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FFIPAY MORNING, AUG. 4, 1922.
The Milledgeville News
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H. E. McAULIFFE, Editor and Mgr,
tion of tar, turpentine and pitch;
[ill not .illy supp'd her >>»n wants
but the "'ants of th e world and we
j (cm e to look upon her timber t-up-
| | iy as biexhaustibi \
That time lias passed ar.d we are
rap dly approaching the time when
our t'tnbor supply will ba completely
exhausted unless >ntepr, are taken to
properly manage end protect U*
The good farmer replants his or-
bird when it ciaseu to yield fruit;
,.liati h? has gathered one crop lie
pi epare* for a second, for upon these
th ngs depend h'e livlihood. The for-
e. :• if Georgia play a very important
par. in the life of eveiy ci.izen in
the state and they should b 3 protect
ed by the state, an 1 perpeiuated for
i.ll time, Jus. as lie fame- cares for
■ h's crops.
SUGGESTS SLATE
.Niiliedgevtlle, Ga., Aug. 3, 1922.
Ed tor The News:
Since we are to elect a new board
of tiustees for the Georgia Mi’.i.ary
College, 1 have given some serious
thought as to who might be the right
partes to li'.l the places. Af.er duly
consider.ng :he matter, I have reach
eJ the conclusion that the following
would mak e a splendid board:
Mr. L. C. Hall, Mr. C. H.Whitfield,
CALLS FROGS FROM HIDING!
Rainstorm Brings Thom Out, but Idea
That They Fall With It la a
Mistaken On*.
1 It has never been known of frogs
fulling with the rain In a rainstorm.
This is an old superstition which prob
ably arose from the fart that frogs
were seen moving about in lurge num-
! hers after a storm. It is possible that
u cyclone (that can lift hooses and
i whirl them iijmut like straws) may at
xir r d n,r, 0l w . /-u ' some time or other have gathered ur.a
Air. C. S. Barret , Mr. W. J. Chau- „„h landed them
dli r. Mrs. Dixon, Prof. K. T. Alfrien 1
and Dr. Richard Lin on. I fe e l sure
tit ere e tiacns have t-Li ubilii" and
willingness to conduct most ably the
affairs of the G. M. College. /
A CITIZEN.
The Forest Act
THE PEOPLE’S FORUM
The bill n: w before the Georgia
Assembly, (ailing for tile creation of
tli e offee of Slate Forester, for a sys
tem of lo. r E3 protection, management
and replacement, and fer a State
Forestry fund, is one of tiro mo3t im
portant pieces of leg slat ca before
that body.
It commands, perhaps, as little in
terest on the part cf the general pub
lic, as does any bill before the Assem
bly; yet it should call for the deep
est interest from the people, as it
affect3 lbs r interests to the highest
degree.
This is a b 11 whose purpose is on
ircly emstructve. The authors of
it are men who have set their eyes
to the future. They have po selfish
end to seek, no offices to 1111, no liope3
of graft.' They were appointed by
the Governcr 'n 1921, without pay or
funds to work with, and requested to
make a repor at this session on the
true state of'affairs in tills state, as
regards our timber supply and to rec
ommend such legislation as seems
best to insure its perpetuation and
the welfare of the industries depend
ent upon our forests.
Th 0 bill now before the legislature)
is tlie result of their investigations
und 't is to be hoped that is is pass
ed and approved without delay, with
out narrow sighted quibbling on the
part of the leg slature.
These ar e the facts in regard to
the timber situation in this s;atc:
Out of a total area cf forest land in
Georgia of 20 million acres, all of it
has been cut over excepting about
on e million acres. NVe are practical
ly dependent upon second growth tiin
t’er or timber imported from other
states, ! for our wood using industries
We consume each year ">20 million
feet cf lumber :n this state. 182 mil
lion feet of this lumber is imported
from other states. Over 16 million
feet of this amount comes to us from
as far as California and Wash ngtcn |
The freight on this lumber is about
$25.00 per thousand feet. There was
a time not many years back when
Georgia exrorted lumber instead of
importing it. ,
Since 19C1 th e production of lum
ber in Georgia has fallen from over 1
•one bi'lion feet to les3 than eight
buhdred million feet
Ten years ago there were 1991 saw
m ils in Georgia; today there are
only 694.
In 1902 Savannah and Brunswick
handled 1,900,000 packages of naval
stores’(turpentine, etc) weighing over
nine hundred mTliou pounds. In the
past season these two ports handled
only 603,000 packages, a large part
of which came from Florida and Ala
bama.
Bv’ery^wood-using industry Is de
pendent upon the forests for its con
tinuance and the wood using Indus
tries of the slate cf Georgia comprise
« r.« per cent, of the industrial estab
lishments of th e state. They employ
22 per cent of the state’s wage earn
ers; represent 10 per cent of the cap
> ital invested in the state and produce
10 per cent of the manufacturing
wealth of the state.
The wood using industries rauk
first in the number of establishments
in this state; second in t^o number
ot persons employed and third in the
amount of capital invested and third
Oaic.ISSIONERS’ semi-annual
REPORT
THE KIWANlS CLU3
1 am frank to saj' tit at the report
of the Commissioners oi Reads and
..-venues for Eal.lv,-in county, as pre-
ented to ti e Grand Jury i.. J ly, dots
..at impress us favc^ibly.
Wi.li all due respect to the two gen
tlemen - hese signatures are attach
ed to this leport, thefact rema ns that
it is presented in a form chat 13 apt
to mislead the average reader and
,.c eompaiison's drawn in it are not
just ones.
1 i 11J t'.at the commissioners have
.awn orders 0:1 the Ccurty Treasu-
>.r. during the iirst six months of the
year, to the amount of $43,638.11. Of
this sum, $9,060.00 is given as "bot-
iowed mousy.” After (led .•’ting this
$9,000.00 from the Util amount
drawn tills year, there 'a ah alance of
$3-1.638.13. The commissioners then
make another reduction o'" $3,520.00
w hich they say was spent “in the pay
ment of debts created prior to Jan
uary 1, 192V” Then we have still
another deduction of $,'>,336.31 for
debts created in 1921. After all these
deductions are made, “,he balance of
$25,781.83 was expended for the op
eration of the county during the pc-
r od frrm January I to June 30, 1922.’
The commissioner sthen take this
balance, and, comparing it with the
amount spent in the first six months
cl 1921, claim! a reduction in the
county’s operating expenses of $2,
726,81, and for the year 1920 they
cla m a reduction cf $23,424.80 for a
similar period.
Do ihB facts Justly entitle them to
assume free!it for the apparent falling
oil in county expenses?
In their summary of the amourts
drawn from the county treasury and
tlie purposes for which said amounts
weio drawn. I find nothing tar indi
cate the debts incurred in 1929 and
lr. 1921. Undoubtedly, the debts were
Incurred and are included ’n the sum
mary but they are not visible to the
eye of the average reader and we feel
that the commissioners should he
more* explicit in tills matter.
Who were the commissioners who
incurred these debts in the past two
years? Was not the board composed
then of the sume men as it is compos
ed now?
Were these debts included In the
reports of the past two years or are
they carried over and included in the
report" of the following year? Are
wo now incurring debts of a similar
j nature which must be paid cti next
I year and which may be included ir
I next year’s repori and deducted from
| (bat report In the same manner as
1 deductions are made In the present re
port? Such a system might well
develop into a sort of endless chain
arrangeiftent and each year the -loots
of the previous year could be deduct
ed to the- credit of the board, but not
n. rc-aHty reducing the county’s ex
pense. That is simply robbing Peter
to pay Paul.
In my opinion, any comparison be
twe e y the operating expenses in
1920 and 1922 is an unfair rne, nv far
nr using it as a bas s on which rj
judge the efficiency and economy of
the board of commissioners is con
cerned. Any man who takes to him
self credit in tills -manner anj espe-
(’’ally at this period, must obviously
assume the credit for the drop in the
What has become of the Kiwanis
Club? W e hear rnighiy little from
that organi:; iti, n of lots. Hus
t pao> d on down the trail to obliv
ion as (i d the Chamber of Commerce,
the Merchants’ Ilnrgain Day and, wo
almost said, the Farm Bureau?
What >s th - e lacking in the com
munity sp rl-;. of Milledgeville that
o ther rlun'.n th^, growth of any civic
i.rganzation 01 k 11s It n its r.fancy
Th2t there is some such thing we are
assured for Ve havo seen the pro
gress ot s milar organizations in o‘li
ar parts of the country. It cannot be
the hell weevil, or tlie hard times,
for adversity is often the mother of
uccessful co-operative movements
tending to better things. The strong
man rises above defeat and the bus-
tie3s men of a prcgre3sive city or
town work hand in hand to overcome
hard times.
We are inclined to believe that the
trouble in M'lledgeville is a general
lack if sacrificing service an the
part cf the great majority of our bus
iness men. They have not yet come
|o rqal ze the fact that the indLiilual
can only succeed and progress as
his community progresses and that)
this can only be brought to pass by
the unselfish service and cc-operalion
,f each and every individual.
Too many merchants seem to'tliink
that their business interests end at
their own front door. Actually it goes
beyend and up and down both sides of
i quantity of frogs and
i somewhere else, not much the worse
for wear. On the whole, however, we
should say that it Is Impossible for
the sky to rain frogs I11 spite of tlie
expression “raining cats and dogs," and
"raining pitchforks." Frogs are am
phibious creatures, spending half thetr
lives In water and half on land, but
they have a strong preference for the
water, and lor moisture generally.
When the earth is hot and dry, frogs
hide themselves away in coot, moist
places, and when, after that, there lias
been a big enough storm to drive
worms and other varieties of insects
(frogs' natural food) to tlie earth’s sur
face. frogs nlso make their appearance
in great quantities, causing people to
wonder where they came from.
Former Police Chief I
Sentenced to Death [
' In Electric Chair
Asheville, N. C., July 28.— William'
W. Campbell, former chief ol police!
at Oteen Public Health hospital, yea-j
terday convinced of the murder of
Mrs. Annie Smalhers, was today sen
tenced by Judge Lane in superior!
court to die in the electric chair in!
the state prison at Raleigh on Octo
ber 11.
Notce of appeal was filed by coun
sel. Campbell thot the woman lu
death whle the two were riding ir
hs 8|itom(obi:el presumably because
she refused to marry him.
Hydrate Lime, Portland Cement
and lime in large barrels; also slack
lime for sanitary . sprinkling, at
Emmett L. Barnes.
Vinegar 40c. per gallon. Will save
your pickles, at Emmett l>. Bari.cs.
One car of Cuba molasses and
home made Georgia cane syrup just
received at Emmett L, Barnes.
Mrs. D. E. Kibbee Dies At
Home in Hardwick
Mr.. D. E. Kibbee, one of the be 3t
known women of the HardwYk com-
munity, passed away at her horn* „>
Hardwick Saturday morning after -
sh.rt illness. u
Mrs. Kibbeo was, for many years 1
a resident cf this community, and she
was loved and respected by a large
number of friends. Bes des h e r hu a .
an, eh e Is survived' by three children
Mrs. C. W. Richter, of Miami, Fla •’
Mis Noras Cone of th s city, and Mr
John Cone of Chicago.
The funeral was held from the r es -
dense Sunday af.ernoon a’ 4 :{0
o'clock, the services being co.iduct-d
:y Rev. E. R. Cock, of West Point, and
lev. J. H. Kelly, of the Midway c ir-
uit. .
Tf.Mtnal Constipation Cured “
In 14 to 21 Days
•L.VX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially
prepared Syrup i'onic-laxalive for Habitui
Constipation. It relieves promptly but
should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days
to induce regular action. It Stimulates and
R“guiates. # Very Pleasant to Take • title
\r bottle.
Rose to the Occasion.
Tlie doctor had left Ills instructions
su-ilclent to carry on during his ab
sence through the afternoon. All went
well till the phone rang nnd,n sweet
feminine voice Inquired: “Is the doc
tor In? May I speak to him?" The
assistant, per instructions, explained
the doctor’s absence and Inquired If
la- would he of njiy use. The lady
caller's voice was worried ns she went
on. "Oh. 1 am so sorry. I am phon
ing for Mrs. Blank, nnd It is very Im
portant. Tell the doctor Immediately
on his return that Mrs. Blank is hav
ing n gymklmna coming on, nnd she
wonders If he could do anything for
It." The assistant made a hurried
note nnd reassured the culler. “I’ll
tell the doctor ns soon as he returns.
And meanwhile tell her to put a mus-
fnrd poultice on It and renew It
every two hours.”
the street. One man never made an
army, and an army, acting as Individ
uals, never wen a battle.
The small town will never b,. a nig
town Vmtil all tbe men therein work
together for the cd$ninon good.
..TYPEWRITER RIBBONS AND ..
CAPBON PAPER
Wo have a large assortment of the
widely known MILO BRAND type
writer ribbons and carbon papers in
all colors and for all make machines.
PHONE 312
Seeded raisins, fruit salad and all
kinds of nuts in cans at Emmett L.
Fames.
Representative Kowarci Ennis, of
Baldwin county, th'nks the Confeder
ate pensions should be paid—paid
promptly, and 1 ip full. He sees no way
however, in which that may be tlon<
cut of current revenue. Threfou-, he
has proposed a bill for the issuing of
some $4,000,000 of bonds to pay them
—to pay the old soldiers what is new
coming to them, under the law .
Mr. Enn;s thinks the v hole pen
ston system might then will be scru
tinized and overhauled 1 ; but that the
heavy oblgation of appropriations al
ready mad#} cannot ail'd must not be
tvailed. The ways and means commit
tee' has his bill undter consideration.
Howard Ennis is a fine type -of up
standing, high-minded 1 legislator. He
has represented Baldwin (and flat
senatorial d fitr’et) in the legislature
many times with honors and dbtinc
tion.
And, by the way, I hear he is com
ing back again next time anil may be z.
candidate for speaker again.—Atlan
ta Georgia. July 27. -
July 27th To August 12th
have Been Looking For Has
The Occasion You
Arrived *
BIG
SALE
OF
in the value of the products produced, price of labor, the drop in the price of
These are but a few of the tacts,; orn and aU oth-r commodities used
>'et they Tell the tale of the need| by the county. We ncte that the two
lor (immediate action cn the part of
the state for the protection and prop
er management of what is left of our
forests.
The demand for lumber products in
crease;: by leaps and bounds, the in
crease in truck raising, fruit raising,
etc., creates a tremendous drain upon
our forests for boxcg anil crates
Th e peach growers of this state use
2,u000,000 feet of lumber each year
for their crates. 1$ is estimated that
the change from a cotton system to
a (iiverjifled farming system will
mean an increase of 100,000,000 feet
of lumber above what was consumed
in this state in 1920.
The state of Georgia had at one
Mite a Wraith of timber williit her
borders. She shipped lumber far and
"ode; she led the world in the preduc-
TRULY SEAT OF THE MIGHTY
MANHATTAN SHIRTS
‘‘Known as The Best~The Best KnowA”
commissioners hav e forgotten to men
tio n the fact that the state highway
department has taken over the main
tenance of 42 miles of road in this
county, thereby relieving the county
of the expense of heeli ng up some of
th e hardest used and most costly
highways to maintain that we have
I might also say that since the hgh-
way department has taken over those
roads they have given us far better
roads than the county has ever given
us.
I am sorry that we cannct agree
with Messrs. Coxwell and Watson and
credit them with an,economical ad-
mlnstraton. for the facts, aa they hare
gven them in their report to th?
Grand Jury, do not convince me along
that 1 In \
( Signod) JOHN llIIS,
Woolsack in British House of Lords
Dates Back to tho Reign of
'King Edward III.
In a place of honor in the British
house of lords Is a large red cushion
right In front of „yie throne. It is
about five feet long tintl two feet square
at the ends, and Is known ns the
woolsack or historic seat of the lord
chancellor of the realm. This is one
of the sacred British Institutions. Its
installation as a seat of honor for
the head of the Judiciary department
of the government dates back to the
time of Edward III, when wool was
the chief staple of England.
It was not, however, until the time
of Henry VIII that the woolsack was
dignified and thoroughly established as
an institution by the following enact
ment : "The lord chancellor, lord treas
urer and all other oflicers who shall
he under the degree of a baron of a
parliament shall sit und he placed at
tlie uppermost part of tlie sacks in the
midst of the parliament chamber,
eiUieti there to sit upon one form or
upon the uppermost sack."
Another curious clrcutnstnnce Is the
fact that the woolsack Is regarded ns
extra-territorial so far as the house Is
concerned. Technically, It Is outside
the precincts of tlie house, so, If the
lord chancellor wishes to speak In de
bate he must leave the woolsack and
advance to his place as a peer.
lookout Mountain Seed Irish pota
toes for fall planting. Potatoes, Ru
tabagas and turnip seed at Emmett
L. Barnes.
During a period of more than two weeks we
are going - to offer these well known shirts at a
reasonable reduction. When you buy a Manhat
tan you feel fuliy assured that you have the Best,
and here’s how we have reduced them:
$2.50 Shirt
$1.65
7.00 Shirt
„ 4.95
3.50 Shirt
2.25
8.50 Shirt _ —
—- 5.S5
4.00 Shirt
2.85
6.95
5.00 Shirt
3.45
10.00 Shirt
6.00 Shirt
4.25
12.00 Shirt ____
8.35
Hurry along and get your Choice of Pattern.
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