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Volume 16; Number 20.
Power of the Souths
Belongs to All fcl
South, Says Lever
The brief, illuminating discussion
contained in this article is taken from
Hon. A. F. Lever's address before the
joint session of the General Assembly
of Georgia, July Bth. Mr. Lever is a
farmer and banker and served for 20
years in Congress, during eight years
being chairman of the Agricultural
Committee. He came to Georgia to
advance the work of the Georgia As
sociation.
Next in importance among the as
sets of this section, after education,
are our tremendous water , power re
sources, says Mr. Lever. Power is
the keynote of the future. Power,
electric power, hydro-electric power, is
the advance agent of civilization. Per
haps the greatest contribution to man
kind ever made was that of Volta
when he demonstrated the electric
spark, next in importance being Edi
son's contribution in the way of show
ing how to transmit power over long
distances. Near my own city of Co
lumbia a development is just begin
ning which will Involve an expenditure
of twenty million dollars. A similar
expenditure will be made shortly, I
am advised, on the Savannah river.
These developments, following the de
velpments already accomplished, are
only the beginning of the revolution
industrially, economically, socially,
agriculturally and politically that is
going to come about within your time
and mine in this section of these Unit
ed States.
The full utilization of our power re- 1
sources is to bring about a new day
in the South. In this connection may
I.devert for a moment to say that the
power, the water power, of all the 1
states east of the Mississippi river 1
and south of Mason and Dixon's line 1
belongs to all the people of each of 1
the states. The power being develop- 1
ed near Columbia, S. C., is as much 1
the power of Atlanta as it is the
power of Columbia, S. 0., and if we
are wise, as we look far into the fu<
tore we shall insist on the doctrine
"ifliat our rivers, with their great lath
ent power, belong to no one state, 1
but to all the states. 1
The theory advanced by short-sight- |i
ed statesmen that Muscle Shoals, fork
example, belongs to Alabama is ridic- I
ulous, just as the thought that the•
prime purpose of the development of 1
Muscle Shoals is to produce cheap ni- i
trates is equally ridiculous. Muscle<
Shoals has already sent its power
when most needed into the Carolinas. 1
That enterprise ought to be developed i
along the line of making a great su
perpower enterprise with the produc-[
tion of nitrates as a minor key in the ]
program. The dilly-dallying of Con- ]
gress for ten years in the disposition;
of Muscle Shoals amounts to almost a (
legislative crime. Who shall develop 1
it is not the great question. The (
thing to do is to develop it. Let the ;
baby be born and get over with the (
agony. 1
With this development over and
with our other undeveloped powers 1
linked up with it the utilization of 1
the power of the South will begin.l
The legislatures of our various states 1
will show themselves wise if they <
adopt a policy of liberal laws toward 1
capital which desires to come among t
us for the development of our undevet t
oped resources, particularly our unde- 1
veloped water power resources. It is <
absurd economically for Georgia to (
ship cotton to Manchester to have it <
manufactured into cloth which we 1
ourselves consume when capital i3l
standing ready to harness our -power 1
to do the work for us and to save 1
the freight bill both ways.l
In my trip through Georgia yester^
day I noticed thousands and thousands.
of acres of abandoned farms. I used f
to think this a tragic situation. As 1
I have grown older, and I hope wiser. 1
the abandoned farm does not alarm 1
me, but these abandoned farms con
stitiute a very positive asset to Geor
gia and the Carolinas. Let them re
forest themselves as they will in twen
ty or twenty-five years. Let Georgia ,
and South Carolina adopt measures
for the encouragement of forestation
and reforestation. Let us conserve
the forests we now have through wise
legislative control measures and en- (
courage the reforestation of the aban
doned farm. This may seem a very
minor thing, but to my mind the con 1
servation of our forest resources Is one 1
of the very large problems ahead of 1
us. Forestry constitutes a real asset. (
Os course our greatest basic asset '•
is our unmatched soil resources. Ag 1
riculture is and will continue to be 1
the chief business of our people. What 1
we want to do with respect to this is 1
to get the proper leadership to Indus- 1
triali^e it, to cut out of it its ineffi 1
clency and to make it a business that 1
, is as attractive to brains and capital 1
as is any other business. Agriculture
is looked upon too much as something
out of which to make a profit. We
want the standard of livnig of the 1
farmer just as high as, or a little bit
THE MIDDLE GEORGIAN
OUR SCHOOLS.
Sty (By B. S. Fitzpatrick, Supt.)
• %, ng () f grief will be felt through
ou 'ucational circles of the State
L at the of our beloved State Su
h perintem 4 by the time this pa
,per reaches /bscribbrs the people
; of the state at large will have stood
with bowed heads around his grave,
sorrowing at his untimely death.
.It may not be amiss to dedicate this
I column this week, for which other
, matter had been prepared at the news
of his almost tragic death, to the mem
ory of this distinguished gentleman,
a native of this county. I look upon
his death as almost that of a martyr
—a martyr by self-immolation. When
; he first thought of entering the race
for state superintendent four years
.ago, pressed beyond his power of re
sistance by his friends to do so, he
was advised, I am informed, dry his
physicians that the strain of the cam
paign would endanger hi; life. But
feeling a keen sense of duty to an
swei the call of his state, as he view
ed it, to the broadest field of useful
ness in its borders, he took the chance
and we cannot tell how much the
,wearing strain of two heated cam
, paigns, together with the unstinted
devotion to the duties of his office
since his election, cappe.! his vitality
and hastened the harvest for the
dread reaper.
1 It cannot be claimed that Fort Land
, was a brilliant man, and were he
alive he would resent the imputation;
but he had what was worth far more
than any spectacular brilliancy—a
happy combination of those qualities
of mind, and heart, and purpose that
makes men count for the most in life.
While he was in no sense void of
vision, the quality that stood out most
prominently in him was his practical
type of mind that enabled him to turn
his visions to realities. He was a
man fit to fill a breach, to do things,
to bring things to pass, for which men
are remembered in after years.
The first time I ever saw Fort E.
Land, after perhaps his early boyhood
days, was on an occasion years ago
while I was trying to hold an insti
tute' at the old school building at Jdf
tersonville, now standing between the
two churches. He came into the meet
ling, just out of Emory college, and
|sat through the entire session, one of
the most interested listeners in the
entire body. I was impressed with
him —the high purpose that shone out
in his life and the abundant promise
of great future usefulness. Since then
1 have realized that my estimate of
this fresh college graduate was not
in error.
My association with this distin
guished Georgian during his official
life as state superintendent of schools
has but added to the high respect
and esteem in which he was held. I
do not believe that it would have
been possible to bring pressure enough
on him to cause him to do a question
able official act. He was the type
of officer that added dignity and
honor to the office that he filled.
Aside from his great qualities that
made him a distinguished public ser
vant, his gentle and gracious person
ality stood out most conspicuously.
Frank, cordial, sincere and approach
able, he unconsciously warmed men's
hearts to him. I recall an incident
that took place while I was attending
the teachers convention at Macon
last spring that gives a small glimpse
of the type of man that he was. I was
on my way to the hall where the
convention was to be held and he
was coming behind me, going to the
same place. He did not wait till he
reached me to speak, as most men
would have done, but as soon as he
recognized me from my back and got
in hailing distance he called to me.
' The hearts of the school men are
'sad in Georgia today at the loss of
this great leader, who has '.'crossed
the bar" and gone to "meet his pilot
face to face."
VERY UNCERTAIN.
"In my calling one never is sure
what the next day will bring."
"Are you a detective?"
"No, a weather forecaster."
higher, than the standard of living
of our city relative.
I am teaching my boy and my girl
to be proud of the fact that they live
upon the farm. The country commit
nity, the farm homes, have given to
our nation its greatest statesmen and
/yet among country people there seems
to be a feeling that they do not quite
measure up socially and otherwise to
the people of the towns and the cities.
Let the farmer be proud of the fact
that he is a farmer. Let your legis
lative program at all times include in
it the basic thought that agriculture
is fundamental and must not be over
looked. Support your farm demon
stration work. Let your appropria
tions be liberal and not parsimonious
iiin support of it. Especially support
the home economics work.
Pal Confesses He
Saw Other Negro
Murder Andrews
Macon, July, 26. —William Rountree,
one of the three negroes held in the
Bibb county pail in connection with
the murder of W. T. Andrews and the
shooting of his wife on a lonely road
in Dodge county early Sunday morn
ing, told his version of the crime to
local deputies yesterday afternoon.
His story corresponds with that told
by Mrs. Andrews from her bed in the
Eastman hospital Sunday.
Wilmer Galloway, a second member
of the trio, is responsible for the
crime, according to Rountree's con
fession. The story was told by the
negro to Deputy Sheriff Luther J.
Stevens. Jailor Tom McCommon and
a representative of the Macon Tele
graph.
Rountree said that after Galloway
had shot the couple, he offered him
$50.00 to keep quiet about it and said
that if he didn't he (Galloway) would
[ kill him.
Galloway denied any connection with
the crime and declared that he did
not see Rountree at any time during
, that night. Mose Banks, a third ne
gro held, was not present when the
crime was committed and knew noth
ing about it, Rountree said.
The three negroes were employed
by the state highway department and
had been engaged in road construc
tion work in Telfair county. They
resided in quarters located a short
distance west of Milan.
Rountree told the officers yesterday
that he and Banks had been out to
a "game" during the night and about
1:30 o"clck had returned to their
quarters. They retired, he said, but
it was late and he decided not to
remove his clothing, so he just slipped
off his shoes and fell across the bed.
"Soon Galloway and another negro
came in," Rountree continued. "Gallo
way asked me where 1 had been and
when I told him, he wanted to re
turn to get up another game. I told
him that I thought it useless, but he
wanted me to go. I got up and Gal
loway and I started over to a turpen
tine still quarters."
At a filling station a mile west of
Milan, the negro said, the car in
which Mr. and Mrs. Andrews were
riding had stopped. Rountree said
that he was slow about going over
to the car, but said Galloway did not
hesitate.
"Soon Galloway called me over and
said that we would ride up the road
a little distance with them. He was
already in the back seat of the car.
I got on the running board and we
started. The car stopped in front of
our shack and I stepped off the run
ning board."
"Come on, let's go a little further,'
Rountree quoted Golloway as saying.
The negro said that there was a
blind road, a detour to a recently
tmpleted highway, a short distance
away, and that they would show the
strangers how to get through.
"I got on the running board again,
and the car moved off," the negro
said. "The driver of the car went
past the place he was supposed to
turn, and stopped to turn around.'
It was then, according to the ne
gro's story, that suddenly the lights
went out and the motor choked, fol
lowed quickly by a single discharge
of a pistol.
An instant later, Rountree said,
Galloway ordered Mrs. Andrews from
the car. She refused to get out and
he dragged her out. An interval of
just a few minutes and Rountree said
that another discharge of the pistol
was heard.
"I didn't know exactly what had
happened," he said, "because I was
off about 10 feet from the car sitting
on the ground."
After the second discharge of the
pistol, Rountree said that Galloway
came to him with the remark:
"Both of them are dead and I have
some money, I don't know how much.
You are the only one te tell it, and
if you don't I'll give you fifty dollars.
If you do, I'll kill you.
Rountree said that Galloway never
did give him the money. Andrews
had $125. Following the commission
of the crime the negroes went im
mediately to their shack, the negro
said.
Galloway served nine years of a
life time sentence for murder in
Dodge county. He was granted a par
don two years ago, he told officers.
The tragedy was reported to rest
dents of Telfair county and officers
by Mrs. Andrews, who crawled a mile
to give the alarm. A posse was
formed and the three negroes were
taken into custody about six o'clock
Sunday morning. To avoid any mob
violence at the Mcßae jail, the trio
was rushed to the Bibb county jail
for safe keeping.
Doctors at the Eastman hospital,
where Mrs. Andrews is now confined,
' say she will probably be discharged
JEFFERSONVILLE, GA &FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1927.
Home Demonstration)
Department
§ Mrs. K. J. Carnell, H. D. A.)
, The season of easing is with us in
p full blast this morm, despite the un
.favorable weather flat has prevailed
this ummer.
d Cannon begun tire" series of short
i.courses with eightogirls and seven wo-I
o men present. Soih mixture, corn, to-i
L matoes were canned, fig and water
I melon rind prese*es were made,
q bread made, rag rugs begun and some
of the ways for real recreation for
r the farm folk studied. Each day a
3 lovely picnic lunch. x tyas served in the
school kitchen.
3 Among those .foment were Mes
. dames R. L. Stevens. Chris Grimsley,
1 Hade Stevens, Frqk Carden, W. T.
- Grimsley, Myrtle Chance. Nellie
Thompson and Misses Stella and Chloe
, Floyd, Maroy Grimsley, Ellen Arnold,
! Christine Stevens, Annie Holliday, Al
I ice Grimsley and Nonie Chance. Sev
-lera! visitors called during the three
days.
! Moore began the latter part of the
I same week, with 1 Lilian Johnson, Sa
; rab Floyd, Mae Sanders. Ruby Amer
. son, Jewel Bethune^ Alice Allen pres
)ent. Tomatoes w'& in abundance
. and the making of die exhibits for the
fair this fall soon Qis begun. Mae
1 Sanders completed—her tomato exhib
I it, so did Lillian Johnson, while Sarah ;
Floyd made her fig exhibit. Jewel 1
, Bethune worked o, her general gar
den exhibit and the others put up a 1
part ot theirs. Mfs. T. E. Methvin
was a most welco@ helpertpnd visitor
the last day. During the three days•
many of the club frozen came in to
see the girls at their work. Belle
Sanders, a former [club girl, and her :
visitor spent two days at the short:
curse.
The Cool Springsimeeting was called 1
, off on account ofpe singing school'
being held there the school house.
Only one day ups spent at Smith
High as most of /the girls were at
iwork or off for a vacation. the rest
, not having very thick that could be
conserved. N .foi
This week the joint session of the
Williams and Crosby clubs was held
at the Crosby school, with one of the
best short courses the Agent has ever
iattended. Vegetables were in abund
ance, the girls enthusiastic and ready ~
to put up the best exhibits ever.
One regret was felt because there
were no more Williams girls present, :
only three coming, Velma Cannon,
Dolly Sapp and Irene Coombs. Crosby
had a full attendance, with exceptionj
of Gretta Leslie. Those staying the
entire time were Annie Hammock.
Ruth Nichols, Marie Birdsong, Annie (
Lee Birdsong, Irene Martin, Lillian
Blackshear and Corinne Kitchens.
Nearly the entire club of Williams|
Home Demonstration came in to see
the girls during the three days and
many of the Crosby women. Miss
Cora Belle Birdsong and Gertrude
Kitchens were with them during the
two days.
Tuesday night was spent camping
at the school house. In the early part
of the evening the fun was increased
by a big bonfire and around it the
boys and girls played games, told |
stories and had their watermelons, so ]
generously donated by Mrs. C. M.
Nichols. The Agent and Mr. and Mrs.
Moses Blackshear acted as chape 1
rones.
Irene Coombs got well under way (
one of her dresses for exhibit this
fall and Corinne Kitchens completed.
her apron.
There were abut fifty visitors du
ring the three days, who sang the
praises of the club when they found
out that they had made the money to ,
purchase the four-burner stove and ]
the beginnings of furnishing a kitch |
en. The last of the week will be spent
at Vernon Johnson, where eight girls
will try to get some lessons In con- f
serving farm prducts.
from the institution within the next J
ten days, providing no complications 1
set in. The,bullet was extracted from '
her neck yes^rday morning.
The woman has been conscious all,
the time. S^ ds aware of her hus
band's death.' At the time the negro
shot her l^band, she knew that he
had been killed instantly, Mrs. An
drews said.
After the negro shot her husband,
the woman told the doctors, she made
an effort to reach for a pistol that
was in a side pocket of the car, but
one of them shoved her out of the
car before she could get It.
Mrs. Andrews is only fifteen years
old. Her husband was twenty-seven.
Her father has arrived from Perry,
Fla., and is now at her bedside.
I
Eastman Man Held As Accessory.
I Eastman, July 27.—W. M. Phillips,
'omer warden of Dodge county, was
arrested here Tuesday and placed in
• Dodge county jail, charged with being
, an accessory after the fact in connec
d tion with the slaying of W. T. An-
State Agricultural
Society to Meet in
Rome August 2-3
The eighty-first anual meeting of the
Georgia State Agricultural Society
will be held in Rothe on August 2nd
land 3rd, and the officers and mem
|bers of the society are looking for
ward to a meeting of much pleasure
and profit.
The officers of the society are:
Judge Peter W. Meldrim, president,
Savannah.
J. B. Wight, vice-president, Cairo.
Albert E. Gibson, secretary-treasu
rer, Dawson.
The program in full is given below:
Tuesday morning. August 2nd:
10:00 Invocation—Dr. E. R. Leyburn,
pastor of First Presbyterian church of
Rome.
Address of Welcome —W. S. Cothran,
director agricultural group, chamber of
commerce, Rome.
Response—A. E. Gibson, county agt.
Terrell county, Dawson.
Appointment of committees.
10:15 Address: The University and
the State—Chas. M. Snelling, chancel-
me siate —unas. M. sneiiing, cuancet
lor University of Georgia.
10:45 Address — Eugene Talmadge,
Commissioner of agriculture.
11:15 Address: Agricultural re
search at the Coastal Plain experiment
station —H. S. Star, director, Tifton.
11:45 Address: Winter legumes and
their relation to soil fertility—J. I. Da
vis, county agent, Albany.
12:15 Address: Fertilizer for cotton
and corn in the South —F. E. Boyd.
Montgomery, Ala.
12:45 Address: Farm problems be
yond production—C. A. Cobb, editor
Southern Ruralist, Atlanta.
1:15 Address: Georgia poultry pro
gress and needs --W. P. Clark, State
College Specialist, Athens.
Afternoon: Observation tours over
Floyd county.
Wednesday morning, August 3rd:
9:30 Address: Progress in combat
ting the cotton hopper and the boll
weevil —Lee Worsham, state entomolo
gist, Atlanta. f
10:00 Address: Railroad agricultu
ral development—Roland Turner, gen
eral agricultural agent. Southern Rail
way, Atlanta.
10:30 Address — Dr. Andrew M.
Soule, president Georgia State College
of Agriculture, Athens.
11:00 Address: Research develop
ment at the Georgia experiment station
—H. P. Stucky, Experiment, Ga.
I 11:30 Address: Progress in co-ope
rative marketing of farm products—
J. E. Conwell, Atlanta.
12:00 Address: Seed breeding—F.
C. Ward, specialist, at State College,
Athens.
12:30 Address: Cotton breeding—
-11. A. Petty, Dawson.
Report of committees.
Election of officers.
Selection of meeting place.
ALONZO BLANTON HURT.
While working at the sawmill of G.
H. Hambrick last Wednesday, Alonzo
Blanton was seriously hurt. His arm
was cut very badly and the Elecaon
process of the ulna was completely
knocked off.
He was given immediate treatment
by Di. H. A. Rogers of this city, but
Intel was carried to the Middle Geor
gia Hospital where he was left under
care of Dr. T. E. Rogers.
MISS DAUGHERTY'S STUDENTS
IN CLOSING ENTERTAINMENT
The first summer course held by
Miss Jennie Daughtery in Allentown
was brought to a close last Tuesday
night with an unusually good program
presented by her students in reading,
interpretative dancing and music.
Miss Daughtery has been a success
ful teacher in these courses for the
past several years but it is the first
itime that the people of Danville and
Allentown have had an opportunity to
avail themselves of her services.
BALL TEAM GIVES SCRIPT DANCE
The Jeffersonville ball team gave a
script dance at the Twiggs High has
ket ball court on Wednesday night.
Not a largo sum was realized from
the door receipts, but everybody en
joyed the dancing and music by the
band hired for the occasion.
drews and the shooting of his 15-year
old wife early Sunday morning. The
negro, Galloway, one of the accused,
whom Mrs. Andrews positively iden
tified as the man who did the shoot
ing, was employed by Phillips in the
highway construction work which the
latter is supervising. It is reported
that the plutei cccd by the negro be
longed to Phillips, and that Phillips
. also loaned the negro a razor to shave
! off his mustache after the crime was
. committed.
Jurors For August
Term Superior Court
3 I Grand Jurors, J. T. Wood, Bill Faulk.
J. H. Chance, Jr., Tobe Floyd, J. A.
McCallum, A. J. Ham, C. -A. Arnold,
ie J B. Jones, T. D. Sauls, R. L. Kitch
ty ens, C. O. Asbell, J. D. Upshaw, S. T.
id Burket, Mitch Howell, Irwin Fitzpat
a .rick, J. I. Mercer, H. Shannon, Geo.
r . E. Ray. F. J. Ray, H. H. Leslie. G. J.
e Nobles, R. H. Hamrick, J. C. McFar
land, S. B. Grimsley, R. B. Kitchens.
R. W. Bond, W. M. Whitaker, T. E.
t Mercer, J. W. Bryant, W. A. Lanier.
Traverse Jurors, J. C. Burns, W. G.
Cannon, J. B. Birdsong, E. L. Self, W.
x H. Thompson, J. E. Jesup, Henry Ford,
E. L. Lynn, G. G. Burns, E. C. Cran
ford, R. B. Floyd, W. P. Parker, E. G.
: Finney, C. P. Kiss. W. P. Moore. J. H.
Bull, Need Arnold, W. W. Petty, J. J.
' Johnson, W. E. Wimberly, M. J.
Floyd, Charlie Hasty, John Burgess,
Sr., E. C. Sanders, C. B. Wall, E. S.
^ Sapp. J. H. West, Sr., Jim Sauls, G. C.
f Land, R. A. Lamb, C. B. Cartwright.
J. E. Burns. H. M. King, J. W. Thomp,
. son, J. F Hinson, K. S. Nobles, H. L.
Sauls, J. R. Cook, Alonzo Blanton, J.
D. Grace, E. H. Moore, S. J. String
I field. J. S. Lee. A. J. Cribb, J. D.
. Sauls, E. J. Wimberly, G. F. Blount.
Clyde Cannon.
Large Suit Filed
In Superior Court
I
Probably the largest suit in the'
amount of money prayed for ever'
Ifiled in Twiggs Superior Court was'
recently filed by A. B. Mobley, su-'
perintendent of banks of the State of'
Georgia, against the officers and di'
rectors of the Twiggs County Bank.'
The said officers and directors are 1
J. C. Shannon, Sr., D. S. Faulk, S. E.l'
Jones, W. W. Wood and Baker R. 1
Jones. The suit prays for a judg-'
ment of $100,000.00. The suit was'
filed by Orville A. Park of Macon.'
Carl N. Davie, C. S. Reid of Atlanta.'
Counsel for the defense has not yet s
been announced.
r
Ptomaine Attack is;
Fatal to Fort Land :
a
Atlanta, July 25.—Fort E. Land, who v
devoted more than a quarter of a a
century of his life to educational tl
work in Georgia, and who only recent ti
ly began a second term as state su- s
perintendent of public schools, died j|
here late today after an illness of F
more than six weeks from complica ti
tions growing out of an attack of pto- g
maine poisoning. ti
Expressions of regret and sadness tl
came from high officers at the capi- g
tol at news of his death, and an of- s ,
ficial mourning period of 30 days was M
proclaimed for the state by Governor b
Hardman out of respect to his memo- fa
ry. Beginning tomorrow, the flags p
on the Capitol and other state build n
ings will be flown at half mast for
one month and al! officer at the Cap- tl
Itoi will be closed on the day of the f
!funeral.7
"With profound sadness, this de- b
partment announces the death of Fort [
E. Land, state school superintendent p
of Georgia," said the governor's exec- ti
utive order. "His life was devoted to
the cause of education; his services ^
were of a high and patriotic order. a
and in his death the state suffers a
great loss."
Mr. Land, who was 49 years of age. v
was stricken early In June at Carroll t|
ton, where he had gone to address the }
high school at commencement exer- tl
clses. Found unconscious in his hole! e
room, he was brought to Wesley Me
raorhi Hospital here and was believed
to have been responding favorably b L
treatment until he suffered a relapse
last Thursday.
THE NEW HAVEN MEMBERS „
CLEAN CHURCH GROUNDS
, , r
Co-operation has been a much used t
word in the past several years, but
one of the best examples that the
; writei has seen of late was the gath- t
ering of members of the New Haven
i Baptist church for the purpose of clean v
. ing the church and grounds.
By nine o'clock there were forty- r
isix people at work, not counting the e
. smaller boys and girls, though they t
)were quite Important as they pumped r
the water for cleaning at the school
- house pump.
Uncle Jim Cannon wanted to know
, how old a "feller must be before he 6
was exempt from the pleasure of help
;ing at his church," and it was with a
feeling of that kind that each used
, a hoe, rake, pitch fork, broom, mop
, or polishing cloth, or perhaps drove a
I truck.
When the 12 o'clock whistle blew
s the grounds of the church, as well as
3 the cemetery, were clean and neat
B as a pin, the house itself shining and
everybody still in a good humor.
Subscription $1.50 Per Year
I Would Change Date
Permissive Woods
Burning in Georgia
Special attention is called at this
time to a proposed change in the peri
od of permissive burning, under the
provisions of the Fire Law of Georgia,
by ameding the Code of 1910 in order
to fix the period when laud owners
may lawfully burn their own property
with less damage to young growth
of trees.
The Georgia Forestry Association
has given its endorsement to House
Bill No. 23, by Representative T. L.
Howard of Long county, which Would
change the date of permissive burn
ing during the period of February 20th
to April Ist of each year. This^ .p^-
riod covers the windy month of March
when climatic conditions are inducive..
to greatest damage under the present
law. It is also pointed out that the
Ispring season, when sap has begun to
flow in the Umber throughout Georgia,
is the most hazardous of all times of .
the year for brush burning and other
firing on the farm and timber lands
of the state. The proposed change
in the law would permit firing to be
done only by land owners on thet^t
own property between January 1 ti^^l
March Ist of each year. It is
lawful for any person to burn tin
lands or marshes owned byx
person The state recognizes ■
ty of helping its citizens protrc.
forest lands from "wild fire,"
<aured by carelessness or iicuhfl
maliciousness. It is not the liilM
th law to encourage fire at an
but In cases where land owners
It desirable to burn on their own ™
property the state law provides for
same under the Code of 1910 for the
protection of land owners against all
other agencies. It has been found,
however, that the 'time ' for lawful
burning should be changed to the win
ter ninths when less damage will re
3ult In any event.
The Howard bill only changes the,
,eriod for lawful burning, but doe.^
lot change the purpose on intent^swq
^ Mu / E=any othej iespec L
author of the bill states There%
lever any excuse for wild file or un
controlled burning of the woods, and
ill good citizens are urged to help pre
rent forest fire and create sentiment
igainst this destructive and useless
hing which has done so much to re
ard economic development and con
sume vast wealth in naural resources
n America." He continued: "The
louse Bill No. 23 only changes the
ime for controlled burning in Geor
gia, for the protection of farm and
imber land owners at a season of
he year when less damage would re
tilt to their young forest trees, but the
lame notice to adjoining land owiets
vould be required and the responsi
bility for keeping a fire from spread
ng and any l^nds owned by another
>erson will be continued as fun<la
nental to the Georgia fire law."
The Legislature oil! materially abl
he cause of forestry in Georgia it
louse Bill No. 23 Is enacted into law.
Phis bill has been favorably reported
>y the conservation committee of the
douse of Representatives and p
>osition to it has developed a this
ime.
Representative T. L. How -rd. ,f
^ong County, is a veteran b gisla^r
ind has given much study and vc'ua
de aid to the forestry movemen^lii
Georgia. As chairman of the con .r
--ration committee of the House it
his session of the General Assenifc,;,''"""
dr. Howard is in a postyra-serve
he state to tester advantage than
wer before.
LARGE ORDDER FOR RAILS
PLACED BY THE SOUTHS:
Atlanta.—Purchase of 28,325 ton a
lew steel rails, enough to lay
niles of track, for delivery during tb<
•emainder of 1927. Is announced b?
he Southern Railway System.
Os the total purchased, 33,350 tons
rill be of the 100-pound weight, now
he standard for the Southern's main
lines, and 4,975 tons of the 85-pound
weight. All will be rolled at the Fir;
ley plant of the Tennessess Company,
near Birmingham. Alabama, with the
3xception of 650 tons bought from
Ihe Illinois Steel Co. for use on the St.
Louis-Louisville lines.
This brings the Southern's purchase
of rail for 1927 laying to 85,150 tons,
sufficient to lay 542 miles of track.
First Roman Coin
About eight Inches In circumference,
a coin which was in circulation an
long ago as the days of the first Ro
man republic has been found in the
suburbs of Rome. It Is of metal close
ly resembling gold, and despite the
wear of time, the figures on each side
have not been obliterated beyond
tracing.
