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THE MiLLEDiitViLLE NEWS
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Published By J. C. & H. E. McAULIFFE, Owners
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H. E. McAULIFFE, Editor and Mgr,
The {Jumping Ground Question
In this issue of the News appears a <,uery as to why
the officia's of Milledgeville cont.nue to use what might
he termed an unuesirabie spot tor a dumping ground for
the city’s garbage.
This lias been quite a popular question for at least two
or thiee years and a question that has been the subject
of quite a great deal of discussion. The matter has
been referred to various committees with the idea in
view of remedying the unsightly and unpleasant matter,
though a solution of the problem has never been arrived
at by anyone.
Your editor, if you please, happened to be on a com
mittee appointed to look out for and suggest some other
more desirable spot to be used for the purpose of put
ting entirely out of the way the refuse of Milledgeville.
After making an investigation as to what might be done
to help remedy this situation, the fact was revealed tnat
it is difficult to get grounds anywhere near tl.c city witn-
>u.t bringing about a howl from some of the neighbors
of whatever spot might be suggested.
However, it is quite well understood that the city offi-
dials have not settled upon the grounds that are now
V-cing used as a pia .3 lor putting out of the way the
city’s garbage. Sugg. itions have been invited from
everyone as to a more desirable location for a dumping
ground and in the event a practical suggestion is offered
there is no doubt of the fact that it will be received in
tlie lien if spirit.
A a r.initer <>1 fact, it :cen.? tint the dumping ground
question is one of the boll weevil sort. We know tha*
our p tat predicament along this line is undesirable,
though after all has been clone and said by the olhcial=
and invited out-Ldcrs the problem has not been soived.
\Uov.ever, there snould be no objection to anyone ex
pressing themselves and we are confident that the city
fathers will welcome the advancing to them of any good
ideas.
We tire quite confident that, there will he no hold-up
a the undertaking to bring about a remedy of the situ
ation as referred to by the writer of the communication
'above referred to and no one is more interested in see
ing the problem solfed than is The News.
Let’s Get behind the Oid Soldiers
Grazing in Georgia
(From The Atlanta Journal.)
Apropos of Georgia’s rich but undeveloped resources
for cattle raising, the Macon News quotes a Western au
thority on such matters as saying that unless the output
of beef and dairy products is increased the entire nation
will suffer the consequence. “Corn is very cheap,” he
cays, “but fanners who ordinarily buy cattle to feed and
'atten for market have not now, as a rule, the money or
credit to purchase cattle; and they not only lose this op
portunity to continue their ordinary feeding business,
but their surplus corn is a dead asset, or nearly so. Un
questionably if cattle from the range are not fed on the
farm in the usual number there will be a beef shortage
next year that will be nationwide in its effect. Canada
is handling this problem intelligently; orders have gone
forth for the most reasonable extension of credit to cat
tle-feeders.”
For Georgia this carries a two-fold lesson. If there
: s to be a serious shortage in the nation’s supply of beef '
and dairy products, all the keener should be (he incen-!
tive to utilise the state’s rare opportunities. Years ago I
far-seeing observers predicted that eventually the onlv i
North American Region capable of producing cheap beef i
"ould be the South. That day may be nearer at hand I
ban we have exnected; certa’nly, the years just ahead
•i'l he nnv'h'n" but over-supplied with th ; s food staple. ■
re that those who can produce it at a cost below the bv-!
rage will be in a particularly advantageous position, i
it will be noted, moreover, that the Western authority j
’noted says never a word about winter grazing. It is
‘he peculiar good-fortune of Georgia and neighboring 1
commonwealths to have so mild a climate and so rich a I
ariety of native grasses that the cost of keeping cattle !
‘hrough the winter is extraordinary low. To promote i
the wenlth-creating and wealth-conserving industry thus !
made possible should be among the prime purposes of |
->ur business and banking as well as agricultural leader
ship.
"Making Extraordinary
Mileage a Certainty -
Car Owners want more rubber on the tread where the wear is
hardest; more gum between cord plies to perfect a resilient and
powerful carcass. And they want a scientifically constructed Non
Skid tread with all angles and contacts to resist skidding and give
sure traction. Firestone Cord Tires have met these demands of
the car owners.
Read Letters Below—
Records from 29,000 to 57,000 Miles
There is a movement on foot in Milledgeville to raise
u fund with which to defray the expenses of Baldwin
county's s vend remaining old Confederate veterans on
he ,• tsip to the annual re-union which takes place in
Chattanooga for three days beginning a week from next
Tuesday.
Surely and beyond question of doubt all of us must
admit tiiat there is no little sadness accompanying this
movement. How dear to our hearts should be the mem
ories of the days when these old heroes of the Sixties
stood at their posts as loyal subjects of the South facing
the rain, cold and snow, during many long days and
dark nights, for no other purpose than that of fighting
for what they considered to be a just and worthy cause
and for the protection of the generations that were to
come. Even those of us who have merely heard of the
suffer';' g brought to bear upon these obi veterans during
the four j. ars of guggle are slid touched by the stories
that were t ad us in years gone by of how the soldiers of
the Confederacy endured with all patience all that they
were called upon to do.
The sod part accompany Ingrthe undertaking to provide
a fjnd fi , the ]>. rp'os > of sending the \\ .ei’ans of the
Six tie to the re-union at Chattanooga is the fact that
the old heroes are not provided with all that might go
lit comfort and afford them pleasure at all times. This
far. should not be faced by uny of us with a sort of feel
ing that might bo calculated to lift burdens from our
hearts on ihe other band \vc houTrl show more than a
little evidence of our purpose to go the limit in doing
whatever wo can to provide for any want of our heroes
of nearly sixty years ago.
When the time comes for raising the money to send
the remaining Confederate veterans in Baldwin county
-to the re union in Chattanooga, there ought to be mani
fest a spirit that will send our old soldiers away with a
smile that will last for a long time after their return to
our midst. This is A call that should be answered fore-
A State Road Bond Issue
(From The Savannah Morning News.)
There ought to be a lot of thinking in Georgia at
this time nbout a great State road bond issue. A
number of other States have adopted the bond issue
plan of road-building on a large scale, and so far as
is known none of them has regretted doing so.
Georgia needs roads very badly and the sooner she
gets the mileage she needs the greater will be her
stride toward permanent prosperity, and toward the
future great and ranid development all good Geor
gians look forward to.
The idea behind a bond issue is that it would make
available for present use a greater sum than would
be made available by automobile taxation. If the
State could spend annually for roads, and do so w ; th
a view' to its road needs, only so much as would be
received from its automobile taxation for that year,
there would be no need for a bond issue; but the
need is greater than could be met for the next few
years hv this sum. Goormin conGi g.,n,i „ in* of
roads and enjoy them and get profit from them
through a bond issue many years before she could
pay for them by the taxes which would furnish the
funds. It would not be necessary nor advisable to
issue all the bonds at once. They could be issued
as the money was needed, with a large saving in
interest charges. And the annually increasing
amount received from automob'le taxation would go
far during the term of the bonds to retire them and
pay interest charges, too.
The hi" thing is to got. plenty of road mileage,
of the right sort, and get it as quieklv as possible.
The right-sort means roads that would not require
a large outlay for maintenance, and it has done w : se-
ly to spend money, through bonds, for permanent
roads. The White Bluff road is an important one,
but it is not permanent and its cost of maintenance
is very high. The cost of the recent repair and re
surfacing of six miles of that road was $13,000 and
even in this short time since the work was done
there are many holes and worn places in it. The
road, it is true, is aTiard one to keep in repair, be
cause of the difficulty of getting rid of water after
rains and the fact that it is so shady; and the travel
on it is heavy. Tie's indicates how much better it is
when the money is available to build roads that wall
not require so great expense for maintenance. A
road without permanent surface does not give the
pleasure, the service, that a permanent road gives,
and the cost comparison is in favor of the hard road,
without taking into account the time lost, the repair
bills, the gasoline used, and so on, to the slower,
bumpy road.
Georgia people ougli' to think about this ques
tion of a great bond issue. This State deserves to
have as good roads as can be found in the United
States.
Cord Tires built the Firestone
way could not fail to produce
mileage. Every day, from all over
the country, comes the word that
10,000, 20,000 or 30,000 miles are
frequent and consistent records.
Sept 10. >021
Firestone Tire A Rubber Co.,
Jacksonville Branch,
Jacksonville, Florida.
Gentlemen:—
I submit herewith the hiatory ol a 35*4 Fire
stone Cord tire. This tire hee run 37.000 miles.
I have retreaded it seven times. The average
. mileefje to each retread
ing was about 7,000. I
think you will agree this
is a remarkable record.
It is especially unusual
as I know the owner ta
be a severe driver. How-
ever, he give* bis tires
proper Inflation. The tire
in question is not yet
out of service and nas
every indication of being
sufficiently strong for an
other retread. I am
mailing photographs un
der separate cover.
C. U. Penney,
Plant City. Fla.
Now and then they are empha
sized by unusual instances such
as quoted below. Performances
like these demonstrate the ulti
mate possibilities of Firestone
Cords under careful driving.
Sept. 3. 1921 '-t-Yi
The Harvey BL Mack Co..
Thirteenth A Harmon Place. ■ 1
Minneapolis.
Gentlemen
It occurs to me that you might be interested
in the mileage that I obtained from the eet_ ol
i my Dodg
FABRIC
30 X 3V2
NON SKID
extra, size
$ 13 95
In this fabric tire aa In our cord tlraa
only Fir**ton* resource* end experi
ence can provide this quality at tnia
price.
Flrastona Cord tlita'a "on" my Dodge coupe. The
firet tire want over 29.-
004 miles. The second
tire rolled up a mileage
of between 34,000 and
35,000. These were both
rear tlraa and had been
cut considerably by
chaina. The two front
tlraa have gone better
than 33,000 milea and are
•till in good condition, f
espect to get at least
40,000 miles from each of
them. I need scarcely
say that tha Firestone
Cord will be my tire
choice for the future.
Archie H. Beard,
522 LaSalle Bldg
aSalle Bldg..
Minneapolis.
Tfre#totie
F CORD TIRES
II
Foreign Trade Prospects
(From the Wash’ngton Port )
In his first public address since his appointment, the
new director of the bureau of foreign andd omestic com
merce rendered a genuine*service by his outspoken de
nouncement of the dismal stories told by supposedly well-
informed business experts regarding the utter collapse
of American export trade and the hopelessness of its
future prospect. In truth, the real situation has been
Have You A Baby
In Your Home
bad enough, but the calamity howlers make it seem far
must of any that might be made us and in the name of , v/or.re than it is, and the tendency of their tales of woe
fairness and respect to those holding claim* upon uy that ] ig, unintentionally or otherwise, to retard still further A
ardently desired
will never be paid, let us turn out one hundred per cent | that renascence of business which i
next Monday night when the rally tvill-be held in the in- j and so long overdue,
terest of the wearers of the grey. I The assurance from the bureau director, who is in a
| .losition to know if any one is, that the sober, substan-
The Montgomery Adfertiser 'lows that “the oderifer-j tiul elements among American exporters hafe not lost
■us moth bull i; once more making its presence felt, as Faith; that they are, even now, laying the foundations of
•he season changes.” The Advertiser probably meant a vastly increased trade, and that Americans can and
to say that the moth ball is making its presence “smelt" VliU hokl , tht ’ ir ° wn , in those ™rkots and lines of busi-
.nstead of “felt.” ' But there has not been sufficient ,u ' s ,n whlch ^ h J av f a real am abldin * Merest wi »
come as a much-needed tonic to the doubters and their
faint of heart.
That there has been a decided slump, no one with an
has not
;eharge in the season as yet, for those tilings that have
been preserved in moth balls to be brought out.—Colum
bus Enquirer-Sun.
,,, ... .. .i..,. " ■ Y', scaie is rapidly on its way. tn the meantime the bureau
is ii we are to believe some of America s ^ director’s analysis of the reasons underlying the outcry
jsines men. Everybody appears unUed opportunistic adventures, of the bugbear of German
eye to see things as they are, can possibly deny, but
i signs and tokens are not wanting that a revival on a large
Speedy ret irn of pro pefitj with plenty of work_l.es ; |, Vttl>i ,n y on its way . i„ the meantime the bureau
just ahead of u
most astute busi
on this condition. In fact'the expressions are more | competition, of the situation in Cuba and Argentina and
reely made and with greater confidence and emphasis of actualities and possibilities in the Far East will go
*han at any lime ince the depression set *in.—Opelika far to silence the croakers and give renewed hope and
News. j encourayement to those who in dark and evil days kept
And this suit of talk is certain result beneficially. It pluyging on, never doubting that, however rocky and
vill beget confidence in those who may be doubted, and rugged the present path, they would eventually emerge
when business men have confidence they are not afraid ( 011 the broad and pleasant tablelands of prosperity,
to go ahead. Lack of confidence hurts business as much * A little less of complaint and a little more of optimism
any other one thing. • ’would do wonders in enabling the turning point between
struggle and success to be quickly reached,
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