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CEMENT PUNT TO BE BUILT
Plans are under way for the
erection of a large cement manu
facturing plant at Coreen, Ga.,
about thirty miles below Macon,
which plant will have a daily ca
pacity of 2,000 barrels when oper
ation is begun.
The plant is tne property of the
Clichfield Portland Cement< Cor
poration. The deal for the prop
erty was made by the Virginia
Lime & Chemical Company for
the Clichfield corporation. The
property purchased is said to be
rich in deposits used in the mau-
facture of cement. The company
will begiu immediately the erec
tion of theif new plant in Georgia.
Headquarters for the Clinchfield
Corporation is at Kingsport,.Tenn,
and is capitalized at $2,500,000.
According to reports the branen
plant at Coreen will cost approxi
mately $1,500,000. Just when
the work will begin on the now
plant is not definately known.
In locating not far from Macon
the new concern will mean a great
deal to Maobn and this sectibn of
Georgia. A large force of em
ployes will be on the payrolls and
a portion of this money will oome
here. —Macon Telegfah.
This announcement is of peoial
interest in perry and this section
of Houston County and the de
velopment of this industry on a
largo scale with the, expenditure
of large sums of money is epee tod
to mean much to the business
interest of this section.
The big plant will be located on
the Georgia Southern and Florida
Railroad, seven miles east of Perry
on the Lime Ridge which extends
accross the county, and which has
been known for some t ime to con
tain valuable deponts for making
cement as well as other valuable
minerals-
The beginning of the opening
up of the natural mineral resources
of this section is gratifying and
will be watched with interest
here.
i Rivers Swelling To Menacing Point
I In Many Sections As Heavy
Rainfall Continues
! Arkansas City, . Kans.—Two thou
sand people are marooned in the third
[ward district here following high
waters that broke over dykes flooding
[the Enterprise and Sleeth addition. j
: A hastily formed rescue committee
has taken charge ot the situation and
many are believed to be drowned, but
only one body has been recovered. !
: Five hundred people were rescued
from the third ward school building
alone, the highest point in the flooded
area, where they had climbed to the
second story for safety. ,
One body was recovered from the
Walnut river recently and another was 1
seen lloating down the Arkansas river, 1
but pould not be reached., I
' Forty carpenters have been busy I
making boats all day to rescue the .
hundreds of people who are marooned'
on the high promontories in the flood-1
ed district. I
Mayor McIntosh issued an appeal to;
the outside world for aid, saying that
3,000 people are homeless.
The Arkansas river is two miles
wide at this city, and’ to be at a
higher flood stage than in 1904.
Damage will exceed two and a half
million dollars, according to estimates
made by. Charles Spencer, president of
,the chamber of commerce,
i Incalculable damage has been done
to crops all over the Arkansas river i
bottoms and also the Walnut, Nines-
cah and smaller rivers, over wide ter
ritory. The water supply here was cut
off when a wall of water six feet higher
hit the station. A string of houses
two blocks in length were washed
away almost simultaneously, most of
them crashed to splinters from trees
and other impediments as the swift
current carried them on. Great dam
age is expected to result in Arkansas
[river cities between here and Tulsa,
Okla.
A STATE PORT - WHAT IT MEANS
WHOM IT WILL SERVE—HOW GEORGIA PRODUCERS
CAN SECURE SUCH FACILITIES.
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’.TWO DRY AGENTS FREED;
j FOUR OTHERS GET BAIL!
.Judge Sibley Holds Dry Agents Undef
i $500 Bonds In Double
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SWEEPING PROJ3E IS ORDERED
INTO BROKERAGE DEALINGS
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HOUSTON BOYS AT TECH
Seven Houston County boys
hftve compleitfd tlieir year*^' work
at the Georgia School of Tech
nology this year. They are: Bertie
L Avera, son of J G Avera; of
Byron; Paul M Edwards; son of
W M Edwards; Jack W Rundell,
sqnof J W Rundell; Russell. E
Waters, son of O O Waters, S imuel
R Peddicord. sbn of Mrs. M. J.
Pjeddicord of Fort Valley, Hal T
Gilbert, soil of H T Gilbert; of
Perry Ga., Wyatt D Kersey, son
of 0 A Kersey of Katheen. |
Bertie Avera received his de
gree in the Bachelor of -Science in
Electrical Engineering. He is a
graduate of the Fort Valley Higli
School, a memb ar of the Phi Kappa
Phi Fraternity.
Kersey will be a Sophomore
next fall id the lectrical Engineer
ing department. He is. a graduate
of the Perry High School, Perry,
Georgia. Peddicord and Waters
will be Juniors next fall in the
school of Commerce. Rundell will
be a Junior in the Archietural
school., Edwards will be a Sopho
more in the Divil Engineering de
partment. Gilbert is a Freshman.
Airdepartments at Tech have
been over crowded during the past
y3ar due to the limit on teaching
staff, resulting from the small
appropriations made by the State.
Unless tbe appropriations are in
creased for the next year it will be
necessary to limit enrollment with
the result that probably from three
to four hundred applicants for
the freshman class will b e
turned away. It is hoped to provide
classroom accomodation for all ad
vanced students. The percapita
appropriation for Tech students
from the State during the present
year was only $61.77, less than
one-third the total cost of opera
tion with the utmost-economy. X.
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Poultry demonstrations i n
•connection with orange groves
jhaVe been put on with excellent
results by the home demonstration
agent at Mobile, Ala. It has been
found, according to report received
iby the United States Department
-of Agriculture, that a certain num-
her of hens to the acre will im
prove the soil fertility and increase
the yield of oranges. The poultry
demonstrations have helped a
great many people to succeed with
■oranges and other citrus fruits.
Anent Failure Of Largest
1 Active Firm
! New York.—State Attorney General^
Sherman announced he and five depu
ties had begun a sweeping investiga
tion into the affairs of several stock
brokerage houses holding membership
in the New York curb market. The
announcement waB made in connection
with the bankruptcy of S. L. Winkel-
ipan and company, largest active
house connected with the curb market.
. Mr. Sherman said he had conferred
.with officers of jthe curb market.
"Investigation of other members of
the curb will go on,” he said. "We
began our active campaign a, week
ago. Several members of the consoli
dated stock exchango also will be in
vestigated.
"We are not empowered by law to
make any general investigation Into
the. affairs of the curb market itself
but we will take ujl one firm after
another and we will close everyone
whose books warrant such action.”
Mr.'. Sherman revealed that the of
fice had, on receipt of various com
plaints begun an Inquiry into the af
fairs of the Winkelman firm when the
books of the firm were subpoenaed.
Hot Custard Pie Used As A Weapon
Chicago. — Taking her cue from
;movie comedies Mrs. Mary Wamei!
used a hot custard pie to rout a six- 1
foot bandit, with a revolver In each'
hand, who entered her bakery herej
and demanded money. Mrs. Warner’s .
answer to the demand for "what was J
in the till" was to hurl one of the j
pies she was arranging on a shelf into
the bandit’s face. The man dropped
one revolver and slawed at the cus
tard sticking to his face as he plunged
headlong out the door and down the
street Mrs. Warner was preparing
another bake when police arrived.
Southern Pacific Allowed Lease Right
St. Paul, Minn.—Decision has been
reached by the federal court of ap
peals to approve the order of the inter
state commerce commission, giving the
Southern Pacific Railroad company
control of the Central Pacific company,
it was learned. This information was
given to the Associated Press by Judge
Walter H. Sanborn, who said counsel
had been notified to appear Monday,
June 18, to argue on the form ot the
decision.
Mount Vesuvius Is Again Erupting
Naples.—Vesuvius, which recently
has given signs of renewed activity, is
again in eruption, with incadescent lava,
stones, cinders and smoke beiqg thrown
; up in columns which frequently reach
a height of several hundred feet. Many
’foreigners, notably Americana, are here j
admiring the spectacle, which is most j
effective at night, when the smoke.’
clouds and streams of lava glow redlv j
jin the darkness. No one is allowed
ito approach the crater, particulaily as
the eruption Is causing violent local
[earthquakes. __ ^— -— '
(By GORDON SAUSSY) I
Transportation i3 sufficiently com
prehensive to include what we mean
by "Highways,” also "Gateways.” The
writer contends, that a State owned
and State operated Assembling,
Grading, Storing and Marketing Ter
minal at deep water on the Coast of
Georgia, Is necessary to complete her
transportation and marketing system
and to Insure future economic inde
pendence for her producers.
With modern economical Port facil
ities at Savannah, Georgia, the pres
ent transportation facilities — that
highly organized tremendous system,
rail and water, already in existence
and now hinged upon the Port of Sa
vannah—and present' day conditions,
would favor heavy movement from
the following areas:
j Georgia, the entire State,
j South Carolina, one-half of the State.
[ Tennessee, one-half of the State.
Kentucky, one-halt of the State.
Ohio, one-quarter of the State,
Ihdlana, one-halt of the State.
Illinois, one-halt of the State.
Iowa, one-quarter ot the State,
j Arkansas, one-quarter of the State,
j Mississippi, one-quarter ot the State.
! Alabama, one-qur.rter of the State.
j ENORMOU9 COMMODITIES
AVAILABLEi ..According to an estl'
mate based on the census of 1920, the
value of farm crops In this area la
Three Billion Two Hundred and
Eighty - tour Million Dollars. The
above territory and production there
in are what we mean by the term
Southeast when ucsd in connection
with natural markets open tor sur
plus production In the above territo
ries.
| The chief problems of the produc
ers and shippers of thd South and.
Middle West are:
I -First: Transportation between in
terior production polntB and the Port.
Second: Port facilities and costs.
Third: Markets.
Fourth: Ocean Freights.
Our markets beyond home consump
tion He on this Continent North of
[Virginia, and Bast ot the Appalachian
Mountains, the Antilles, Central and
South America, and the [West Coast
.of Europe.
| In 1914, It cost eight times moVo to
.transport by rail than by water. Dur
ing the World War, and Immediately
thereafter, water borne commerce
j paid approximately the same rate as
I all'rail. There has been for the last
[three years steadily, a decline' in the
irates tor water-borne commerce, and
[water-borne commerce today,Tt oost-
ilng easily one-third lose than all rail,
’and there will be a further cheapen-
| ing of the cost of transportation by
iwater.
! CREATED BY NATURE FOR A
! STATE PORT: When Nature bit off
!a mouthful of the Southeastern part
i of the United States, and thus made
[ It possible for the Port of Savannah
|to be established at a polift on the
South Atlantic Coast, naturally lessee
ing the rail haul and Increasing the
distance by water, fprward-looking
Transportation men were quick to see
and take advantage of this physical
condition, hence the hinging - upon
tbe Port of Savannah of its present
highly organized transportation sys
tem. These transportation organiza
tions are nqjy prepared, and will con
tinue, to fight for every pound of
commerce froni the above territory
capable of moving into world mar
kets through the Fort of Savannah.
A modern publicly c-wned and oper
ated Terminal at deep water must as
sure producers and shippers of sasy,
cheap and sure handling and storage
of perishables as well, as non-perish
ablea. The Terminals proposed to be
established, owned and operated by
the State of Georgia, as presently out-
i lined contemplate a ; balanced propor
tion of each of the comprehensive
lunlts sufficient for the present, but
[so designated that additions may be
[added to any or all of the units as
required, without interruption as to
[what may then be traffic conditions.
j’ This facility for producers must be
’publicly operated and managed, to be
| in accord with the public policy of the
I National Congress, as expressed in
[the Rivers and HarborB Act of/1919,
Jand in accord with the recommeuda-
’tlons of the Engineering Corps of the
[War Department for '"uples* .owned
| pnd operated by the public, and pro-
[gressively developed In pursuance of
, an Intelligent policy based on the
l promotion of the general growth and
[prosperity, It Is probable that tha pub-
(lie Interaat will not be properly serv-
[ed, and that private methods or ad
vantages of one kind or another will
The farmers of Georgia will not now
consent that this Institution bo creat
ed, owned and operated by any aggre
gation of private capital, any partic
ular City or County.
The project includes ln-bound and
out-bound railway yards. The out
bound receiving yard will hold seven
sixty car trains. The classification
yard for the same service, will pro-
cide ten forty-car tracks, all directly
connected with dock facilities.
A storage yard with a capacity of
seven hundred cars.
,A supporting warehouse five hun
dred (500) feot long by Two Hundred
(200) feet wide, and Bix (6) Btories
high.
A grain elevator system, two mil
lion (2,000,000) bushel capacity.
FACILITIES FOR perishables:
A cold storage warehouse, two hun
dred (200) feet long by one hundred
twenty-five (126) feet wide, Beven (7)
stories high; five (5) stories being
for sold storage, approximately one
million (1,000,000) cubic feet of refslg-
erator capacity. On each cold stor
age floor will be well ventilated corri
dors In which sampling, exhibitions
and sales may be taking place. The
ground floor constructed for offlqes,
to be rented to jobbers for cold stor
age, and for the main offices of the
Co-operative Belling Organisations of
the state of Georgia.
lag Its highest usefulness.”
FARMERS MUST HAVE A VOICE:
Tbs farmers of Georgia well know
and fully realise the Importance of
Mate ownership, State operation and
management of this facility, for the
dimple reason, that no other owner
ship, operation or management .will
ftf thorn | roloe in its sMMn, aq4 a
. miitiii s«d nsasRu’ to.
Ample storage and handling of
Naval Stores, and other bulk non-
perishable products.
A modern plant for the unloading
and shipping of Fertiliser products,
Amplo facilities for the storage and
handling of Cotton.
The site of Georgia’s State Port will
surely become an all-the-year market
for cotton, and will very likely be
come the chief market for cotton In
America.
booking facilities will provide ac
commodations for from eight (8) to
twenty (20) ships, taking general
cargo at one berthing.
It was estimated that a compre
hensive Terminal based upon con
struction costs for the Spring of 1922,
would cost approximately, allowing
One Million ($1,000,000.00) Dollars for
unforeseen itemB, and One Million
Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
($1,250,000.00) Dollars Interest during
construction,.—Fifteen Million ($15,-
000,000.00) Dollars.
The site required of Savannah by
the Harbor, Port and Terminal Com
mission Is' valued at, Two and One-
half. Million Dollars. This site ,1s to
be a gift to the St'-te. The proposed
Constitutional amendment provides
that the entire plant and the, site are
to secure the bonds.
WITHOUT CQ8T TO THE TAX
PAYERS: ( Georgia can build and
maintain a State Port without cost to
the taxyers of the State. Practical
demonstrations elsewhere have . prov
ed’ conclusively that this use of pub
lic credit does not necessitate In. any
way the levying of any'taxes upon the
people; Louisiana, fbr Instance, has
permitted • the use of Its State credit
up to thirty-five million dollars for
such a plant at New Orleans. Of this
credit less than twenty million dol
lar have been use' 1 during the past
fifteen yearB and the people of Louis
iana have not been '.ailed upon to eon-
tribute one cent. The great State
Port at New Orleans has met all ex
penses, Including Interest and bonds,,
and made a handsome net profit in
addition. Is there any reason to be
lieve the great wealth-producing State
of Georgia could not duplicate this ex
perience while its producers at the
same time were enjoying the vast
benefits accruing from diversification
and increased production and up to
date, marketing methods? Tbe fifteen
million dollars includes the cost of
construction, and interest on the
bonds until the entire plant Is con
structed and In operation. Thereafter,
the plant, as a goinp concern, will pay
Ite operation, interest and create a
sinking fund to rotlre the bonds.
The proposed State owned and op
erated Terminal is to be built by the
State of Georgia, under the direction
of the State, to be ( paid for by the
State of Georgia,—no City or County
of Georgia being interested In the
slightest particular in the cost of con
struction, or in any way concerned, or
participating in the expenditure of
the cost of construction. The pro
ceeds from the bonds as sold, will be
placed In Banks In different parts of
the State, and draw Interest until ex
pended.
The state will run no risk of either
loslpg its money, or of having to pay
Interest on the bonds from other
sources of income.
IF THE PRODUCERS OF GEOR
GIA WANT THESE SUPERB MAR-
XETING AND SHIPPING FACILI
TIES, CREATED FOR THEM, MAN
AGED AND OPERATED BY THEM,
THEY CAN HAVE THEM. AU,
THAT IS NEEDED IS FOR THEM
TO BRING THEIR INFLUENCE TO
BEAR DIRECTLY UPON THEIR
LEGISLATORS TO SUBMIT THE
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I Atlanta.—Four of the six federal and
[county officers held in connection with
[the killing of Jett and J. B. Smith, ol
’Athens, on June 1, wdre held undei
[$500 bond for their appearance in the
iGreene county courts by United States
iJudge S. H. Sibley here. Two of the
officers Chief of Police J. P. L. Darby,
[of White Plains, Ga., andE. N. Brooks,
[chief of police of Union Point, Ga.;
[were released. 1
Judge Sibley rendered his decision
[at the close of habeas corpus pro
jceedlngs in which the state, repre
[ l sen ted by Attorney General George M.
' 'Napier, opposed the release of the offi-
cers on the ground that the attempted
•arrest of the Smiths as alleged rum
[runners was illegal in that they acted
jWithout 1 any process for search oi
seizure.
: Judbe Sibley declared his reason foi
[holding the men answerable to the
[state court is in an effort to settle
once and for all the question arising
.over search and seizure of automo-
■biles believed to contain whisky.
DOG’S AFFECTION FOR OWNER t
8HOWN AT DEATH’S DOOH
Atlanta.—The loyalty and devotion oi
a dog for his master was pathetically
[illustrated in the death of J. R. Fos
ter, who fell victim of a negro speed
demon and rum runner. Foster’s little
fox terror was trailing behind his mao
ter while they walked in the path ol
death upon the Bidewalks. Hearing
|the noise of the whisky, car, the dog
whirled about as it to defend hlB mas»
ter. The center of the machine passed
over thb dog, without injuring him, bu|
[struck Foster and hurled him againsi
ja pole, crushing his body under ths
wheels. When officers reached the
’spot, they found the tiny pup licking
the hands and face of his unconscious
master, and then whining as if to sunu
mon help. Foster was devoted to the
dog, for the first question he asked
when he regained consciousness, while
the officers were placing him in a cal
to take him to a hospital, was, "Where
[is my dog?” The puppy was already
[in the officer’s car, having jumped ovet
[its doors while they were placing hie
'master within, and when Foster asked
[the question, the dog again licked his
[face. '
1 When Foster.was brought froml the
operating room of the hospital to be
placed in the surgical ward, the dog
was found cuddled'up in the elevator,
\mder the roller carriage, trying to es
cape detection. And, faithful tp the
end, he’Remained at "the hospitaj until.
His master breathed bis last and wad
then taken home by Mrs. Foster.
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Rains Cause Much Damage To Crops
Way-cross.—Continued rain through
out this section have seriously injured
crops, and unless this territory can get
a dry spell extending over several
weeks farmers are in danger of suffer
ing a total loss. Reports reaching Way-
cross Indicate that in many of the low 1
sections of the county, the crops have
already been drowned or scalded, while
In other sections farmers predict a 50
per cent loss on their crops. The wa
termelon, cantaloupe and truck crops
havo suffered most, the loss on theeq
.crops varying In different sections of
the county,. ti— —
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6 Convicts Saw Way To Freedom \
‘Augusta.—Six' convicts, all white, es
caped from the Richmond .county
stockade at night recently. One of the
po-isonfers was captured shortly after
wards; the others are still at liberty, ;
The. prisoners, according , to the offi-[
(<lals, used a file .and sawed through
the bars of the cell, which was located
on the second floor of the ' building,
The authorities are of the opinion that *
the men received , outside assistance,
All of the ones who escaped are very
bad characters. , A police dragnet-has
been spread oVer this section of the
county in an effort tcv apprehend tha
convicts,' The b6‘es 'who are'still at,
liberty are Harry Evans, Charlie Ev
ans, “Footsie” Langley, H. H. Stal
ker,., one man named Pohnson, William
DeWeen^ being the sixth man who es
caped. but captured later.
; Balnbrldge Makes Big Preparations
Baihbridge.—Bainbridge, progressive
county seat of Decatur county, is mak- '
ing big plans to celebrate Its 109th
anniversary of incorporation next Oc
tober. “It will be a gala event and
one which will do credit to Balnbridgfl
and its home-loving people not only
jin the immediate section but through
out our section of the state,” said
H, (“Pat") Griffin, editor of the Bain-
(bridge (pa.) Post-Searchlight, whosS
weekly newspaper is lending its col
umns In a large way. toward the up
building of his town and county. "W«
are starting early and will put ovef
a big show and reunion which will
eclipse anything of its kind that hail
been held in our section in years,” hi
.said.
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