian’s car was
turned over, thrown Judge Town
send out and badly bruising him
about the head and shoulders and
requiring several stitches in his face.
NUMBER 31.