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DEVELDPEMENT 01 GEORGIA
LANDS IS WONDERFUL.
Rapid Rise in Agricultural Wealth of Haralson County
proves the Onward March of Agricultural Greatness
of the Empire State of the South.
1 am standing now at the mile
post of 1914. From a pinacle I
look into the future, and gazing
bar k 1 see he past. Ah, it is al
most a drama—what I see ahead
ani l behind me.
[ )>elieve I will go hack to the
dB ys of the 50s. Yes, I am at 50
t ears ago now. 1 see in the long
ago that creation blessed this sec
tion of Georgia with almost all the
natural riches, environments and
opportunities that I have seen.
1 see the hills—the well drained
lands, rich in fertility and waiting
for the coming of the hand of man.
A grand soil lies beneath the trees,
on a solid clay foundation. Great
town. 1 like this place. High
and healthy, no malaria, no mos-
quitoes. Think I will settle down
and make this my home. Good
people here—nearly all white, hew
negroes. She is in her infancy
but I see a bright future. It is an
ideal location, well drained, line
water, fine atmosphere, a splendid
climate. No dreadful lint sum
mers—no fearful winters, It looks
good, and in the march of progress
she will some day out-distance the
towns with so many drawbacks.
Yes, the spirit of growth and
progress is coming. In 1914™
(I have been here a long time now)
I have seen the railroad, once a
prospects for farming are ahead, crude affair, come into a mammoth
I find the sunshine and the rain trunk line with fourteen trains per
just right. I find the water, fine' day connecting the east with the
freestone—the agency of natural west. The town has grown to
health and preservation--pure, . 5,000 happy souls. Good brick
bright and sparkling, flowing from j business houses, splendid stoves
the hills, and the mother earth water works, electric lights and
seems full of this life-giving, I electric power to turn the wheels
health-preserving necessity. In j of industry. Many miles of paved
the morning I rise and the balmy sidewalks. Splendid homes—real,
atmosphere of this high altitude attractive, lovely homes hv the
gives me strength and a thrill I score. Banks, telephones, and all
have never had before. I enjoy;
1 feel the bracing effects; it is
great. I feel now as if I am in a
place I would dwell and spend my
remainingjdays.
But I must go on. I see now
white men coming to drive the
Red Man from his haunts and
claim this favored section for his
own. Settlements are springing
up. A county—-Haralson-—a unit
ot Georgia, the Empire state of the
South, is laid out. The seat of
county government is established,
and the people begin to come here
to claim some of the riches of a
bountiful and lavish nature.
War with its cruel hand is upon
us, and our valiant sons march to
battle.
The war is over. Returning
now are some who went to the
battlefield, but some we will never
see again.
We are face to face with ilesola-
modern town conveniences are
ours, and we live here in peace and
contentment. In a quarter century
the woods have been transformed
into a hustling, live town. I have
realized the vision of fifty years
ago.
Going into the country, I find
happy, whole-soul, agreeable,
prosperous people, hour hundred
new farms have been opened in
four years. Good schools are every
where; churches all about. Tele
phones into almost every corner.
Good roads are fast being built t(j
every community. The spirit of
progress is abroad in the land, and
tlie lands that could lie bought
few years ago for a trille have
doubled and quadrupled in price
and I am wondering who will reap
the reward that will lie found in
buying some of the undeveloped
acres that are left. Our agricul
tural wealth, according to the
tion—nothing here except the j census, increased 137 per cent from
bounties of a wise Providence. 1900 to 1910, and another 137 per
But these bounties can be turned | cent, increase from 1910 to 1920
into material things and used for
our wants and needs.
I see the woodsman now as he
fells the trees by the nearby spring
and as he builds his cabin—a home
for him and his devoted ones. The
fields are opening—slowly—-here
and there; this county will he
blessed.
As I travel on down the road of
time more farms are opened, towns
are springing up; the power of the
great Tallapoosa river is being
harnessed and we are getting more
comfortable. All, yes, the railroad
has come now. Two lines of steel
connect the metropolis of Georgia
with the metropolis of Alabama.
We will soon be great. Schools
are being established, and tin-
church of the living God is being
transplanted on many hills.
The towns are getting bigger.
There are three good ones now.
They have many stores and begin
to show that progess is to come.
Our people are making good crops.
They have found that here they
can grow almost anything they
need for their comfort. The apple
tree, the peach tree, the plums,
pears, and all these good things,
bear in abundance. The gardens
are fine, The crops are getting
more and better each year. Al
most anything we want can be
grown on our farms.
Our people like this couutry.
They like to live here. Occasion
ally one may leave, but soon we
hear he is to return. Nature has
placed here environments that are
>
not excelled even in the lands
of which we hear so much.
I think I will go over to Talla
poosa now.
Ah, this is a good and coming
RAIN IS WANTED;
MARE US MILLIONS
Atlanta, Ga., May 26—-In the
opinion of Commissioner of Agri
culture James D. Price, a rain of
two days generally distributed
throughout Georgia would he worth
fully $100,000,000 to the farmers
of the state at the present time.
Tlu? state has been in the midst
of one of the most prolonged
drouths ever known. In addition
to this the spring weather has been
exceptionally cool.
Crops all over the state have de-
terioted—-both cotton and grain
being badly burnt.
Mr. Price said:
“The approximate value of the
agricultural products of Georgia is
$100,000,000. I do not think it
amiss to state that in my judgement
that value this year will be cut
down as much as $100,000,000,
unless weather conditions im
prove.”
‘ ‘ Pam no pessimist, and do not
wish to be quoted as saying that
conditions are hopeless, luit it is a
fact that the crops are literally
burning up all over the state, and
that they are now in very had voli
tion.
'Of course, the probability is
that the drouth must be broken
soon-—and that is the feature of
the matter that the farmers must
consider now. If they will get
their crops properly plowed and
worked-—both cotton and grain-
then when the rain does come it
may serve to win hack some of the
lost ground. That the farmers do
so work their crops nowadays
diligently and without lost motion,
is the earnest advice 1 give them.
“If present outward conditions
should continue indefinitely, the
result eventually on the total value
of the agricultural products is ah
solutcly certain to lie most depres
sing.
"It would take two days’ season
of rain, evenly distributed, and
that followed by warm weather, to
get things in anything like good
form in Georgia again.”
MAY COTTON TOOK
JUMP $2.50 BALE.
MACON BAPTISTS AFTER
SMOKING AND MOVIES.
Macon, Ga., May 25.——The
Tabernacle Baptist church, of Ma
con, has placed a ban on the mem
bers of the church belonging to
social or secret orders where in
toxicating drinks are served in the
clubroonis and unless all members
of the church who now belong to
such organizations sever their con
nections with them at once, they
will he expelled fnm the church.
This was the text of a resolution
unanimously adopted by the con
gregation yesterday.
In addition any member of the
church who uses tobacco in any
form, attends the theater or moving
picture shows or indulges in card
playing will do so under the dis
approval of the church, and the
resolution calls on them to desist
from such practices.
SIX BULLETS IN
BODY; STILL LIVES
Birmingham, Ala., May 25.—
Physicians at St. Vincent's Hospi
tal today declared Sanford Wright,
i negro chauffeur, has an excellent
chance for recovery despite six
bullet wounds in his chest and a
fractured skull.
Wright was shot six times
through the chest with an automat
ic pistol in fight with Jim Hill,
another negro. Bullets failing to
stop the chauffeur, Hill seized an
ax and struck him several times
over the head.
COMER DEFEATED
BY 10,258 VOTES.
Montgomery, Ala., May 27.-
The state democratic executive
commitiee made public the official
count in the gubernatorial election.
Charles Henderson, president of
the state railroad commission,
shown to have defeated B.
Comer, former governor by
majority of 10,258 votes.
SUBMARINE CRAFT
They Surpass All Warships In
Concentrated Deadly Power.
A DIVE UNDER THE SURFACE.
MONEY AND AMAID
And a Financial Deal That Had a
Curious Climax.
AN EXPERIMENT IN SAVING.
New York, May 25.-—May cot
ton swung upward 50 points to- , . ,
day, to 13.88, showing a net ad-t 10 move 4,500 cars of fruit, nearly
will show us one of the greatest
communities in Georgia. I hope
that some good people, who are
oppressed by high priced land, will
soon come here and get seme of
this good land while it is cheap. It
is great land for farming—grows
almost anything a man needs, ant
Tallapoosa is to he the metropolis
of this section of Georgia, and
those who live near are to he the
beneficiaries.
Her iron furnace, lumber mills,
cotton factory, glass bottle factory,
and other industries and pursuits
will make of her a more splendid,
town, and to own land here now is
to he he in “on the ground floor.”
Then, too, I know there are many
people throughout Georgia who
could find opportunity here, and
prosperity and independence.
Those who seek locations—those
who have been bound by liigli-
price land, and are looking for
liberty and opportunity will find it
here. This section awaits the
coming of the man of brawn and
brains, and it will blbSsom and
bless those who nurture her re
sources and apply and dedicate
them to the wants and needs of
himself. They arc good lands;
they need people and people need
them. 1 hope that people will
come and claim these lands, and
appropriate them to their use, and
find peace, prosperity and happi
ness.
L. E. Chandler.
Editor Tallapoosa Journal.
Never can tell
linger or suffer a
when you'll mash
cut, bruise, burn i
scald. Be prepared. Thousands rely on
IJr. Thomas’ Eclectic Oil. Yourdrugnist
vauce of $2.50 a bale, on covering
by belated shorts and steady ac
cumulation by the largest spot in
terests. There also was a steady
inquiry for July contracts and new
crop positions. The latter’s ad
vance was small compared with
that or the spot cotton.
The growing seriousness of tile
Texas situation, on account of wet
weather and drouth in the east,
played an important part in driv
ing shorts to cover.
FARM PRODUCTS
BY PARCEL POST
The parcel post plan of delivery
of vegetables and other farm pro
ducts from the country districts
direct to the consumer went into
effect Monday.
The post office officials look for a
large increase in the use of the
parcel post under the new system
of farm product delivery.
Women Destroyed Still.
Santa Fe, N. Mex., May 26.--
The Woman’s Christian Temper
ance Union has bought for $308
from the United States a distillery
at Farmington to put it out of
business.
The Government seized it be
cause of alleged violations of the
revenue laws.
ENGLAND SAYS
NOTHING DOING.
London, May 25.-—The cabinet
announced in the house of com
mons today that England had fi
nally decided not to participate in
BIG FRUIT CROP
NOW ANTICIPATED
Macon, May 25.—Central of
Georgia transportation officials are
making arrangements to handle the
fruit shipments soon to start.
The Central railroad is preparing
all in peaches, which will lie the
record movement in the history of
the State.
Sons In Bed 11 Years.
Gloversville, N. Y., May 25.™
Mrs. John Bennett, who for eleven
years has kept her three sons in
bed mider a strange hypnotic spell,
has been sent to an insane asylum.
sells it. 25c and 56c.
I the Panama Pacific exposition.
Georgia In Movies.
The Georgia commission for the
Panama-Pacific exposition me
Tuesday afternoon in Atlanta at
the capitol and arranged with the
National Film Coiurany of Wash
ington, I). C., to take 10,000 feet
or more of motion pictures illus
trating Georgia.
Policewoman Afraid.
Chicago, May 25.-—Mrs Maty C.
O’Connell, a policewoman, is afraid
to go home in the dark, and when
she is forced to work late has a
policeman escort her to her home.
Last King of the Gotha.
Roderick, the last king of the West
Ootha, Id Spuln, was overthrown mid
probably slain by the Saracens In 711.
The fate of Roderick haH always been
a mystery. His horse and sandals J
were found the day after the battle on i
the river bank, but hie body could '
not be found. Probably he was
drowned and washed out to the sea,
but the Spaniards would not believe |
this. They clothed the deud king with j
a holy mystery which certainly did j
not enshroud him when alive. He be- |
came a legendary savior, like Arthur I
of Britain, and it was long believed
that he would come again from his i
resting place in some ocean Isle, healed
of his wound, to lead the Christians
once more against the Infidels. Span
ish legends record that Roderick fled
to the mountains and became a hermit
until, by penance, he was purified from
sin and wae then suffered to depart to
the enchanted isle to await the time
for his reappearance.
The Terrifying Sensation and the
Agony of Roaring Noisea That Be
wilder tho Novice as the Vessel Qoea
Down Into the Depths of the Sea.
In waters whero tho United Stnte9
maintains u nnvnl station yon inny
happen to sen n tall BtaCf cutting
through tho water ns though homo by
Boinn unseen l\«id benonth the sur
face. On the of the stnff Is a
alight bent hood pointed In the direc
tion of motion. This Is the eye of a
submarine.
Prom the lens In the front of the
hood n picture of the whole sensenpo
Is enrrled down by n succession of
mirrors In tile hollow stnlT until it Is
thrown on a prismatic lens at tho bot
tom. Hero tho imvigntor of the sub
marine watches a moving picture of
what Is going on above tlie surface of
tho water and guides Ids boat accord
ingly.
We said boat advisedly, because It Is
really n vessel for the transportation
of hitman beings nt sen. It Is, more
over, more than a floating craft, swim
mlng on the surface like a swan. It
Is nlso a diver, darting down into tho
depths like u fish.
Let yourself he shut up In It and
dive with It and It seems more like a
tightly corked bottle. Your first sen
sation ns the boat starts downward Is
that you Imvo foolishly allowed your
self to be shut up In a death trap
from which there Is no escape. Your
heart sinks faster than the boat
And then something happens to make
you forget everything but that this
craft Is a hellish contrivance for de
stroying your hearing. As the subma
rine dips under tho surface ami all
outlet for sound Is cut off by the seat
ing waters the rush of tho sea around
the steel walls becomes the rattle of
spring hall on a tin roof. You remem
ber that old and painful swimming
hole experiment when you held your
head under water and let a playmate
strike two stones together. But here
the assault on your eardrums Is ns
though a million stones were striking
together. A pebble falling through the
waters on the steel hull sets tho Inside
clanging like a Chinese temple full of
Jangling gongs. You must shout to
be heard.
Through the roar from the vlbroLlons
of the Btecl shell come the Insistent
crackling hum of electric motors, the
rattling lire of gasoline engines, the
whir of machinery and tile harking
cough of exbnuata. Your craft seems
to be nothing but nil elliptical mans ot
concentrated noise sinking through the
sea. You fear that It will blow up
from Its own vibrations.
When yon havo in a measure con
trolled your protesting ears you look
around and see a wonderful array or
engines, machinery, deadly torpedoes
lashed together In pairs and the steel
tubes from which they are projected
with compressed air all stowed away
In the least possible space.
The double walls surrounding you
are themselves huge Imllast tanks,
which can be filled with water through
valvea opening Into the sea outside or
cm bo emptied by the foreo of com
pressed utr from within. As these
tanas are filled tho hull of the sub
marine sinks until only the periscope,
the elevated eye of tho vessel, shows
above the water. When the water Is
forced out of them tlm boat becomes
light and rises to llio surface until its
conning tower, superstructure and the
upper part or the Imll ure exposed.
Then the craft Is navigated like any
other bout.
When the vessel is submerged the
navigator at the Inner end of (ho
perlscupo has a far more Intricate task
than tho steering of an ordinary boat
Tho periscope, of course, brings him
u limited view of the sen about Then
he must steer In two planes Instead
of one. Ills craft turns nut only to
the right or left, hut also up or down.
To enable the vessel to stay under
the water a longer time than usual
the submarine carries a reserve supply
of ulr. This emergency supply Is com
pressed In a steel Hash under the enor
mous pressure of '2,000 pounds to tho
It Looksd as Though the Plan Pro-
poard by Papa Was Doomed to Fail
ure, but the Little Laeele Hed e Big
Surprise For Her Fond Parent.
It is not necessary to mention liar
name, hut it Is of interest to note that
she Is tho daughter of one of "the first
families of Vtrglnln," nnd ono charac
teristic of those same first families Ls
apt to bo an utter carelessness of Hint
which pays for your dally bread nnd
mtno nnd which keeps us all out of tlm
poorbouse—money.
She Was Just rising eleven, this little
maid, two years ago when her father
first noted her luck of Interest In things
financial. Stnrttng as n barefoot boy
bncniiso of the prodigality of Ills prog
enitors, ho bod drifted north, worked
for a scant living nt whatever he could
got to do, developed an ability, studied,
worked nnd climbed until at last ha
found himself a riiccosb nnd was ablo
to spend about $10,000 n year for the
maintenance of himself and tho wife
and child he had ucciiiimlntcd. Then
Bald tho wiso papa to himself, remem
bering Ills dnys of poverty nnd stress,
“I must tench her to save.”
Ho tried several plans, nil of which
fulled to have any good effect .lust a
year ago lie hit upon a scheme which
seemed to have merit
"Here, Hoots,” ho said, ”1 want to
make a proposition to yon. This la
what I propose: 1 will give you n brand
new dollar hill every Saturday night,
and 1 will write the date upon each
one. At tho end of tho year 1 want
you to show mo how many of those
actual dollar hills you Imvo, nnd for
every ono you can show me I will give
you two. Do you think you enn make
money that way?”
The child thought sho could and re
pented tho conditions as well ns her
mind grasped them, blit her father
thought she did not get them ac
curately.
“Walt,” he sahl; "I’ll wrlto tt out so
that there cannot ho any error."
So ho wrote:
“t will give you a new ono dollar
hill every Saturday night. I will wrlto
the dato on eneli ono as X glvo It to
you. h'or every such hill that you can
show mo at tho end of tho yenr I will
give you twu others.” Then ho sign
ed It.
There was a dearth of childish funds
for nwhllo in that household nnd not
a few efforts on the part of tho daugh
ter to extort money from her mother,
who was wise and refused accommo
dation. But some way. it did not
then transpire how, tho llttlo girl dug
herself out of penury and into com
parative affluence nnd thnt without
meaning to exercise guile. Sho seem
ed to have money In her purse and
was quite able to hold up her end ut
the soda fountain or wherever else
her little friends gathered, and her
parents, who snld nothing at nil about
It to her, wondered and speculated,
finally agreeing thnt Boots was spend
ing ut least a lnrgo part of her allow
ance.
Tho dollar hill came every week,
duly inscribed with the date of the
gift, nnd was accepted by the little
maiden with appropriate tlinnks. Then
came tho Christmas holidays, nnd the
parents wondered If she would save
her money or remember them. Sho
remembered them, hut not with much
expenditure. Then came tho Inst of
the flscnl yenr, and tho father Inscrib
ed another note and turned It over to
her.
“Now, Roots,” bo suld, "I have giv
en you ilfty-two of these, nnd I prom
ised you two for every one you could
show mo at tho end of the year. How
mnny have you?”
“I’ll get them for you,” said the in
nocent child anil ran away.
Tho old folks had n laugh botween
themselves while she was gone, think
ing that sho would exhibit two or
three hills and fully believing thnt the
experiment had failed. Then In came
the daughter. She laid a sheaf of bills
down before her father.
fie counted thorn—(ifty-twoi All un
used and hearing his Indorsement of
the date of gift Among them was the
square Inch. Should the flask burst ! agreement written by her father,
the explosloii would wreck the boat ! “Now. how much do you owe me?”
i’erhnps a better Idea of tho tremeu- M * l<f asked.
dous concentration Implied by this I ”1 reckon I owo you $104,’ he said,
pressure may be gnlned from tho 1 “hut I cannot see how you managed
statement that If this storage cylinder | f° save every one of these bills and
were punctured with a hole no big- hnd all the money you have spent”
ger than a needle and If the tiny Jet ! "Well, pop," she answered, "It’s this
of escaping ulr were to strike a man way. 1 told Joe one time thnt I
it w5iiId pierce him through and 1 couldn't spend any money, ultbougU I
through like n bullet and even drive n had It, and he asked me why. I told
hole through an Inch thick board be- him nnd showed him what you hud
hind him. written. Then he made mo what you
For «erdlnary purposes tho air sup- call a proposition.
ply used under water Is carried In or
dinary cylinders at much smaller pres
sures. Unusual precautions have to
he taken to prevent the contaminntlon
of the air supply by gases from the
storage batteries und from the gasoline
motors.
Concentration epitomizes the subma
rine. Its energies nnd utilities nre
packed in like the pnrts of a puzzle,
and In the concentration of deadly
[lower it surpasses any other weapoD
of mnn.—Son Francisco Chronicle.
I’asHlon Is out of place In any discus
sion and more than ever in n right
cause, for It befogs and bemuddles It—
Gogol.
r He has an allowance of $2 a week.
Ho snld he would give me 70 cents a
week If I would keep all the bills and
give them to him ut the end of the
year after showing them to you. It's
u perfectly fair agreement I have
had my 70 cents a week, I show the
bills, you give me $104 mid I turn over
to him the $62. lie makes $15.00, and
I make $104. And I don’t have to be
poor or broke.”
Now, whot would you do with a
child like that?—Detroit Free Press.
Let those who would affect singular
ity with success first determine to be
very virtuous, nnd they will be sure to
bo very singular.—Waiter Colton.
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