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pie Wilkinson County News I IRWINTON, GEORGIA. HUBBARD Editor and Publisher ■Official Organ Wilkinson County. | T. A. Gibbs, Representative for The News, at Gor- I Georgia. B I Dean, Authorized Solicitor and Collector of Sub- Itions, Irwinton, Ga. ■red at the Post Offjcc at Irwinton, Ga., under ■ the ■of Congress of March 3rd.,. 1879, as second class I matter. Hgv; \ leription: One Dollar per Year Payable in Advance | THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IThe paramount question confronting the legislature Is to be the highway department. It seems to be con- Ive that some change should be made in the laws live to the management of the public funds and the ir to appropriate the peoples’ money, raised for the ose of building state- and federal-aid roads or high- We have not worked out in detail the necessary ges that, in our opinion, should be made, but, broadly ring, we give the following points: First: Eliminate useless expenditure cf thousands c rs for paying salaries and other expenses incident jperation of the present state highway board. T lis, we advocate the following: Vest the management of tire depar cm nt in the :n Commission of the state, and let the office fore; at department keep the records of the state highway rtmeht. Either sell or divide among the sc-?ral counties ir fate all the road machinery and oth™ equipment no\ d by the departmen t. ) . Limit the power and lessen the dub’e- of the high board to representing tin state and counties in s' ig federal aid, making the necessary surveys, esti s and specifications of such federal id -ords; 1 rep ■ds of the money prorated among the several counties; ■ds of certain state- and fed. ral-aid etc., . nt ontracts for constructing new project, as hereinafter lained. Let the attorney-general act as legal advisor of th. d, and if necessary call on any solicitor-general of everal judicial circuits. Have only one civil engineer, whose duties will b iss upon the surveys, estimates and specifications or •al-aid projects, etc. Discontinue all employees of the several state-ai s in maintaining such roads, and let them be main id as hereinafter explained. Second: All state- and federal-aid roads in the stat >leted, relinquish control over them by the state high department and vest jurisdiction in the county au ties in the several counties through which said roads ■rse. Third: When any county in the state desires to se federal aid in the construction of any new road, the ty authorities to select the route, report to the state ■way department the route desired, whereupon the engineer shall cause said route to be surveyed, plan, specifications made thereof and the matter negotia by the state highway department with the federa orities. When the plans and specifications have been pted and-approved by the federal authorities, the con ction thereof let out by contract to the lowest bidder, the state highway engineer to exercise jurisdiction in rvising its construction. The letting of the contract e by the state highway board in the county wherein i road is to be built, in public before the courthouse Fourth: The tax money raised by automobile or fuel or any other source for building roads by state-aid to uprated by the state highway department quarterly, ng the several counties of the state, upon a mileage 3cf public roads in said counties. Not state-aid roads, public roads. Fifth: The tax money thus prorated among the ral counties in the state to be used exclusively in ling state-aid highways through the several counties, ’.maintaining the state highways already constructed a the course of construction. (a) In case at' federal-aid projects, the cost of con- Bon shall be paid—that is, the 50 per cent —out of Bnty’s part of the funds prorated above, when the of maintaining those state-aid roads, already con cted, will permit. (b) When no federal aid can be secured, or none is red, the county may construct any new state-aid road ay desire when the funds available will premit, either iqing the work with convicts, hired labor, or let by pendent contract. (c) In prorating the money raised for this purpose, teduction shall be made from the gross taxes for ex ;es of officers of the state highway department as e will be none except the engineer, as the members of State highway board will already be salaried officers he state and the clerical forces of that department out of the funds appropriated for that department. (d) No money to be paid out except by warrant of governor, upon requisition of the state highway board, requisition being supported by vouchers from the ral county authorities. « Sixth: The cost of surveys of roads in any county e paid out in the same manner as other expenses are If this plan was worked out in detail, it would bring following results: The county authorities would have the exclusive and power of selecting the roads they desired to have true ted, irrespective of the ’bounty site proposition, s several million dollars that are being expended and benefit derived. Hundreds of useless officials would aken off the payroll, and all that money could be used uilding and maintaining roads. The prison commis could administer the law as their duties would not be treat as the present board, and the clerks, secretaries stenographers now employed by that department could .11 of the additional work of the state highway depart tj The county authorities being directly interested in tructing and maintaining good roads, could do all the advising that is now being done by hundreds of paid loyees of the department, and all of th” cashiers, ifon engineers, truck drivers, automobile drivers, of- fice boys, jaintors and hundreds of other useless sinecures could be eliminated. We believe that if this plan should be worked out in detail and a law passed carrying its provisions into ef fect, enough could be saved to pave the principal high ways within the next seven years, and by doing this the present and future generations would be relieved of the burden of interest-bearing bonds, the money realized from the sale thereof having been squandered by unscrupulous office holders under the form and guise of law. We hope that our representative will take these sug gestions and if he thinks them practical, work them out in detail and secure the passage of a law in pursuance thereof. THE VALUE OF OUR CLAYS In last week’s issue, we published a circular sent out by the Central of Georgia Railway Company in which .t was shown that 65 per cent of the clays mined in Geor gia are mined in Wilkinson county, and it showed the great progress that the county is making in the develop^ ment of its claj^. Until 12 years ago, there was only one mine in this county. Now we have several mines in operation, one great white brick manufacturing plant and the possibility of a crockery-ware plant being established soon. x The value of the clays of this county, that is, of American clays; is shown by the following article which we have clipped from the Manufacturer’s Record, and the great needs of protecting our domestic clays: American Clays Vs. English Clays In the Manufacture of Paper. In a letter to the Manufacturers Record, J. M. Mal ry, general industrial agent of the Central of Georgia Tailway Co., Savannah, calls attention to the high qual ities of domestic kaolin and its availability for use as filler in the manufacture of paper. He notes that the American producers of this china clay have petitioned the tariff Commission to increase the import duty on foreign ays 50 per cent, or §1.25, the existing duty being -2.50 „r ton, which would make a new tariff of $3.75 per ton. Ie also makes quotations from publications presenting he arguments of American paper manufacturers and of English clay producers against the proposed increase of iuty, which they propose to resist upon the ground that English clay cannot be regarded as competitive to do mestic clay because of superiority of the imported ma zerial. , Contrary to this view, Mr. Mallory says the publica ion “Paper” (which was absorbed by the Paper Trad? iqurnal), in their issue of November 20, 1924, stated th at ho English clays in their natural state have no better col >r, and added that in order to distinguish the color the English producers added artificial blueing. The writer mentioned several tests he had made with English and lomestic clays, and said that he obtained equally as good •esults with domestic clays as English clays, except the •olor, and that domestic producers can obtain the color artificially at a cost of 12 to 15' cents per ton. A copy >f this quotation was enclosed with the letter. In further testimony to the quality of American clays Mr. Mallory also sent an extract from No. 262 of the Bureau of Standards Technoligical Papers, and which was published last year, giving results of tests as to the com parative merits of American and foreign clays when usee tor paper fifillers. That paper stated that the physical finish, etc.) are essentially the same for all the clays, joior "nd grit tests’favored slightly the clays of foreign origin, but since this investigation two samples of dome st’’c clays as white or whiter than the foreign clays included were received for examination. He also directed atten tion to an article by W. M. Weigel, mineral techn-Jogis; Bureau of Mines, under the title “Georgia Clays for Pa per Fillers,” which appeared in the Paper Trade Journal August 9, 1923, the tests reported therein, it is stated, showing that many of the Georgia clays when properly washed and prepared are fully equal to, and in some cases superior to, the imported clays for use in paper. “There may be,’’ adds Mr. Mallory, “and doubtless is, an honest difference in opinion as to the merits of English and domestic clays for paper fillers and all other uses, but the fact remains that American clays are steadily gaining on the English clays, and they will continue t. do so as more research is done with our domestic clays and th; clay producers prepare their product uniformly and in accvrii-mce with the requirements of the industry. “the English producers are feeling the effect of the Amorn in competition and openly declare their intention to destroy it. Tins is particularly what I resent.” An edituial appeared in the Chemical Age of London on March 21 this year, saying that the English clay is supe rk"; 'hat the American mines are far inland, while .the English mines are near the seacoast, enabling the latter to deliver clay a'. American ports for a carrying charge of 15 shillings per ton, much of the clay being carried as bal last. Another article in the same number does not display confidence that the advantages claimed for English clay will prevail, and states, that there has begun in the Amer ican market an organized effort to supplant English clays with American clays, showing that they fear an experi erwe similar to that of the tin-mining industry in Corn wallis, England. It is added that the way for the English producers to arrest the American competition is to put such a price on their clays as to make the American industry unprof itable, and that this could be done by pooling interests and capitalizations of the now separate concerns. This brutally frank proposition to destroy our clay industry in order that the English clay producers may be able to monopolize our market is akin to the whole plan of for eigners to break down American industries by selling at a loss for a while and then recouping themselves by higher prices after they have wrecked American industries. It indicates the need oi a high tariff to safeguard us from such warfare. English clay producers can afford an increase in the duty if their clay is superior to ours, if the mines are more advantageously situated, and if they have only 15 shil lings freight per ton, to say nothing of lower costs of labor. “Furthermore,” adds Mr. Mallory, “if they propose to combine and cut the price of English clay, even below the cost of production, for the purpose of destroying our American industry, then I am in favor of such an increase in the duty as will defeat their purpose. “If the English scheme should prove successful and they destroy the American clay industry, then they would have the same sort of monopoly as they enjoy with the rubber industry. May I say here that I wish every sue ' cess to Messrs. Ford, Edison and Firestone in their efforts to establish an American rubber industry.” i In conclusion Mr. Mallory calls attention to a reprint THE WILKINSON COUNTY NEWS from the April number of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society of an article by E. H. Fritz entitled “American Clays as Compared to English Clays in White ware Bodies,” and while this is a different question it shorvs that American clays are growing in favor in all lines of manufacture in which clays are employed. Mr. Fritz is associated with the Westinghouse High Voltage Insulator Co., Derry, Pa. It goes without saying that everything should be done within reason to protect the production of American kaolin against unfair and unjust attacks by foreign pro- GEORGIA, WILKINSON COUNTY. Notice is hereby given that David Brookins, as administrator of the es tate of Annie Brookins, deceased, having applied to me by petition for leave to sell ths following real estate of the said Annie Brookins, deceased, to-wit: All that tract or parcel of land lying, being and situated in the town of Gordon, said state and coun ty, consisting of two acres together with one four room dwelling house and one stoic house thereon, and bounded as follows On the North by Colored Baptist church; South by M. C. Nelson; West by Amanda Scott, and East by M. C. Nelson, and that order was made thereon at the July term, 1925, for chation, and that cita ion issue; ail the heirs at law and creditors of the said deceased, will take notice that I will pass upon said application at the August term, 1925, of the court of Ordinary of Wilkin son county; and that unless cause is shown to the contrary, at said time, said leave will be granted. This the 6th day of July, 1925. (July 11-4 t) J. B. BUTLER, Ordinary, Wilkinson Co., Ga. CITATION STARTLING NEWS" COME Ts I T * COME TO MACON g | TO MACON FURNITURE SALE It’s House Cleaning Time s' ' In y-’’ ; JOHNSON DURHAM & BURKES TWO BIG FURNITURE STORES AT MACON Seven Floors of Medium and High-grade Furniture Being Offered at a Sacrifice Everything Reduced ’ Nothing Reserved 20 TO 40 PER CENT REDUCTION On Many Articles In Both Stores READ THESE REDUCED PRICES AND COME Free Delivery To Your City $125.00 3-Piece Ivory S7A ftA $295.00 9-Piece Walnut SIQE AA Bedroom Suite J.VV Diningroom Suite •PIiM.VV $175.00 3-Piece French $194 $6.00 Mahogany Dining $9 OA Walnut Bedroom Suite Jr *““«** v Chairs, tapestry $225.00 3-Piece French sl^7 ^0 $6.00 Walnut Diningroom $9 A A Walnut Bedroom suite DU Chairs, tapestry $375.00 6-Piece Walnut C9QC AA CK QC Bedroom Suite $22.50 Refrigerators $35.00 Floor Lamps, One sl9 CA lot to go at $35.00 Refrigerators _ $175.00 3-Piece Over- $l9O $45.00 Refrigerators S9O AA stuff’d livingroom Suite 100 lb. Capacity I_. vOJ.VV $225.00 3-Piece Over- SI7Q A A SIOO.W Sellers Cab- s7t AA stuff’d Livingroom Suite*inets $150.00 3-Piece Mahog- SQO EA $95.00 White Sellers CgJ QQ any Cane Suite Cabinets ' vvu.vu $160.00 3-Piece Mahog- $108.50 $85.00 Oak Sellers $57.50 10-Piece Genuine Wal- $192 £A n . « r ’ C? 0^ nut Diningroom Suite $4.50 Oak Swings Johnson, Durham ® BurKe “Better Furniture For Less Money” . [ TWO STORES IN MACON Store No. I' 2 . 365 Second St.; 168 Cotton Ave. t 69 Cotton Ave. ducers, and especially when the aim of the latter is to secure a monopoly for themselves. American users of English clays should pratriotically aid in the development of this industry by favoring' a higher duty for the gen eral good of the country. In. the meantime, it is up to the American producers of kaolin'to spare no efforts to convince American paper manufacturers and others that the domestic clays are in every respect equal to the' for eign preduct, and according to the evidence which Mr. Mallory presents it would seem that no great difficulty should be encountered in proving this point. I Atlanta.—According to report there are 100,000 acres of tobacco in state expected to yield a gross income of §15,000,000. A restful night on Lake Erie Makes a pleasant break in your journey. A good bed in a clean, cool stateroom, a long sound sleep and an appetizing breakfast in the morning. Steamers “SEEAND3EE”—"CITY OF ERIE”—“CITY OF BUFFALO” Daily May Ist to November 15th Leave Cleveland—9:oo P. M. J Eastern . I Leave BuflFaln— o.nn P M. Arrive Buffalo —*7:oo A. K 4.1 Standard Time J Arrive Cleveland *7:00 A. M. ♦Steamer "CITY OF BUFFALO” arrives 7:30 A. M Connections lor Niagara Falls, Eastern and Canadian points. Ask your ticket SFT 11 B « enc Y for askew ™ c &.B Line. New Tourist Automobile iCate—»p7 *5 u« Send for free sectional puzzle chart of TX- n—, extr. the Great Ship “SEEANDBEE” and "SEEANDRFF” P 3Z- p age booklet. Length. 500 feet," The Cleveland &. Buffalo Transit Co. Breadth, 98 feet Cleveland, Ohio ■ 6 inches. Fare, $5»50 Your Rail Ticket is _ Good on the Boate I Buford.—New Municipal auditori i um under constructon. | Moundsville.—Contract awarded at | §42,983 for city paving
